Loss of subcutaneous fat in 20 patients, both sexes, using a second-generation TECAR device of 1.240 Watts and results analyzed with magnetic resonance

Abstract

Background: Body contouring and abdominal fat loss without surgery are increasingly used technique. In a study in pigs, it is noted that both capacitive and resistive radi ofrequency stimulation reduced subcutaneous fat. One human study demonstrated a loss of 2.90¿cm in waist diameter. Second-generation TECAR (Acronym for Transfer Electric Capacitive and Resistive) device with 4 channels, 200¿cm2 work area per chan nel, and high power (1240¿W), regulates body energy input by measuring absorption in the body and adjusting the power for 80¿min at 50°C. Aims: To evaluate the loss of subcutaneous fat, this magnitude was measured in grams and centimeters throughout the abdomen by MRI before and after each treatment. Subject and Methods: We have studied 25 patients, 13 women and 12 men with a mean age of 49¿years. All patients had their waist diameter measured and an MRI performed before and after 10 continuous sessions except Saturday and Sunday, over 2¿weeks. Additionally, a lipid profile was performed on the same day of the study and at the end of it. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee. Results: Waist diameter decreased by 5.5¿cm, these differences being statistically sig nificant (p=¿0.000). Subcutaneous fat measured by MRI in cm decreased by 784¿cm (p=¿0.000). In grams, it decreased 808.7¿g (p=¿0.000). In the lipid profile, all the values decreased, but they were not statistically significant. Conclusions: The use of this second generation of TECAR equipment at 1¿MHz de creases the waist diameter by more than 5¿cm and leads to the loss of more than 800¿grams of subcutaneous fat in 12¿days. It is a method without risks or side effects, well tolerated, and an alternative for those patients who do not want to go to the operating room. KEYWORDS Capenergy, high power TECAR, MRI, subcutaneous fat loss