Emsculpt just got even more amazing. The new Emsculpt NEO is as big a game changer as Emsculpt was just a couple years ago. You may have already tried Emsculpt– it has been the number one body sculpting treatment in the aesthetics industry since 2018 when it first came out. BTL, the company that makes Emsculpt, developed it to use along with Radiofrequency (RF) devices Vanquish ME and Exilis Ultra for body sculpting. Here’s a quick review of how these work, and why Emsculpt NEO is going to completely change the way we do body sculpting.

RF devices are able to heat the skin and the fat– to tighten the skin and kill the fat. Vanquish ME selectively tunes to the fat in order to heat it enough to destroy fat cells. Exilis Ultra heats from the skin down, but keeps the surface cool enough to penetrate into the fat. RF devices are great at tightening the skin and melting fat, but did nothing for the underlying muscle.

Then BTL invented Emsculpt. It uses powerful magnetic waves that cause supramaximal contractions of the muscle. Supramaximal means that these contractions are way more than what you would normally do in any vigorous workout. These contractions are more powerful than your brain can make your muscle do. Emsculpt does this about 20,000 times in a half-hour treatment. Though intense, it doesn’t hurt. The result is a stronger, more sculpted muscle. In the studies done to validate Emsculpt, it was found (amazingly!) to kill fat as well. The only thing it didn’tsculpt NEO, Author: Kate Dee, Fat Reduction, Body sculpting, do was tighten skin (that’s why we still need Exilis). And it also couldn’t get to the love handles and leg fat (that’s why we still need Vanquish).

So why is Emsculpt NEO different? It offers two treatments in one. It combines the muscle treatment of Emsculpt with RF at the same time. The RF in the NEO is the same frequency that Vanquish uses to tune to your fat. It also heats up your muscles, and it turns out that Emsculpt muscle-building is even more effective on warm muscles. So the NEO can not only build muscle and kill fat, but it does so even better than Emsculpt or Vanquish or Exilis can do on their own. There have been 7 published studies of the new Emsculpt NEO. The results showed marked increase in muscle mass and decrease in fat on MRI, CT and Ultrasound. On average, there was a 25% increase in muscle and a 30%reduction in fat 1 month after a series of treatments. This is like having Emsculpt and Vanquish in only 30 minutes per treatment (this used to be a 2-hour appointment).

Emsculpt NEO is currently FDA-cleared to treat the abdomen, buttocks, thighs, arms (biceps and triceps) and calves. The Emsculpt NEO protocol is a series of 4 30-minute treatments. We are also working on a new protocol for the thighs (finally a treatment that actually works for saddle bags!).

We are excited to be able to offer the new Emsculpt NEO at our West Seattle office. As before, our full suite of body sculpting services will be available, so we can treat almost any body contouring challenge. Emsculpt continues to be available at our Kirkland location. For a full list of services at each center, see our brochures online: West Seattle and Kirkland.

How I lost 20+ lbs and became more vibrant and fit at 51 than ever before.

As a doctor, I am trained to be skeptical of people’s stories: they are anecdotal and if the lesson isn’t the result of a randomized controlled trial, it simply isn’t true. I used to believe that. However, I have lived long enough to realize that very few parts of real life have been subject to a clinical trial, and there are still universal truths to be found. For most of my adult life, I believed that “everything in moderation” was the healthy way to go. Physicians don’t get much more nutritional education in medical school than that. If I hadn’t lived my story, I wouldn’t believe it. But here I’ll tell you the story of how I went “paleo” and how really doubling down on the principals of primal living has transformed my life.

I have had a chronic cough since I was a resident in the mid 90’s. I moved to Seattle at age 26 and soon found I had a mild dry cough. I thought I might have had some mild allergy to something in the air here. The cough got worse throughout my 20’s and around 30 I decided to have a work-up. I saw a pulmonologist, gastroenterologist and an allergist. The GI doc put me on a drug to decrease acid in my stomach, since maybe the cough was from reflux. It did not help. The allergist told me I had a mild allergy to cats, but my cough was no worse around cats. The pulmonologist put me on an antihistamine and nasal steroid for “allergies” which I continued to take for 20 years, but the cough was unrelenting, and slowly got worse. Eventually it was a productive cough that I had most of the time, worst at night, so bad that it kept me up at night and I would need chloraseptic spray to numb my throat just to get to sleep. I lived that way for 20 years.

When I was in my mid 40’s, my wife wanted to try a new diet which was very strict (no grains, dairy or fruit) for 6 days and had a “cheat day” on day 7. I offered to do it with her to be supportive. After a few weeks, I realized that the cough that I had learned to live with was almost completely absent during the 6 days, but came back with a vengeance on cheat day. I could not believe it, as neither I nor any of my doctors thought that a cough could be from something you eat. The worst part: my favorite food was a delicious french baguette from Bakery Nouveau in West Seattle (honestly– it is like being in France) and camembert cheese. That’s pretty much all I ate on cheat day. So, suddenly I was facing the sad fact that one or both of my favorite foods was causing the cough. After a short trial, I found it was the bread. And then it all made sense. The symptoms were dose-dependent– the more bread or other gluten-containing foods I ate, the worse the cough would be. (It was particularly bad after Chinese food– who knew there was so much wheat in soy sauce!) That’s when I gave up wheat (and all other inflammatory grains) entirely. About 7 years ago, I went completely Paleo and my cough almost completely resolved.

After going grain-free I did not worry about my overall caloric intake or any component of it, and I continued to drink alcohol– mostly wine. There are lots of Paleo-friendly treats, and I tended to eat some of those (in moderation!) every day. These are grain-free but still high in carbs. My weight slowly crept up around 3 lbs/year, despite never eating bread or pasta and always working out about 3-5 times/week. I had reached a weight that approached my peak pregnancy weight (and I had twins!!!). Finally, my New Year’s Resolution in 2019 was to do a Whole30 in January to try to reset my body. For 30 days I ate only whole vegetables and various protein from meat, fish, and fowl. No more paleo treats, no alcohol, minimal fruit and no dairy. My carbs were below 50g each day. As you might expect, I lost fat– about 7 lbs that month. (As of this writing, I’m back down to my young adult weight). But the most amazing and wonderful thing happened also– I felt huge energy boost and a mental clarity I hadn’t felt my entire adult life. I felt so amazing, I was actually upset that I had never figured this out before. At 51, I suddenly felt better than I ever had.

I found myself compelled to find out everything about nutrition and how our diet and exercise affects our well-being and mental acuity (not just how to become a fat-burning beast, although that part is fascinating too). My medical degree from Yale and 25 years of practice did not provide any new information on nutrition. Since January, I have spent all my free time reading as much as I can on the topic. All that research lead to my enrolling at the Primal Health Coaching Institute to gain a more thorough and intimate knowledge. I did not intend to change my career (yet again) and become a health coaching guru. But even before I finished the 20-week course, I felt I had to do something to change the world. Or at least help a few people feel this great. So, in addition to medical aesthetics, I am now offering health coaching to a few people each month who are interested in changing their lives the way I have.

The new program is on the web site here: GlowFit Health

I hope this inspires some of you to join me!

Understanding Stubborn Body Fat

Before choosing a fat reduction treatment, we suggest that all of our patients learn more about the root causes of stubborn body fat. One of the reasons why certain pockets of fat are extremely difficult to get rid of is because your body wants to maintain an emergency supply of energy. In some cases, your body might metabolize your muscles well before it goes after fat cells. The primary goal of our fat reduction treatments is to weaken those fat cells so that they can be metabolized as quickly as possible.

Vanquish ME

Vanquish ME is one of the most popular fat reduction treatments in the world, and this amazing technology might be just what you need to sculpt the body you have always wanted. Instead of breaking apart the fatty tissue with a massage roller or through other means, we will use a device the directs radiofrequency energy deep into the soft tissue. When the fat cells are brought to a specific temperature with those RF waves, your body will immediately attempt to expel them.

Exilis Ultra

Exilis Ultra is often combined with other treatments to completely revitalize the entire midsection. Much like Vanquish ME, Exilis Ultra utilizes pulses of RF energy to damage the cell walls of the fatty tissue. This treatment also triggers the production of important amino acids like collagen and elastin. Within weeks of your procedure, your fat is going to disappear while your skin becomes tighter and more toned. Most patients require multiple treatment sessions at our office.

We are here to help all locals who are ready to look and feel their best. Please feel free to contact Glow Medispa to schedule a no-obligation appointment with one of our friendly staff members. Contact us today to book your consultation at our office in Seattle!

So much has changed in recent history. For example, liposuction has become one of the most popular surgical procedures performed today. This popular procedure is performed to help patients instantly get rid of stubborn, unwanted fat on their body. While a lot of people have been very happy with the results they have seen after liposuction, it is still a surgical procedure. Not everyone wants or qualifies for surgery.

Instead of surgery, patients looking to get rid of their unwanted fat can opt for non-surgical fat reduction treatments such as Vanquish, Exilis Ultra, and Cellutone®. These treatments offer the benefit of fat reduction without the risks of surgery. Since no incisions are made anywhere on the body with non-surgical body contouring, you do not have to worry about scarring, complications or other similar risks. You are able to change the appearance of your body without worrying about potential side effects.

The main benefit that people receive with non-surgical body contouring treatments is that they can effectively treat their fat for good. For example, someone with stubborn fat on their midsection can easily remove it with Vanquish, a fat reduction treatment that utilizes radiofrequency. Excess, unwanted fat on almost any area of the body can be treated with one of our non-surgical services.

Possibly the biggest benefit to these fat reduction treatments is that they rarely come with any discomfort or downtime. One example of this is Exilis Ultra, which also uses radiofrequency energy to not only reduce fat in the treated areas but also to tighten the skin.

We would love to tell you more about the benefits that you can receive with our personalized fat reduction treatments at Glow Medispa in Seattle. We will show you how you can finally get the body you have always dreamed of. This will improve the way you feel about yourself. When you feel happy with the way you look, others will notice. Contact us today to schedule your consultation and find out which of our effective non-surgical fat reduction treatments is right for you!