If they are all getting Emsculpt on Bling Empire, it must be great, right? Body Sculpting has become very popular, and what’s a better indication of trendiness than appearing on reality TV? But what about the science? Should you believe the hype? [Aside: If you haven’t seen it, Bling Empire is a reality TV version of Crazy Rich Asians. Totally ridiculous but quite entertaining.]

Now that we have some experience with the Emsculpt Neo, we can talk about how it is different from other devices and from the original Emsculpt, and how results differ too. We’ve had to field lots of questions and can tell you definitively that the Neo, with its combination of HIFEM muscle stimulation and RF heating is a huge advance, placing it far ahead of any other device in the body sculpting world.

The original Emsculpt uses High Frequency Electro-Magnetic (HIFEM) muscular stimulation to cause massively strong contractions – called supramaximal because they are stronger than the muscle contracts in any normal physiologic condition. Emsculpt delivers over 20,000 of these supramaximal contractions in 30 minutes. No amount of cross-fit can equal that. The Emsculpt studies showed that HIFEM alone can produce on average a 16% increase in muscle and a 19% decrease in fat with 4 sessions.

Radiofrequency (RF) is a great tool to heat and melt fat. At Glow, we have many years experience with Vanquish ME and Exilis Ultra, both of which use RF. We have used these devices in combination with Emsculpt to get the best results. RF works by heating the fat cells causing damage and ultimately cell death. Emsculpt Neo has RF built in to the paddles, deploying both HIFEM and RF simultaneously. The question I had when first looking at the Neo is how does it improve results over using these technologies separately? Is there a benefit from simultaneous treatment? Will we still need those RF devices? The answer is yes and yes, as it turns out. Here’s what we have found.

The addition of RF heating improves the yield for both muscle and fat. It was not surprising that RF improves the fat loss— RF has a strong record killing fat. It turns out that warmer muscles are stronger and provide more effective contractions. This increases the yield on muscle as well. The official studies of the Emsculpt Neo show a 25% increase in muscle and a 30% decrease in fat, a marked improvement over HIFEM alone. We have seen this borne out in real life experience.

How do the other machines fit in? As always every body is different, and treatments have to be designed around each individual. Emsculpt Neo has paddles that are focused in one area about the size of the center belly fat. We use Vanquish ME because it can reach all the way from one love handle to the other, and it can also treat both the inner and outer thigh at the same time. We have found that for those areas, combining Emsculpt Neo with Vanquish ME gives us the absolute best results. Exilis Ultra can be used in many different areas that the other devices can’t reach, and it also tightens skin. So for some bodies, these devices are very helpful in achieving the desired results.

We are adding the latest before and after images to our gallery on the website here. We have found a very high patient satisfaction with our suite of body sculpting treatments, in which the Emsculpt Neo has now taken center stage. Feel free to contact us with any questions.

Losing weight can be incredibly difficult and confusing. How do you know which diet is right for you? And which exercises will slim your stomach? If you’ve tried everything under the sun when it comes to weight loss and still haven’t seen the results that you want, then it’s time to ask for a little help. Because we know how stubborn that fat around your abdomen and things can be, we offer the Vanquish ME treatment, which helps melt away fat!

Vanquish ME or CoolSculpting®?

They are both non-invasive body sculpting treatments that help reduce fat, but that’s where the similarities end.

As it name suggests, CoolSculpting® is a treatment that freezes away fat. But Vanquish ME uses a more powerful fat burner: radiofrequency. As heat energy passes through your skin, fat cells undergo apoptosis, which is just a fancy way of saying that the fat cells will die off.

Vanquish ME is also able to treat a wider area of the body than CoolSculpting®. While CoolSculpting® only focuses in on a very small areas of your body, Vanquish ME can treat your entire abdomen, your front and sides, and your thighs. Because CoolSculpting® treats small areas, the results can be uneven and lumpy. Radiofrequency gives you smooth results every time.

The Benefits of Vanquish ME

This treatment has a bunch of great benefits. For one, Vanquish ME is completely painless! It is non-surgical and non-invasive with zero downtime. Because Vanquish ME uses heat to make your fat disappear, the only thing you will feel is a nice warming sensations as if you have a heating pad laying on top of you. Throughout the whole procedure, our professionals will monitor your condition and make any adjustments if necessary.

The team of trained professionals at Glow Medispa are ready to discuss your options with you and see if you are a good candidate for this treatment. We are conveniently located in Seattle, WA. Contact us today to schedule your consultation!

Many of us face a moment where we can’t believe that with all our efforts, those blobs of extra fat are just not going away. Only a few years ago, the only option was liposuction. The amazing thing is that technology now allows us to burn the fat without surgery. At Glow we have a great fat reduction program using Vanquish ME, Exilis Ultra and Cellutone. We use these in combination to reduce stubborn fat on the belly, back and legs while at the same time tightening the loose skin. You might have heard of Coolsculpting– because they do a lot of direct marketing to consumers. In this post I’m going to explain how our program works and why I didn’t buy Coolsculpting because I found it to be inferior in results, pain, complications, effectiveness and cost.

Fat cells are fragile. If you stun them sufficiently, they will not survive. If you zap them with Radiofrequency (RF), Ultrasound, Laser or Freezing, many of them will go into what we geeks call “apoptosis.” This means programmed cell death. Die fat cells, die! The cellular bits get resorbed by your body and the fat in the cell gets released into your lymph system and you eventually (think weeks to months) excrete it.

Vanquish ME and Exilis Ultra work to kill fat cells in complementary ways. Vanquish sets up an RF array that tunes to your fat, heating the fat cells up selectively. Exilis Ultra uses both RF and Ultrasound to heat fat from the skin surface. This combination approach effectively burns the fat at the same time as heating the skin to tighten it. Then the Cellutone is used– it is a shock wave device– to push more fat cells into apoptosis and break up the fat to start the process of clearing through the lymph system. The treatments do not hurt and they give a smooth uniform reduction in the fat. Most people already have loose skin in these areas but in addition shrinking the fat also creates a surplus of overlying skin. So the simultaneous skin tightening is a huge benefit from our treatments that cold technology cannot produce.

Slimming down with Vanquish and Exilis Ultra is usually done in 4 treatments about a week apart. Because the technology uses the difference in hydration of the fat to work, it is important to drink lots of fluids and stay hydrated through the course of treatment. There is no downtime and results slowly evolve over the next 3-6 months. Want to slim down for summer? Start in February or March!

OK– so now that we know how it works, how is Vanquish/Exilis/Cellutone better than coolsculpting?

• Results: Coolsculpting uses a vacuum cup to suck the fat and freeze it. To do an area like the belly, it requires 4 to 6 cups to cover the whole thing. Any fat that is not suckable into a cup will not be treated. So, the results tend to be more lumpy, with occasional “shelfing” where fat has been killed in one area but the adjacent fat is left intact. We have spent quite some time with our devices correcting uneven results from coolsculpting..
• Pain: Coolsculpting hurts quite a bit during the freeze (about 8 minutes) and then the thaw (longer).
• Complications: occasional nerve damage, which is usually temporary but can last months. There have been reports of paradoxical hypertrophy of the fat (it gets bigger!)
• Effectiveness: Coolsculpting also has no skin tightening effect at all, so a very successful treatment will often leave a pocket of loose skin over it. We have also used Exilis Ultra to tighten these areas of sagginess created by coolsculpting.
• Cost: Lastly– coolsculpting is more expensive both for the physician and for the patient. If you could use a better machine for less, wouldn’t you?

If you have any questions, as always I’m here to answer them! Call us or click here to book a consultation online.

First, we should discuss what these two treatments have in common. Both Vanquish and CoolSculpting are not designed to be weight loss programs. Instead, they are designed to help people who have stubborn pockets of fat they cannot address with diet and exercise alone. These treatments are made for individuals who are close to their healthy BMI and just need a little bit of help sculpting their body as opposed to losing large amounts of fat.

Here’s where the treatments differ. CoolSculpting destroys fat cells using a process they referred to as controlled cooling. Basically, they are freezing the fat in your body and killing the fat cells. While this process sounds simple on the surface, as many individuals have found out the hard way, CoolSculpting is not as simple as the advertising would lead one to believe. Many complain of a numbed sensation after the treatment is performed. And because of the size of the applicators used, some complain of lumpy or uneven results.

On the other side of the coin, Vanquish destroys fat cells using heat. As the heat destroys the fat cells, the body’s lymphatic system kicks in and removes the dead fat cells. A nice thing about this treatment is that once the fat cells have been destroyed, they don’t grow back. This doesn’t mean that a person cannot put on weight. The remaining fat cells can swell in size if a person does not watch their diet. However, after the Vanquish treatment, the treated fat cells are gone for good.

Although CoolSculpting and Vanquish have both been approved by the FDA, FDA studies show that Vanquish destroys a higher percentage of fat cells as compared to CoolSculpting. In fact, Vanquish has been shown to destroy between 25 percent and 30 percent of the fat cells in a treated area.

Unlike CoolSculpting, which can only treat a small area, Vanquish is able to treat an area that is the size of a person’s abdomen, including the sides. This means that the end results are going to be even, and a patient is going to be able to get better results in a short amount of time.

CoolSculpting has left some individuals with nerve pain because of the freezing of the nerves. Although this freezing of the nerves and subsequent nerve pain is temporary, it is still uncomfortable.

For all their similarities, when CoolSculpting and Vanquish are compared side-by-side, most would agree that Vanquish is the clear favorite. It provides a greater amount of fat cell loss, while at the same time avoiding many of the side effects one would find with CoolSculpting. Contact us today at Glow Medispa in Seattle to schedule your Vanquish consultation.

Vanquish ME

Selective RF Technology and Fat Reduction

Within the last few decades, doctors and researchers have discovered that fatty tissue is unlike any other tissue in the body. When fat cells are exposed to certain forms of energy, their walls will instantly begin to break apart. Pulses of radio frequency energy are particularly good at destroying fat cells without harming the nearby soft tissue. As the pulses penetrate deep into the body, the fatty tissue will heat up and release moisture. This unique biological response is known as apoptosis, and it remains one of the most effective ways to melt away stubborn fat.

The Benefits of Vanquish ME

There are now dozens of body contouring treatments on the market, such as CoolSculpting®, but most of them have some clear disadvantages. Procedures that attempt to freeze or manually break apart fatty tissue tend to result in bruises and sensitivity. At no point during your Vanquish ME appointment will any device come into contact with your skin, and most of our patients feel nothing more than gentle warmth near the treatment site. This non-invasive procedure has no downtime, and the results generally become visible within just months.

What to Expect

During your first consultation with our team, you will learn more about how this process works and what you can expect at each of your treatments. Most patients require multiple appointments at our office. It is important to keep in mind that Vanquish ME can produce astounding results, but you must be dedicated to living a healthy lifestyle in order to maintain them.

Sculpting the New You

If you are interested in non-invasive body contouring, then we would love to tell you more about Vanquish ME treatments at Glow Medispa in Seattle. This is one of the most advanced treatments on the market, and it could help you achieve your cosmetic goals in as little as a few months. It can also be combined with a variety of other treatments to take care of other issues. Contact us today to schedule a consultation to learn more!

First, what exactly is CoolSculpting®? This is a treatment that uses intense cold in order to kill fat cells in your body. When you come in for treatment, a device will be wrapped around the area where fat pockets are located. Then when the procedure starts, you are going to feel an intense cold sensation as well as a tugging sensation as the fat is being treated. In the weeks following the treatment, your body is going to naturally get rid of the dead fat cells.

So, what is Vanquish ME? This is a treatment that uses radiofrequency in order to get rid of fat in the midsection area. The great thing about this treatment is that it does not contact the skin. During this treatment, the device will deliver controlled radiofrequency thermal energy to the area. This safely destroys the fat cells. In the weeks that follow the treatment, your lymphatic system is going to eliminate the fat cells that were killed. The results look and feel natural as they gradually appear over time.

Regarding the similarities between CoolSculpting® vs Vanquish body sculpting, both treatments are non-surgical. There are no incisions made, which means that there is very little downtime and absolutely no scars. The major difference between the surgery is that one uses cold to kill fat cells and the other uses heat to kill fat cells. Vanquish ME uses state-of-the-art technology to eliminate fat in a safe and controlled way. The treatment is safe for all skin types and can be combined with other treatments, such as Exilis Elite non-surgical skin tightening, for even more dramatic results.

When it comes down to CoolSculpting® vs Vanquish body sculpting treatments, there is really no competition. During a consultation at Glow Medispa in Seattle, you can learn more about why Vanquish ME is the ideal treatment for safe and reliable body contouring. Contact us today to schedule an appointment to get started!

Vanquish fat reduction

When men see a comparison of how they look now to how they looked when they were younger, it can be quite a shock. This has led many men to want to take steps to improve the way that they look, especially with body contouring.

One of the biggest changes that men go through as they age is an increase in weight. Body contouring techniques such as Vanquish fat reduction can provide men the sculpted figure that they want.

Vanquish fat reduction can be used to treat the love handles, outer and inner thighs, abdomen, flank and more. During treatment, you are able to relax as a specialized device is used to target your problem areas with radiofrequency energy. This energy is absorbed by the fat deposits which then destroys the fat cells. You will begin to see results in as little as four to six weeks after treatment, but you will need to be patient as the body will slowly eliminate the destroyed fat cells.

Some men look to the Vanquish fat reduction program because they have lost a lot of weight and still have excessive fat in their abdominal area. Vanquish can help with this. It can help a man get that flat abdominal area they so desperately want. It can help a man improve the way that he looks and by extension improve the way he feels.

You can finally get rid of those stubborn fat deposits with Vanquish fat reduction. To schedule a consultation, you can contact our office at Glow Medispa. Our offices are both located in Seattle. Our medical team will examine your problem areas and medical history to see if this treatment is right for you. We would also be happy to answer any questions or concerns you have about the treatment. You can finally get the body you’ve always wanted with Vanquish fat reduction!

Our medical team specializes in a variety of treatments including microneedling, PRP and Infini skin tightening. Contact us today to make an appointment to learn more!

That’s the most frequent question I get about non-surgical fat reduction. How can it possibly work? The amazing thing is that it does. If you asked me 3 years ago whether it is worth it, I would have said no, but the technology has come a long way in the last 3 years. Now, we present Vanquish Me as one of the things you might want to consider.

BTL Vanquish ME Reviews

There are several devices out there now that actually work. I looked at all of them and decided that Vanquish ME was the best one, and I’ll explain why. But first let me explain how these machines actually kill your fat. Kill. Really, the fat cells die. How is that possible?

When cells sustain a certain amount of damage, they undergo what is called apoptosis. This means programmed cell death. The cell is still there– not cauterized or sucked out of the body– but stunned so much that it can no longer keep doing its normal cellular processes. The cell starts to break up. Its organelles get resorbed, and in the case of a fat cell, the lipid contents get released into the surrounding space. Those lipids are collected into the lymph system, and ultimately your body excretes them. Over time, your body eliminates the fat from the treated area.

The devices on the market today all use different methods to injure the fat. Fat cells are particularly susceptible to damage from heat and cold, and most of the devices that remove fat use either heat or cold to target the fat cells. There is one device that uses a laser, but really the laser is being used to heat the cells. There are devices that use ultrasound as well. They all have pluses and minuses to them, but Vanquish ME stands out as superior in many ways.

Coolsculpting is by far the most well-known of these devices as the company that makes it does a lot of direct to consumer marketing. Coolsculpting has some major drawbacks, as I’ve mentioned in a prior blog post.

• You can only treat fat that can be sucked into the applicator cup– adjacent fat or less mobile fat cannot be treated. Thus there is often a “shelfing” that occurs in the adjacent fat.
• Coolsculpting does not tighten skin
• Pain in the freezing and thawing process
• Possible nerve damage– lasts weeks-months if it occurs
• Does not work well on legs
• Higher cost (both for the patient and for the clinic)
• Ethical issues with the company, Zeltiq (this one is on here because I spoke with several people who have Coolsculpting who have issues with the company’s tactics). I spoke with many practitioners who are using Vanquish ME who not only are getting great results with the device but are very happy about the parent company BTL.

Many devices use radiofrequency to heat the fat from the skin surface. These turn out to work OK– the main limitation is that you are heating the skin as well. The fat needs to get to around 45C to kill it. The skin starts to feel unbearably hot around 43C. Many devices use a surface cooling to keep the skin at 42C while heating more deeply. The Exilis Ultra (one of our machines) works this way. At 42C at the surface, you get tightening of the skin in addition to killing some of the fat deep to the skin. These devices are really great at tightening skin, and also burn some fat, so it turns out that this is a great treatment if you have a lot of loose skin and a bit of fat to burn.

Does BTL Vanquish ME work?

Vanquish ME is very different. It has a very large applicator that can span from love handle to love handle. It is positioned near your skin but not touching it. It has been designed to tune the radiofrequency to the fat, selectively heating it more than the skin. It does heat the skin somewhat, so there is some skin tightening, but it is mostly heating the fat. It feels warm but not hot. So BTL Vanquish ME is a great treatment if you have a bunch of fat to lose, and it will also tighten the skin a bit.

Used in combination, BTL Vanquish ME and Exilis Ultra are an amazing treatment to reduce fat and tighten skin. The time it takes depends very much on your activity and how well you stay hydrated, but generally it is 3-6 months. It generally requires at least 4 treatments. You can see some of our own before and after pictures on our page about Vanquish ME here.

Interested in finding out more? We offer consultations to answer all of your questions. Schedule online here, or call us at 206-228-7281.

Vanquish ME

Unlike CoolSculpting®, which uses cold to kill fat cells, Vanquish ME uses radiofrequency energy to heat up the fat cells. They reach a point where they will rupture, break apart and eventually be absorbed into the body. One of the nice things about the Vanquish ME treatment is that it can be performed on a person without disrupting any of the other tissue or structures of the body.

When a person looks at CoolSculpting® and Vanquish ME, they might think that both of these treatments are basically the same thing, except one uses cold and the other uses heat. However, nothing could be farther from the truth. One of the major differences between CoolSculpting® and Vanquish ME is that the latter can be used on just about any patient.

One of the biggest downsides of CoolSculpting® is that it will only work if patients have pensionable fat. The patient would need to have fat that can be suctioned into the CoolSculpting® hand piece. With Vanquish ME non-surgical fat reduction, even patients who have just a little bit of fat that does not go away from diet and exercise can benefit.

Another benefit of Vanquish ME is that it can treat a larger area than its competition. This is important because some CoolSculpting® patients have been left with demarcations between the areas that were treated and those that were not, which is not desirable.

Since Vanquish ME can be used on a large treatment area and since the treatment procedure can be done in multiple stages where the treated areas are feathered, there is a uniform and smooth appearance to the treated area.

Vanquish ME can be used on a person regardless of their body type. Additionally, the radiofrequency energy will tighten the skin. The heat will encourage the body to make more collagen. And because of that, when a patient loses fat in a particular area, the skin in that area is also encouraged to tighten up.

Vanquish ME non-surgical fat reduction can be used to treat just about any part of the body. It is a proven technology that can help a person remove unwanted fat by using non-invasive technologies. To see if this treatment is right for you, make an appointment at Glow Medispa in Seattle. Contact us today to request a consultation!

In the past, the only options for getting rid of stubborn unwanted fat was with surgery or liposuction. That required general anesthesia, scarring, risk of infection and lots of downtime. In the last several years there has been a revolution in technology that removes fat without surgery or downtime. How could this be possible? I have spent the last few months researching every device on the market– the physics, technical constraints, effectiveness, and cost. Vanquish ME is the best in class, and it is now available at Glow.

It turns out that you can freeze fat, heat fat and even blast it with high-intensity ultrasound and fat cells actually die and the fat inside them is excreted by your body. Technology has come a long way since the old machines that merely jiggle your fat.

Vanquish works by selectively heating the fat with radiofrequency waves. Because it uses heat, instead of cold or ultrasound, Vanquish ME also tightens the skin. The machine does not actually touch your body but is positioned about one centimeter away from the areas being treated. The RF array is tuned to your fat like a radio. Each treatment is 45 minutes and feels like a warm blanket wrapped around you. There is no downtime, although if the treatment is very successful, you will be sore in those areas of fat that are dying the fastest. Many people say that their clothing fits better by the third treatment. The body continues to eliminate the fat over 4 months after treatment. The treatment is usually 4 sessions, 1 week apart.

Although I evaluated many devices, the main one I considered, but decided against, is Coolsculpting– you may have heard of it– it is fairly well-known because the company that makes it does a lot of direct-to-consumer marketing. That device works by freezing the fat using applicator cups and a vacuum. Coolsculpting has several disadvantages when compared to Vanquish ME:

• You can only treat fat that can be sucked into the applicator cup– adjacent fat or less mobile fat cannot be treated. Thus, there is often a “shelfing” that occurs in the adjacent fat. Vanquish can treat all the fat, including belly, back, love handles, muffin top, and thighs.
• Coolsculpting does not tighten skin
• Pain in the freezing and thawing process
• Possible nerve damage– lasts weeks-months if it occurs
• Does not work well on legs
• Higher cost (both for the patient and for the clinic)
• Ethical issues with the company, Zeltiq (this one is on here because I spoke with several people who have Coolsculpting, who have issues with the company’s tactics). I spoke with many practitioners who are using Vanquish ME who not only are getting great results with the device but are very happy about the parent company BTL.

The only advantage to Coolsculpting is that they do have a small cup that can treat chin fat. Vanquish ME cannot treat chin fat. For the chin, we do have Kybella for melting fat and Infini for tightening the neck, so this feature didn’t make up for the shortcomings.

At Glow, we are using Vanquish ME in combination with another device, Exilis Elite. Many people who are looking to burn fat also have loose skin in the same area. Exilis Ultra can be integrated into Vanquish treatments to reduce fat and markedly tighten skin at the same time. It is the perfect combination for the mommy belly or for people who have lost weight and now would like to treat the residual fat and loose skin.

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