| Mesotherapy is a form of treatment that involves | | | | plans.At present, Mesotherapy is considered a form |
| injecting tiny amounts of a substance into the | | | | of alternative medicine in the United States, and is |
| mesoderm, which is the layer of fat and connective | | | | somewhat controversial. Mesotherapy practitioners |
| tissue directly below the skin. It is thought that the | | | | and patients often claim excellent weight loss results |
| injection of certain substances can either dissolve | | | | in as little as four or five treatment sessions. |
| underlying fat, or cause healing by other mechanisms. | | | | However, Mesotherapy treatments are empiric, and |
| Mesotherapy has been used in France and other | | | | currently lack concrete scientific evidence of how |
| European countries since the middle of the 20th | | | | exactly they work. Critics of Mesotherapy are unsure |
| century to treat conditions such as obesity, hair loss, | | | | whether the weight loss reported by advocates is |
| sports injuries, and certain diseases of the circulation. | | | | attributable to the treatment itself or to lifestyle |
| It has only recently caught on in the US as a form of | | | | changes.In the US, the practice of Mesotherapy is |
| treatment for cellulite and localized fat.The exact | | | | largely restricted to trained and licensed physicians, |
| substance injected under the skin depends on what | | | | such as plastic surgeons. However, no license is |
| condition is being treated. Natural compounds, | | | | currently required to be a mesotherapist. It is |
| synthetic drugs, local anesthetics, and vitamins may | | | | therefore important for anyone considering |
| be injected; these are thought to dissolve underlying | | | | Mesotherapy to find out what substance is being |
| fat and thereby cause weight loss. A tiny needle is | | | | injected, how many treatments are required, and |
| used to inject the substance, making this a less | | | | what potential side effects may occur.Mesotherapy |
| painful treatment than conventional injections with | | | | provides detailed information about mesotherapy, |
| larger needles. Multiple treatment sessions are usually | | | | cost of mesotherapy, mesotherapy before and |
| needed. A single session may cost up to $600 or | | | | after, mesotherapy injections and more. Mesotherapy |
| more, and may include special diet and exercise | | | | is the sister site of Mesothelioma Doctors Info. |