Let’s (hypothetically) say a young, healthy woman regularly does hundreds, even thousands, of squats. She’s sculpted her arms over the course of three months. The scale has budged past those stubborn five pounds, and her (only-she-noticed-it) double chin and cellulite are no longer a focal point. It sounds like she’s been leading a healthy lifestyle and making time to hit the gym. She has—but she’s also been spending time in her plastic surgeon’s office.
Over the past decade, the body contouring and sculpting toolkit has become a robust (albeit expensive) resource for patients seeking an extra bit of definition and tone. First, it was CoolSculpting, a fat-freezing technology, and Kybella, a fat-dissolving injection. Then came Emsculpt Neo, an energy device that stimulates muscle contractions, and Sofwave, a radiofrequency skin-tightening and defining device, followed by Avéli, a fibrous band-snapping innovation that permanently removes dimples from the upper thighs and buttocks.
