Safe, effective and convenient.
No surgery. No anesthetics. No recovery time.
The UltraShape walk-in walk-out procedure takes place in the physician�s office after a consultation session between physician and patient. The physician first examines and marks the treatment area. Then, while the patient lies back on a comfortable bed, the operator uses the hand-held transducer to convert electrical energy into ultrasound energy and gently deliver focused therapeutic ultrasound energy over the marked region. In this way, the fat cells are selectively and safely disrupted. The entire procedure is guided by UltraShape�s advanced tracking technology which ensures smooth, uniform contouring.
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What does the UltraShape treatment feel like?
Most patients report a painless and comfortable experience with side effects being extremely rare. Patients are immediately able to resume their daily routine.
What happens to the fat?
During the UltraShape procedure, the membranes of the fat cells are disrupted. The fat cell content,
primarily comprised of triglycerides, is dispersed into the fluid between the cells and then transported through the vascular and
lymphatic systems to the liver. The liver makes no distinction between fat coming from the UltraShape procedure and fat originating
from consumed food. Both are processed via the body's natural mechanisms.
After disruption of adipose tissue, the released fat and cellular debris are cleared by endogenous
processes. Adipocytes consist predominantly of a triglyceride-rich lipid globule, which comprises 80-90% of the adipocyte volume.
The nucleus and scant cytoplasm are squeezed to one side of the cell. Cholesterol comprises only 2-3% of the adipocyte content.
The remainder of the content is primarily water, with small amounts of protein and nucleic acids.
The triglycerides released after treatment are slowly absorbed. Via a combination of metabolic events
and trafficking into the systemic circulation, they re-enter the total body pool of lipids. Each triglyceride molecule is
enzymatically metabolized by endogenous lipases to glycerol and three molecules of free fatty acid. The glycerol, which is
water-soluble, is absorbed by the circulatory system and recycled for energy. The fatty acids, which are hydrophobic, are carried by
transport proteins or chaperones, predominantly albumin, and trafficked to the liver, where they are processed as any other fatty
acid - including fatty acids from food. Any unmetabolized triglycerides are bound to carrier proteins or lipoprotein complexes and
become part of the total body lipoprotein pool.
It is important to note that the amount of triglycerides released after an UltraShape procedure is very small relative to the body’s capacity to handle lipids, and that no changes in serum lipids were observed in clinical studies. In fact, results from UltraShape’s peer-reviewed published multi-center controlled clinical study and other independent clinical series have shown that the released triglycerides do not accumulate to a clinically significant extent in the blood or liver.
