Which procedure is best for you?
The difference between I-lipo treatments and Zerona is that the Zerona is capable of treating not only more than 1 area but your whole entire body, front and back. It is the only laser in the industry that can treat the entire body. The Zerona can take off anywhere from 5 to 20 pounds of fat depending on how many treatments you purchase. The Zerona is going to be your best option if you have more than one area to treat and/or pounds of fat that you are interested in losing. The Zerona laser diode output is also twice as strong as the i-Lipo. The i-Lipo is only capable of treating one area at a time- typically the abdomen. The i-Lipo can remove anywhere from an inch to 4 inches of fat if treating the abdomen. Contact Derma Laser Spas today to schedule a consultation to determine the best treatment plan for your goals.
How does it work?
Laser lipo initiates the body’s natural process of fat breakdown by using low powered diode laser light to stimulate the release of fat from the fat cell to be metabolized for energy. This process empties the storage cell within six minutes of treatment allowing for loss of inches over the course of a series of painless treatments. At Derma Laser Spas we utilize the latest updates in technology to get rid of fat fast in Atlanta, Georgia. We have solutions to address any goal: for focus areas we use I-Lipo and for full body treatments we use the Zerona by Erchonia.
What Is I-Lipo?
I-Lipo combines four technologies including a dual wavelength low level laser, red and infrared lasers combined with vacuum assisted lymphatic stimulation and drainage, vacuum massage and multipolar radiofrequency stimulation to reduce fat and improve and tighten skin. These technologies work together reducing fat volume, tightening your skin, enhancing circulation and improving lymphatic drainage to not only sculpt your body but reducing cellulite and excess fat.
I-Lipo simulates the body’s natural mechanism for emptying fat cells during periods of hunger or exercise. This provides a natural method of losing fat and sculpting your body that enhances the results from diet and exercise alone. FDA approved studies have documented the loss of five times as many inches in the areas where iLipo was applied when compared to patients who were on a diet and exercise regimen alone.
What is Zerona?
Zerona is the first non-invasive body contouring procedure to effectively remove excess fat without the negative side effects associated with surgical methods. Zerona utilizes the same cold laser technology developed by Erchonia, which has been shown to emulsify fat and allow it to move to interstitial space. Although this technology was originally utilized to help assist tumescent liposuction procedures, it was found that the cold laser treatment alone helped patients to reduce inches from their waist, hip and thighs.
The cold laser technology behind the Zerona procedure was shown to exclusively release the cellular contents of fat cells while leaving the capillaries and other cells within the interstitial space intact. The release of the fat cell contents is the result of the disruption of the cell’s membrane. This membrane disruption, called a transitory pore, is the result of low-level laser stimulation.
Prior to laser exposure, fat cells have a regular, cluster shape, as seen in Figure 4. Within minutes of low level laser exposure, fat cells begin to develop transitory pores as indicated by arrows in Figures 6-9. This pore allows the evacuation of the cell’s contents into extracellular space (see Figure 7). Once the contents of the fat cell have been emptied (Fig. 10), they are released into interstitial space where it can be passed through the body during its normal course of detoxification.
Through a double blind, randomized, multi-site and placebo-controlled study, the Zerona procedure is proven to be an effective non-invasive and body contouring procedure. On average, patients lost on average 3.64 inches from the circumference of their waist, hip and thighs, whereas the placebo group only lost an average of a half of an inch.
The Zerona cold lasers provide patients with a safer alternative to surgical procedures, which can result in bruising, swelling, and damage to other tissues. There is no need to wear bandages with Zerona and since there is no pain, there is no need for anesthesia. Unlike other non-invasive approaches, Zerona low-level lasers do not rely on heating tissue, which can cause discomfort. There is no downtime, so patients can resume their normal activities immediately.