So I'm just about finished with laser hair removal. and well I'll have to do electrolsis to get the straggler hiars but I'm thinking about another laser treatment they offer. Apparently there is a possess that can help you loose weight. There's alot that you have to know about ti and I've don'e a fair bit off looking up. But I'd really like to know if anyone else has ever tried it? and what you think of it.
It seems like the science is good as long as you follow all of the steps. You have them run a laser offer an area thats um soft and pudgy. My tummy fat is jsut right for that. The laser is supposed to cause the cells to expel the fat in the fat cells into the blood. then you have to do about an hour of heavy cardio IMEADATLY after. you do this 1-2 times a week for 6-8 weeks and you can loose most of say a muffin top. At least thats the story.
What do you girls think?
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I'd try the heavy cardio for an hour twice a week alone and see where that got me in 6-8 weeks. It would likely do the job on its own without getting your fat zapped.
Cells, expelling fat in the blood. Okay. First, let's wonder. What is fat in blood? An illness. Goodie. So would the body make a normal process of expelling fat into the blood? Most probably not. It's when things aren't working well that fat ends up into the blood stream.
Now, what is fat for in the body? Storage. It's stored, nothing else. What circulates in blood is always - when things work right - sugar. The extra energy is carried to fat cells as sugar, which take it in and afterwards turn it into fat. And if the energy is needed, they turn it back to sugar and release it.
Of course! And even if your laser, in some weird way, does force fat cells to release the fat, assuming you don't have a heart attack, your cells won't be able to use it. Muscles use sugar. Not fat. And if, in an even weirder way (because honestly it's hormones released upon physical activity or starvation, etc. that do that - how would a laser cause that?), the laser forces the cells to turn their fat into sugar and release it, assuming it doesn't carry you towards diabetes, what good would it be. What happens when there's a sugar rush in the blood and you're not moving? Not weight loss.
Maybe, perhaps, by stretching reality a ton, it would do something if you were running on a treadmill WHILE the technician lasers you.
And to begin with, even if we assume their scientific principles are right, think of it. Would a laser, not strong enough to pierce you, have any effect on your fat cells? Maybe superficial fat, which is a small portion of your fat. Might help with cellulitis. Maybe, perhaps. But actual weight loss? Yeah, no, I don't believe so. If you have any amount of fat significant enough to think about this treatment, it's probably too deep to actually be reached.
Unless it works in a completely different way and it's just the explanation that's rubbish, don't go.
A rip-off, just like grapefruit diets, protein bars and whatnot. Except on a whole new level because a "professional" with a machine pseudo-scientific explanations is going to do it on you with tons of promises, making you believe it blindly.
But really, if people just remembered their high school biology a tiny bit, they would just chuckle at such a thing. I'm not even saying that because of the usual reasons - "if a miracle existed, we'd all be thin" or "you can sell anything as a fat loss product if you include exercise before the After picture", etc. No, those people actually made the effort of "scientifically" explaining it, and it doesn't make sense in the slightest. That's unforgiveable.
They could pretend to move fat, to reduce the waist circumference, to smooth surface fat to reduce cellulitis. All those things would be a bit surprising but I can't readily say they're impossible. But burning fat, seriously, they're taking you for a fool.
Sorry but the idea is complete nonsense. Save your money and join a gym and lower the calorie intake. Remember the adage: if it is too good to be true, it isn't true.
Oh I also work with medical lasers any thing that can 'melt' fat cells would have to burn your skin off first to get to the fat cells. Not a healthy outcome!
Two thing First
-FAT IS NOT SUGAR, Fat is triglycerides. "A triglyceride (TG, triacylglycerol, TAG, or triacylglyceride) is an ester derived from glycerol and three fatty acids.[1] There are many triglycerides: depending on the oil source, some are highly unsaturated, some less so."
-The LASER DOES NOT MELT anything. The claim is that that it will trigger the same reactions your body would normally have when in needs to use fat. and that most will then come out in your urine.
So I really think there may be something to this!
I have a friend who tried this and it worked for her purse. By the end of the treatment her purse was definitely a lot slimmer.
I doubt it will do you any harm to try it, but I would not build up any hopes. My friend's tummy showed no effect at all. Let us know how it works out...
Thanx bev :D I'm going to try it. I'll take before and after. :D
I never said fat was sugar. I said the fat you have used to be sugar. The body is unable to use any other form of energy than sugar. Of course, it "uses" fat, and even proteins, for energy. But to do so, it's all turned into sugar beforehand.
So as I said. Maybe it works, who knows. But it plain cannot work for the reasons they stated.
I've never known anybody that tried this, but I've known people that have done surgery to lose weight and their results were all consistent. They lost a ton of weight very quickly, the skin didn't tighten up creating a need for a tuck, and they gained it back with interest after several years. Learning portion control and exercise to have your body to the work seems to be the most effective and exercise apparently tightens the skin as well.