| All of us want to lose belly fat and have a flat | | | | abdominal contents in the abdomen. These muscles |
| stomach, but the amount of exercise and dieting | | | | can become stretched and loose after extensive |
| required to have firm six pack abs is beyond what | | | | weight gain, pregnancy, and inactivity. When the |
| most of us can reasonably achieve. As we age, past | | | | abdominal muscles, or abdominal wall loses tone, |
| 30, our body metabolism slows and it is much harder | | | | becomes stretched or lax, the contents of the inside |
| to lose belly fat. Those of us who have sedentary | | | | of the abdomen push the abdominal wall forward and |
| jobs which do not involve vigorous physical activity | | | | create a fat tummy or pot belly. Tightening of the |
| experience laxity of our abdominal muscles which | | | | abdominal wall, that is restoring the tone of the |
| normally hold our stomach contents tight to create a | | | | abdominal or tummy muscles can only be achieved |
| flat stomach. As we gain weight and our muscles get | | | | with ab exercises and conditioning of the tummy |
| lax, we develop a protruding abdomen or pot belly. | | | | muscles or with abdominoplsty or tummy tuck surgery. |
| Women who have had babies find it very difficult to | | | | - Subcutaneous Fat beneath the Belly Skin- The fat |
| lose belly fat and have a flat stomach. I have see | | | | directly beneath the skin on the belly also stores fat. |
| hundreds of very fit, health conscious and physically | | | | This fat is called the subcutaneous (beneath the skin) |
| active women in my office who have done everything | | | | fat and is normally about 1/2 inch thick in most people. |
| right and just cannot lose belly fat caused by | | | | When we gain weight and have excess fat, this |
| pregnancy. The tummy tuck or mini abdominoplsty has | | | | subcutaneous fat layer becomes thicker, sometimes |
| helped many people have a flat stomach, but many do | | | | up to 4 or 5 inches thick. Laser liposuction is a very |
| not want surgery and the scars associated with | | | | effective technique to remove subcutaneous fat. The |
| surgery. | | | | heat from the laser melts the fat into a thin liquid which |
| New laser liposuction technology enables me to offer | | | | is easily removed by suction through very small tubes |
| patients who want to lose belly fat and have a flat | | | | called cannulas. |
| stomach an effective, minimally invasive procedure | | | | - Loose Belly Skin-Multiple pregnancies and repeated |
| which in many cases is as effective as a tummy tuck. | | | | weight gain stretch the abdominal skin and create |
| What Causes Belly Fat and Fat Stomach | | | | loose belly or tummy skin. The major breakthrough in |
| There are several components that cause a fat | | | | laser liposuction is the ability of the laser to tighten |
| stomach, pot belly, or loose tummy. Laser liposuction | | | | stomach skin. Previous liposuction techniques removed |
| can remove belly fat from under the skin and achieve | | | | fat but left loose belly or tummy skin after fat removal. |
| skin tightening of loose tummy skin. However laser | | | | With laser liposuction, the heat from the laser tightens |
| liposuction cannot tighten your stomach muscles or | | | | the skin during the laser fat dissolving process. |
| abdominal muscles. To tighten the stomach muscles | | | | Laser Liposuction to Lose Belly Fat and Flatten the |
| you will need to do stomach exercises or abdominal | | | | Stomach |
| work outs. | | | | Because the laser liposuction fiber dissolves fat into a |
| Laser liposuction also cannot remove fat inside your | | | | thin liquid, removal of fat is much easier. This allows the |
| abdomen-intra-abdominal fat, called mesenteric fat- | | | | surgeon to use very tiny tubes or cannulas to suction |
| which is wrapped around your intestine. If you are very | | | | the fat out of the tummy skin. As a result very tiny |
| overweight or obese, only significant dieting will help | | | | holes, usually placed inside the belly button, are all that |
| you lose belly fat that is inside your abdomen. | | | | is required. This means very tiny, almost invisible scars. |
| The several causes of belly fat or a fat tummy or pot | | | | In addition, in my experience, following laser liposuction |
| belly are: | | | | the skin is left smooth without the lumps, bumps and |
| - Intra-abdominal Fat-Fat serves a very important | | | | contour deformities often seen with traditional |
| survival function. Fat stores energy to provide nutrition | | | | liposuction. |
| during periods when we do not have adequate food | | | | Skin tightening following this new technique has been |
| intake. Thus fat is a survival mechanism during periods | | | | truly remarkable in my experience. In patients who are |
| of starvation. Fat is stored inside the abdomen in a | | | | fit and not overweight, I have been able to do laser |
| structure called the mesentery. The mesentery is | | | | body sculpting to actually reveal the outline of the |
| wrapped around our intestines and supports the | | | | abdominal muscles after healing. In the words of one |
| intestines. Huge amounts of fat can be present in the | | | | of my patients "I got my six pack back." |
| mesentery when we are overweight or obese. When | | | | My patients seem to recover more quickly after this |
| there is excess intra-abdominal fat in the mesentery, | | | | new procedure. Many say they fell fine the day after |
| the fat actually pushes out and stretches the muscles | | | | the procedure. However, I ask my patients not to |
| of our abdominal wall and creates a fat belly. Only | | | | return to vigorous or strenuous activity or work outs |
| dieting or caloric restriction can cause the | | | | for at least two weeks. |
| intra-abdominal fat to be used for energy production | | | | If you are not obese or very over weight and want to |
| and disappear. | | | | improve the contour of your abdomen, then these new |
| - Abdominal Wall Laxity-The abdominal muscles | | | | techniques may be what you are looking for. |
| (abdominal wall), called the abs, hold our intestines and | | | | |