Body contouring is becoming popular and in-demand cosmetic skin procedure that effectively removes undesirable fats. It is one of the methods of losing weight and removing unwanted bulges that no amount of exercise and dieting can possibly eliminate. Recently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved and acknowledge the first non-invasive body contouring cold laser procedure for weight loss.

This new method for weight loss successfully gets rid of excess fat without the negative side effects of surgical methods through a state-of–the art laser technology. The cold laser technology softens body fats and allows it to move to interstitial space. The laser targets and shrinks millions of unwanted fats under the skin that results in reducing inches off your waist, buttocks, hips, thighs, belly and torso. The cold laser energy is emitted directly into the skins tissues in order to reduce the fat cells. As the body fat absorbs the energy it destroys and liquefies the fats. The liquefied fat is then channeled out of the body through detoxification.

Clinical trials have confirmed the slimming effects of cold laser technology through quick and painless procedure. Its effectiveness was demonstrated through a double blind, indiscriminate, randomized, multi site and placebo-controlled study. It presented dramatic results, wherein an overweight patient loss an average of 3.64 inches compared to the placebo group who lost only half an inch.

The Procedure

During the cold laser treatment, the patient is asked to lie down in a still position for 20 minutes in a very comfortable environment. For 20 minutes, the laser is applied to the waist, hips and thighs and other troubled area depending on the patients’ condition. The exact procedure will be delivered again to the back of the body for another 20 minutes. All throughout the procedure, the laser will do all the work as the patient lay down and relax.

The course of cold laser weight loss treatment is recommended to last for two weeks with three full sessions. In order to achieve greater results for your body shape and target weight loss, doctors usually advised their patients to eat more fibrous foods and drink water before the treatment session. Some doctors also suggest patients to get a detoxifying massage or footbath after every treatment. These are only additional regimens that are believed to add to the benefits of cold laser technology. However, doctor’s suggestions differ and it’s always best to discuss it first with your doctor.

Benefits

Several patients revealed that their weight loss treatment sessions are very relaxing, simple and pain free. Due to the cold laser technology, patients feel absolutely nothing all throughout the course of the treatment. The cold laser body contouring brings about remarkable results in a comfortably relaxing manner with no recovery period needed and surgical risk involved. Patients are even allowed to continue their activities even after the treatment.

Drawbacks

While cold laser technology offers tempting benefits, it effectiveness cannot guarantee every obese individual to loose several inches in every session. There is a need for a continuous treatment in order to stimulate fat loss. In order to keep the weight off, overweight patient need to maintain a healthy diet and proper workout. Without all these, undergoing an expensive cold laser therapy will not do any miracle to tone your body.

Just like any other weight loss method, may it be taking diet pills or through laser contouring, maintaining a healthy diet and exercise is the only way that you can expect long term results.

Did you ever find yourself standing looking inside the fridge for no reason, just looking for something to eat even after you’ve just eaten your lunch? Most obese people certainly experienced that and continuously do that even under strict diet program. Bad eating habit, over proportioned meals, unusual cravings and unhealthy food contributes to the various reasons of gaining undesired weight.

If you’re one of the many millions of people who feel like you’re forever struggling to achieve your desired weight, simply check your habits. You might be doing unintentional mistakes that do harm than good to your slimming goal. If you’ve tried all possible measures to lose weight and continuously fall back to your weight loss dilemma, maybe its time to conduct a self-check and unveil your deep-rooted habits and behaviors and start a complete lifestyle change.

Slimming pills, proper diet and exercise are only half of what it takes to shed off those extra pounds. The other half of the problem in losing weight dwells on the determination and motivation aspect of an overweight individual. Mental and emotional unpreparedness, difficulty in breaking unhealthy eating practices and routines and resistance in embracing a lifestyle change dooms many individual attempts in losing weight.

However, it is for a fact that it is not easy to eat in a lesser quantity than you used to especially for those who used to eat a lot. It is also very difficult to resist eating foods that are not good for our body. Exercise is not that easy to include in one’s routine. Proper diet and exercise seems a straightforward move but fairly not a simple concept that is adaptable especially to overweight individuals who used to have a sedentary life.

So, what else can be done to save you from being obese all throughout your life? Hypnotherapy can be the answer. Hypnotherapy is a form of medical and psychiatric treatment recognized and used by well trained hypnotherapist in many leading hospitals globally. This type of therapy is about behavior modification and habit reconditioning. Hypnotherapy once incorporated to one’s life can greatly influence good management behavior and make a substantial difference in the adjustments and changes required to be able to adapt to a new diet and exercise regime. Hypnosis cannot help you lose weight per se. It will only serve as a medium to successfully alter your existing behaviors and habit pattern which will eventually help you overcome your mental and emotional challenges thus helping you to achieve the two cornerstones of weight management –diet and exercise.

Benefits of Hypnosis in Losing Weight

1. Hypnosis can teach you relaxation. Through the help of a hypnotherapist you will be able to change your automatic responses once you’re encountering a stressful moment. As you learn to be more relaxed, your stress level is alleviated which in return eliminates bad diet and overeating.

2. Hypnotherapy will help you identify your “triggers” that can happen consciously or unconsciously. This “triggers” activates your desire to eat at the wrong time that will likely sabotage your good diet and exercise habits. Your hypnotherapist can help you change your eating behavior so that you only eat healthy food at fixed times.

3. Hypnosis helps lessen your cravings. It can reverse your yearning for food and let go of the hungry feeling that occur at the wrong times.

4. Going through hypnotherapy can assist overweight individuals change their mental pattern. If you are obese building self-image and self confidence is a big issue. Through undergoing hypnotherapy you can build self worth that will push you to the positive side of your struggle of losing weight.

5. Hypnotherapy can motivate you in identifying your weight loss goals and carry out the required actions to achieve it. Your hypnotherapist will assist you on how to be optimistic and stay determined even if you’re not progressing as quickly as you’ve been expecting.

Hypnotherapy Procedure

During a hypnosis session, the hypnotherapist prompts the patient to imagine a peaceful location and leads the patient into a deep relaxed state through breathing exercise. After few minutes, the hypnotist will now suggest new positive messages about how the patient might consider healthy eating in her subconscious mind. The therapist will motivate you to increase your exercise routine through your subconscious mind by suggesting positive beliefs of losing more weight. Your negative weight loss beliefs will be erased by the hypnotist and suggest routines that you should do to be able to accomplish your weight loss goal.

Nonetheless, until you are genuinely wiling to adapt the changes, your weight target will always seem very difficult to accomplish. Hypnosis imagery and behavior suggestions don’t work for everyone. If you want to be healthy, with or without hypnosis you must follow proper diet and exercise. It could also be quite expensive in going through hypnotherapy. The number of sessions of hypnosis you’ll require varies from person to person. Hypnotherapy is not a magic tool, just like weight loss pills it is a tool to help you lose weight. Every weight loss regimen should be directed towards your specific weight loss issues, and must be tailored to support the specific diet and exercise program that you have chosen and it should also be upon your doctors’ recommendation.

The adverse effect of gastric bypass surgery is becoming a growing concern as recent studies suggest that it increases the risk of babies being born with disabilities. After carrying out a review, researchers was able to document cases of babies with neural tube defects born by young female adolescents who had undergone gastric bypass surgery and later on got pregnant. Gastric bypass surgery is an option for severely obese individuals.

The very fact that female teenagers are likely to become pregnant later on in life makes this findings very critical. While the result of gastric bypass surgery can be life changing to most adolescents, the long term consequence of this procedure such as the future possibility of bearing a child with birth defect certainly outweighs it benefits. Gastric bypass surgery is a surgical procedure for morbidly obese individuals that involves sidestepping of the upper intestines thus, limiting the amount of food that a person can consume.

The research team with their senior author Dr. Diana Farmer revealed their documented case of a young female who arrived at the Fetal Treatment Center at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital with her child with spina bifida, inquiring to talk about the possibility of fetal surgery. It was later found out the mother had undergone gastric bypass surgery and later became pregnant.

The team further presented six more cases of babies born with neural tube defects to mothers who had undergone weight loss surgery during their teenage years. Babies either suffer from spina bifida or anencephaly, the most frequently occurring types of neural tube defects affecting around one in 1,000 live births in the US.

What is Neural Tube Defect?

Spina bifida is a nerve damage which results in complete or partial paralysis of the legs because the fetal spinal column did not close completely during the first month of pregnancy. The other type of neural tube defect is anencephaly wherein the brain fails to develop at all and babies are either born dead or die shortly after birth. With this possible risk of birth defects, obese teens opting for bariatric surgery must be very carefully monitored and advised regarding the consequences.

The Need for Folic Acid and Vitamins

Dr. Diana Farmer, the world-renowned expert in pediatric and fetal surgery, highlighted the consequences of gastric bypass surgery during the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition in San Francisco. She and her co-investigators supported the idea that gastric bypass surgery leads to malabsorption or not being able to absorb sufficient Vitamin B9 or folic acids as well as other nutrients which are needed to combat complications during pregnancy. Folic acid is a vital element needed by pregnant mothers in order to prevent spina bifida and other forms of neural tube defects.

While vitamins and daily folate supplementation can possibly help overcome the problem of malabsorption plus rigidly following the recommended post-surgery medication, adolescent patients are notoriously neglectful when it comes to this necessary routine. Teenagers don’t always stick to the guidelines. Research even shows that only 14 percent of teenagers adhere in taking their daily supplements.

Counseling Before Surgery

However, if surgery is to be pursued after failing to lose extra pounds through other methods of losing weight, Dr. Farmer urged that an extensive pre-surgery counseling and frequent post-operative follow up must be conducted. A need to consider highly efficient contraceptives should also be administered to minimize the risk of unintended pregnancies.