How Does i-Lipo Work?

What is i-Lipo?

i-lipo is a laser fat reduction alternative to surgical liposuction. The i-lipo unit emits a low level laser that mimics your body’s natural mechanism of fatty acid release. The released fatty acids are then metabolized by your body and burned. There is no damage to your fat cells or to your body. The fat you burn is ‘chosen’ and targeted.

When you exercise, the first twenty minutes of energy comes from glycogen stored in your muscle and liver. Once your body’s glycogen supply diminishes, you start to burn fat. Hormones released cause a cascade of events in your fat cells that result in the stored triglycerides being broken down into fatty acids and glycerol and then released into your lymphatic system and bloodstream. Your body uses the fatty acids for energy. Once they are burned, you can’t store them!

 

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How i-Lipo Works

The cascade of chemical processes that occur naturally in your fat cells can stimulated by light. The laser light of the i-lipo system initiates the break down of fat using the same pathway that your body uses naturally everyday. Once you release the fat you CHOOSE to release, you exercise and burn it off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scientific Details of i-Lipo

The boring details… The laser light stimulates the cytochrome-c oxidase portion of the cellular mitochondria. The Electron Transport System is revved up which consumes electrons and makes ATP in the cell. The use of electrons creates excess H+ or protons lowing the pH. The Ca++ balance is also shifting within increased concentration in the cell. The Ca++ elevation caused lipase to be produced. Lipase breaks down Triglycerides into free fatty acids and glycerol. Pores on the cell membrane are opened to allow the proton gradient to be equalized. The fatty acids escape through the pores and enter lymphatic/blood stream. Energy.

 

The procedure is completely painless and takes about 10-20 minutes. Once the procedure is complete, you need to burn the mobilized fat with exercise within the next few hours. We recommend that patient go directly to the gym with a trainer. Approximately 500 calories of energy need to be burned with each 10 minutes session. The treatment is done twice per week for a total of eight sessions on one body part. Most patients showed an immediate measurable effect.

 

 

Release of Fat from Cells

What is so great about this? If you regularly go to the gym and exercise, you probably have figured out that some fat is diet and exercise resistant. When your body burns fat for energy, it comes from the least resistant fat – the fat that you can get rid of easily! We would all love the burn the most resistant fat. With i-lipo, we choose exactly what fat to mobilize and burn. Spot reduction!

Previous studies have shown that low level laser therapy releases fatty acids from cells. See these scanning electron microscopic pictures of this process. (Neira R et al Plast Reconstr Surg, 2002:110(3); 912-22)
 
Clinical White Papers on i-Lipo
Body Shape Treatment Comparisons
Fractional Fat Reduction with i-Lipo
Investigation of the Effect of Direct Target Fat Cells & Lymphatic Stimulation
Low Level Laser for Fat Reduction & Body Shaping
Treatment Outcomes Recorded for Fat Reduction and Body Shaping

 
 
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