Body composition
Weight and fat distribution are different questions. Subcutaneous and visceral fat, skin laxity, muscle, GLP-1 medication, pregnancy and menopause, discussed as physiology.
Weight loss and fat distribution are two different questions
The scale answers one question and the mirror answers another. Almost every disappointment in this category comes from confusing them, and the industry has no incentive to separate them for you.
Subcutaneous and visceral fat and why the difference matters
Two compartments, on opposite sides of the abdominal wall, with different behaviour and different significance. One of them is the only one any external device can reach, and it is not the one that matters for health.
GLP-1 medication and what it has changed about body treatment
A class of prescription medicine has altered what people arrive at aesthetic clinics asking for. The change is real, it is not entirely comfortable for the device market, and it deserves careful description.
Skin laxity after weight loss and what non-surgical treatment can reach
The most common reason people come to this category and the least well served by it. What determines whether skin retracts, and why the gap between what is sold and what is possible is widest here.
Body change after pregnancy and through menopause: the physiology
Two periods when bodies change substantially for physiological reasons, and two periods when the aesthetics market is at its most aggressive. What is actually happening in the tissue, and what that means for candidacy.
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