You might ask yourself why people turn to laser assisted weight loss. Picture this: You’re exercising at recommended levels and you’re watching your diet, but you can’t get rid of that bulge you feel between your fingers when you pinch your belly. Sound familiar? You’re far from alone. Belly fat is a general term for the subcutaneous fat just under the skin that usually develops around the midsection. Diet and exercise keep most people at a healthy weight for much of their lives, but many people eventually run into a wall when they reach middle age. Why?
The long answer requires a fully researched scientific paper. The short answer is hormones and genetics. Even people who maintain a healthy diet and an exercise regimen their entire lives struggle to burn off belly fat as they get older.
Hormonal Changes
For women, subcutaneous fat can accumulate as the body changes during menopause. Menopause shifts hormone levels dramatically in women, most commonly decreasing estrogen. The body responds by packing in more fat around the midsection. No amount of exercise and eating right can prevent this in most women.
For men and women, our metabolism shifts and changes as we age as a result of counterbalancing hormonal levels. Our bodies simply can’t burn off as much of the calories we get from our food as we did when we were younger. This makes reducing belly fat nearly impossible for many people.
Genetics
Many people are genetically predisposed to not only gain weight as they age but develop deposits of subcutaneous fat as well. This genetic predisposition might not be apparent before we reach middle age, causing frustration in people who were active and skinny their whole lives before they turned 45.
What You Can Do About It
You don’t have to simply accept your larger, more uncomfortable body as you age. There are several treatments aimed at reducing subcutaneous fat for people when diet and exercise aren’t enough.
Laser assisted weight loss treatments apply focused light (lasers) specifically to certain areas of the body, causing the fat cells there to not hold as much. Believe it or not, fat build-ups under the skin aren’t the result of having too many fat cells in those areas, but rather the result of the fat cells in those areas storing too much fat. They have to be ‘convinced’ to release the fat molecules they’re holding. That’s what laser assisted weight loss treatments do.
Before you seek treatment, be kind to yourself. That sounds like a hipster thing to say, but remember that your body changes over time. As we reach middle age, body processes we’ve relied on start to drop off. It happens to everyone, and it’s okay. We as humans were programmed to store fat for lean times. We’re not going to evolve out of this for another million years or so. Accept that your belly fat isn’t necessarily your fault, and there are ways to eliminate it for good.
Dr. Tred’s Slim Body Laser Spa offers laser assisted weight loss procedures designed to target persistent fat cells and eliminate three to nine inches of belly fat in only three weeks. Contact Dr. Tred today for a free consultation.
