Thursday, 9 of September of 2010

Are Body Wraps a good liposuction alternative

You might be considering a body wrap to beat liposuction. Liposuction alternatives can be better than the dangers of liposuction.

Liposuction alternatives can help you lose weight.

Achieving weight loss through body wraps is not only possible but inexpensively done.  The ideal of body wraps is to remove toxins from the body and thus make you look both younger and healthier.  It will clean the skin, restore minerals, soften the skin and reduce minor joint pains.  Many spas will do these body wraps, which typically last one hour for around $40, but you can do them in the comfort of your home for a fraction of the cost.  Before attempting to do a body wrap, you must take a warm shower before the procedure, to open the pores up.

Body wraps will help you to lose the weight and inches, but it should be noted that this reduction will be temporary and then the at home treatment will need to be redone. Body wraps are great for both men and women and thankfully body wraps are simple enough to do that even a teenager can apply them.  Body wraps can be a good alternative to liposuction.

One simple recipe calls only for clay and salt, although more difficult wraps also add herbs, nutritive additives, and essential oils. Experts recommend bathing before the wrap, and drinking additional glasses of water both before and after the wrap in order to maximize the results. Also try and avoid all caffeine, soft drinks, fried foods and sugar.
A body wrap works by absorbing excess fluids and contaminants from your skin and compressing them away. The wraps help open the pores so that the wrap can then absorb what is flushed out. It is important to note, however, that the better a particular body wrap works the drier one’s skin will be for the first 48 hours or so after it is complete.
Here are the things needed for an at home body wrap:

  • Massage table or a flat table to use
  • Crock Pot
  • 10 cotton cloths or ace bandages with clasp pins
  • 1 large roll of plastic
  • Wool blanket
  • Heating pad
  • Sea salt for the body scrub
  • Moisturizer to use after the body wrap
  • Cotton Robe

Applying a body wrap at home is not as daunting a task as it may sound. The steps are simple: Read more »


No Liposuction know these 3 Top Risk Factors

Don't be trapped into thinking there are no liposuction alternatives. Lipo alternatives are far better than the dangers.

Liposuction alternatives are better than this!

Liposuction is an elective invasive procedure.  Although around 80% of patients are happy with the end results, 40% of the patients wished they had researched more before beginning this sometimes fatal procedure.  Many women will decide to do this surgery hoping for good health and longevity, but the truth is liposuction does not improve cardiac health; it is a cosmetic surgery only.

When choosing a doctor, look for the person who cares more about your overall health than he does his pocketbook.  The doctor, who turns away business due to the fact that the woman is just too heavy to benefit from this sometimes dangerous procedure, is the doctor to listen to more intensely.  Liposuction is sometimes good for women with a little weight that needs to be removed. For the very obese, they must seek other alternatives.

Like any surgery, the normal risk factors include complications from surgery, like infection, swelling, inflammation, allergic/abnormal reactions to tools or implements used reaction to medications, and more. Bruising, tenderness, and swelling are very common, and can cause fever, nausea, and similar side effects. This is especially true for the first few weeks after surgery. For many people, there are side effects, but for some, they can be severe.

Is Liposuction Deadly?

According to the FDA (Food and Drug Administration), most people are satisfied with liposuction’s outcome, but there are more deaths from Liposuction than any other cosmetic procedure.  In fact it is more deadly than being in a car accident.  16.1 people per 100,000 are killed in car accidents and 19 people per 100,000 are killed with liposuction.  Most of the people die from blood clots after the surgery and many could have been saved with a little more knowledge.
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No liposuction – it could kill you

The truth is liposuction can kill and does kill in some instances.  The facts are in and 25% of all liposuction procedures have complications and 7% of those complications are major.

Recently Kathy Griffin, comic, admitted in her new book, “A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin,” that she almost died from liposuction complications.  Kanye West’s mother died in 2007 from complications associated with liposuction and heart disease.  The list goes on to include many celebrities and well known personalities who believed in the new hype that liposuction is now safe.

Although liposuction is safer than it was years ago, it still can be very dangerous.  It is imperative to not look for the cheapest clinic, but to search for the safest clinic with the best track record.  Hiring a more expensive physician, who has a long track record of success, just may save your life.  In reality, liposuction and liposuction alternatives may still be invasive cosmetic surgeries and they are not entirely risk-free. Every surgical procedure involves risks, and being of a cosmetic nature does not exempt liposuction from those risks.

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