What is cryolipolysis and how does it work? Cryolipolysis comes from the Greek words kryos = frost, lipa = fat and lysis = dissolution. It is a therapy that was initially developed for pain management, but found other uses in recent medicine. The local application of cold induces a fat cell apoptosis (“cell suicide”) for approx. 24% of the fat cells. These cells are then metabolized by the body, in particular by the liver, in the following four to […]
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