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Case study · Body Treatments
Treating the flanks at a stable weight
Four sessions on the flanks only, after declining to treat the abdomen he came in about. Measured and photographed at a fixed distance throughout.
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How the course ran
He came in asking to lose the belly. We said no to that and yes to something smaller.
Body contouring treats discrete, pinchable pockets. It does not treat generalised abdominal fat, and it certainly does not treat visceral fat, which is a health question for a physician rather than a cosmetic one for us. What he did have were two well-defined pockets over the flanks, sitting above the waistband, which had not moved in years.
Four sessions three weeks apart, on the flanks only. Nothing was treated on the abdomen and we did not pretend otherwise. Photographs and tape measurements at the start, at session two and at twelve weeks, at the same distance and in the same standing position.
The photograph is at twelve weeks. The flanks are flatter and the waistband sits differently. The belly is the same, because we did not treat it.
Individual results vary. This is a contouring treatment for a specific pocket, not a substitute for the harder and more valuable work, and we will keep saying so.
Individual results vary
Every photograph on this page is of a real client of the clinic, taken in standardised lighting at a fixed distance, unretouched and unfiltered, and published only where written consent for publication is on file. Consent can be withdrawn at any time and the case is removed the same day.
A case study describes one person’s course of treatment. It is not a prediction. Outcomes depend on anatomy, skin type, age, medical history and how closely aftercare is followed, and no treatment we offer is permanent or guaranteed. What a consultation can tell you is whether a treatment is likely to help you — which is where every plan here started.