Exilis Ultra: Effective therapy for Cellulite treatment
WHAT IS CELLULITE
Cellulite is one of the most common issues we see treated at our clinic here at Wimbledon Clinic Aesthetics. Cellulite is seen in both men and women, but more frequently in women due to the way women's bodies tend to store fat. It appears as dimples or lumps under the skin, causing the surface of the skin to have a bumpy and uneven appearance, sometimes referred to as orange peel skin or cottage cheese skin. The cause of Cellulite is not fully known, but there is a suspected link to genetics, lifestyle, gender and age.
While harmless, many people dislike the look of cellulite and it can impact a person's confidence and self-esteem, potentially restricting them from taking part in activities they enjoy such as swimming or feeling confident and relaxed on beach holidays. Cellulite is difficult to remove with diet and exercise alone, due to the way the fibrous fatty tissues sit and connect together under the skin. It is usually most prevalent on the tops of the thighs and buttocks, but can also appear on the stomach, jaw, neck, breasts, and upper arms. Weight gain can sometimes make it more visible, but this is not always the case, as many people who are a healthy weight can have cellulite. Cellulite often appears more as we age, as the skin naturally loses elasticity and hormonal factors such as oestrogen drop.
Topical and home treatments for cellulite
There are many options for treating and helping prevent cellulite. There are multiple topical creams and oils that claim they can help firm the skin and add a boost of collagen to help plump skin and smooth out the look of cellulite. Some are able to help tone and firm the skin to an extent as well, depending on the key ingredients used. Another topical approach is dry brushing, which helps stimulate blood flow in the skin and removes dead skin cells to help the skin look healthier and more radiant. Dry brushing can help with lymphatic drainage, and help break down some of the fibrous tissues that can contribute to cellulite. Dry brushing is an ancient technique that has been used for centuries in Indian and Asian communities to maintain healthy-looking skin and promote healthy circulation to the limbs, so regardless of its cellulite busting properties, dry brushing has many other health benefits.
Other at-home treatments include massage tools such as electro-stimulating handheld devices, and manual rollers with nodules to stimulate blood flow deep into the tissues and break down the stiff connecting fibres. Some of these are better suited to targeted areas, such as the jawline, whereas others are ideal for tackling thighs, buttocks, and stomachs. These types of treatments come in any number of prices, shapes, and types to suit anyone wanting to tackle their cellulite treatment at home, and their effectiveness will vary from person to person.
Dry brushing, topical creams and oils, and massage or stimulating machines are often used in conjunction with each other to deliver better results - but if you want to achieve more direct results with less commitment (many of the topical treatments need daily use over several weeks to show results), then Exilis Ultra Therapy may be what you’re looking for.
How does monopolar radiofrequency work for cellulite treatment?
Exilis Ultra Therapy for cellulite uses monopolar radio frequencies to target deep into the skin and the layers of fatty and fibrous tissue that cause cellulite. Using a single concentrated frequency, monopolar treatments penetrate into the layers of the epidermis and the tissues beneath to deliver more targeted and long-lasting results. The radiofrequency, as it is beamed into the skin layers, interact with the cells and causes a thermal reaction - it heats and stimulates the cells.
This exposure of heat to the cellulite cells and layers helps break down the fatty deposits, stimulates the fibrous tissues, and encourages drainage through the lymphatic system of unwanted fluid build up in the skin. Combining all of these reactions helps reduce the look of cellulite with repeated sessions and treatment.
Monopolar radiofrequency treatment effectively helps break down and remove fat by supercharging the body’s built-in systems - encouraging fats to break down and be carried away by the bloodstream, flushing toxins out through the lymphatic system, and revitalising the tissues with increased blood flow and stimulated collagen fibres. All of this contributes to improving the look of cellulite and reducing the amount of buildup beneath the skin.
How does this treatment help rejuvenate skin?
The skin is the largest organ in your body, and it’s capable of amazing things. It can heal, stretch, shrink, and protect us. Taking care of our skin should be viewed in the same way we’d take care of our heart. We need to be mindful and careful to ensure we have healthy skin for years to come. As we age, our skin replenishes more slowly, as hormones and essential fatty acids slow down in production, making it more prone to stiffer fibres and fat build-up that contributes to cellulite. Although eating a healthy diet and engaging with regular exercise can help reduce cellulite, removing and making real strides to change the appearance of cellulite requires a little external help to achieve the best and most desirable results.
As cellulite is caused by fatty deposits and tough fibrous connective tissues sitting under the skin, building fluid and restricting blood flow, the most important thing is to break down the fats and fibrous tissues, and encourage blood flow and fluid drainage. Tightening, toning and firming up the skin at the same time as removing this unwanted build-up helps greatly reduce the appearance of cellulite and improve the skin’s texture and appearance.
The skin is compromised of three layers: the epidermis (the outmost layer), the dermis (the second layer) and subcutaneous tissue (the third and deepest layer). The fat deposits and connective tissues associated with cellulite develop in one of the fat layers of the dermis, relatively close to the surface (hence why we can see it on our skin). To effectively treat cellulite, any treatment used needs to target that deeper layer of the skin and not just work on the surface. This is where many topical creams and oils aren’t able to deliver the same kinds of long-lasting results as clinical treatments like Exilis Ultra Therapy.
Your skin is constantly rebuilding and repairing itself, shedding dead skin cells and building new layers of skin all the time. Most of this happens in the epidermis, but the real magic happens in the dermis; that’s where the real rejuvenation and impact on the skin with treatments can be made and felt.
How do frequency treatments help improve cellulite?
With frequency-based treatments like Exilis Ultra Therapy, the deeper layers of skin cells in the dermis can be more stimulated and kickstarted with increased blood flow, activated collagen fibres and improved lymphatic drainage. Fat cells are broken down and carried away by the bloodstream as part of the body’s natural systems. Collagen production is stimulated which hugely helps offset the look of cellulite. As a result, the elasticity of the skin is much improved and fatty deposits reduced, a key factor in reducing the appearance of cellulite and creating firmer, tighter and younger-looking skin.
Depending on the results you’re looking to achieve, you may only need a few sessions or you may want to look at booking something longer term. Our general recommendation is to start with cellulite therapy sessions every 1-2 weeks to kick start the process, and then monthly or 6 weekly maintenance sessions to maintain the overall look of the results.
We expect to start seeing improvement in the appearance of the cellulite in the targeted areas within 3-4 weeks. Please bear in mind that lifestyle factors, age, weight and more can impact how quickly results are seen. Speak with your practitioner to assess how soon you might expect to see results in your cellulite with Exilis Ultra therapy.
What other treatments compliment Exilis Ultra Therapy?
In order to achieve the best results possible, we recommend combining treatments to fully tackle cellulite and create more long-lasting results. With Exilis Ultra Therapy, we recommend a course our Acoustic Wave Therapy.
Acoustic Wave Therapy is the perfect complementary treatment to Exilis Ultra Therapy. The two are both designed to target cellulite and reduce its appearance of it through deep penetrating waves that pass into the sub-surface layers of skin. While Exilis Ultra Therapy, with its use of monopolar radiofrequency, targets the cellulite fat and fibrous tissues directly with a single frequency, Acoustic Wave Therapy uses sound shockwaves that pass more generally into the skin.
The sound waves are highly effective against the tough connective tissues that bridge between the fatty deposits typical of cellulite. As the fibres are permeated, the hardened and tougher tissues are broken down, and the elasticity of the skin is vastly improved. By improving the skin’s flexibility, the characteristic dimples of cellulite are much reduced in appearance. New collagen production is stimulated to create stronger, tighter looking skin from within, replacing the old hard fibres with elastic membranes. Acoustic wave therapy can also help tone and firm muscle fibres, which as the underlying structure of skin, also helps create a better look and overall result in reducing cellulite on the skin's surface.
By combining the two, the fat deposits and fibrous tissues that makeup cellulite are targeted from both angles to help achieve maximum results. Engage with Exilis Ultra therapy and the monopolar radiofrequency treatment to penetrate and break down the cells and tissues responsible for creating cellulite. Follow up with Acoustic Wave Therapy and the use of sound pulses that help flush the broken down elements of cellulite into the bloodstream and lymphatic drainage system while tightening and toning the deeper layers of skin.
Why combine Exilis Ultra with Acoustic Wave Therapy?
In our experience at Wimbledon Clinic Aesthetics, we have found that clients who have both Exilis Ultra and Acoustic Wave therapies achieve much more defined and improved results in the reduction of their cellulite. The two-pronged approach to tackling cellulite means that even stubborn fatty deposits and fibrous connective tissues can be broken down to create the desired results and an improved look on the skin. Both treatments are used to target specific problem areas, so if a client has multiple areas they want to correct, you can more quickly get the desired results on your cellulite to tackle more areas.
For clients wanting to achieve the very best look, combining the two therapies helps create high-quality results and a notable reduction in the appearance of cellulite under the skin. Immediately following a session of Exilis Ultra therapy with Acoustic Wave therapy is one of the best ways to help achieve this.
You can safely combine the two treatments and both can be carried out at our London clinic by our team of experienced practitioners. They can also advise on aftercare for getting the very best results from your treatments. This can include cooling gels and topical creams to help soothe skin immediately following the therapies.
