The Best Body Treatments That Go Beyond Fat Loss

Rightly or wrongly, when it comes to our bodies and especially body tweakments, we tend to focus on losing some weight – or, more specifically, fat. There are some brilliant options available, too. However, what if we told you that there’s a whole host of other body tweaks out there that go beyond fat loss, and they focus on something really important that we shouldn’t forget about – skin quality.

From dealing with uneven texture and varicose veins to sun spots and stretch marks, these are the skin quality-boosting body treatments that we recommend at TTG Towers and, of course, why we rate them. After all, good skin should really extend from head-to-toe…

What’s the deal with body tweakments for skin quality?

Just like with our faces where skin quality-boosting treatments such as injectable moisturisers and polynucleotides are making headlines, attention has shifted slightly with our bodies. Where battling fat used to hold all of our attention, the quest for a smoother yet not necessarily smaller body, free of annoying marks and discolouration, has started to turn the tide against just ‘looking thinner’.

There’s probably still a long way to go to uncrown fat-busting therapies as the most popular body treatment (if you want to do anything at all). But, if it would boost your body confidence to remove a skin tag on your shoulder, a varicose vein on your leg, or even have sweat-reducing injections to keep you fresh all summer long, there are a growing number of body tweaks that offer some amazing results beyond fat loss that are well worth investigating.

The best body tweaks for more than fat loss:

FOR PIGMENTATION: BBL HERO

Unfortunately, sun damage doesn’t just affect our faces; our hands, neck, shoulders and even our legs can show the side effects of our youthful sun lounger obsession too. BBL Hero offers a fantastic way to get rid of it and it is a super fast treatment too. Four times faster and three times more powerful than IPL because it uses Broadband Light technology, it is especially good for treating pigmentation and discolouration across larger areas of the body. Plus, it offers no downtime and results in just four weeks, so you’ll feel more comfortable in your summer clothing in no time.

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FOR SKIN TEXTURE AND VEINS: STELLAR M22

If you’re looking for swift improvements in tone and texture, Stellar M22 is a multi-tasking device that makes light work of such concerns in a single pass over your skin. Using the ResurFX module for resurfacing, the technology’s standout feature is that it’s specifically designed to limit the discomfort and long downtime of other heavier-duty skin resurfacing treatments. That’s due to the CoolScan scanner, which ensures your skin’s surface does not receive too much energy. It can also be used treat vascular lesions and visible veins on your legs too, using the Multi-Spot Nd:YAG module, for an overly smoother, more evenly toned body.

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FOR STRETCH MARKS: SECRET DUO BY CUTERA 

Offering double the bang for your buck, Secret Duo from Cutera is the first technology available in the UK to combine non-ablative 1540nm laser (aka it doesn’t blitz off your skin’s top layer) and radiofrequency microneedling in one device. That means you get an envy-inducing glow boost and collagen stimulation alongside targeted treatment of stretch marks, scars and pigmentation. It’s also celebrated for for its quick treatment times, high degree of comfort and minimal downtime, so it ticks a lot of the right boxes for the most common body concerns.

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FOR RESTORING VOLUME: DERMAL FILLER

Just like our faces, our bodies can lose the muscle-tone and plumpness that fills out our skin as we age, and that can be especially noticeable in areas like our hands, which can become fairly bony. Luckily, dermal filler injections can be used to restore volume fairly quickly with very little downtime. Just note that there are specific brands recommended for these areas, such as the collagen-stimulating filler Ellansé recommended by Dr David Jack, which tends to be quite long-lasting. You also need to go to a practitioner who knows what they are doing when it comes to treating these areas.

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FOR SWEATING: TOXIN INJECTIONS 

Sweating can be a topic we all tend to avoid – despite all doing it, of course! However, if your sweat glands frequently leave you with wet patches, and a feeling of embarrassment, there is a quick and quite simple treatment Alice loves that can really help – toxin injections. Injecting toxin into your underarms might sound odd to anyone who thinks of the injections as only for wrinkles, but it’s a very successful medical treatment to block sweat gland activity and it can last around eight months. Alice sees Dr Sophie Shotter for her sessions.

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