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Fat Information:
Distribution of Adipose (fat) Tissue: The number of fat cells in an individual’s body is established by late puberty. The process takes place over time reaching the peak of the curve in late childhood and then stopping. Conversely, the size of the cells continues to increase to a certain limit throughout life, depending on the diet. Adult fat cells do not multiply. Location of fat cells is genetically determined. Fat is not evenly distributed. Thickness of subcutaneous tissue will vary in different parts of the body and from individual to individual.
Distribution of fat tissue in men and women is dependent on genetic and environmental factors. In women, there is a larger subcutaneous adipose tissue than men which explains at least partly a deposition fat in the saddlebag area. Men on the other hand have a larger proportion of their adipose tissue localized intra-abdominally.
There are four layers of fat in the human: superficial, subcutaneous, reserve and intra-cavity. The Synergie treatment addresses the first two layers, liposuction addresses the reserve layer and nothing but diet and exercise affects the intra-cavity fat.
None of these treatment modalities change the number of fat cells except liposuction. The size of fat cells are affected by Synergie, diet and exercise as well as ultrasound/electrical stimulation. Any kind of vaso-dilatation which makes the blood vessels larger, i.e., electrical stimulation, ultrasound heat or aminophylline cream will provide a chance for a physical modality, i.e., Synergie, to provide a physical force to remove volume from the fat cell into lymphatic and venous channels to provide a pump toward the heart creating a chance to eliminate this volume from the body through the kidneys or to burn it by exercise. If the volume excreted from the fat cells is not processed in these manners, it could be re-deposited.
