Best Non-Invasive Fat Removal Treatments in 2021

In recent years, we’ve seen an influx of new alternatives to liposuction, the invasive, violent fat-removal technique we’ve been using for 4 decades. Now, in 2021, these non-invasive fat removal treatments feel much more like a day at the spa than a day in surgery, and the results are impressive – with little to no downtime.

So what is the best non-invasive fat removal treatment for you? This article will give you the basics of the six best fat-reducing body treatments of 2021.

Fat Freezing

What is Fat Freezing?

Fat freezing, sometimes known by the brand name CoolSculpting, is a method of destroying pockets of stubborn, diet-resistant fat by killing the fat cells with extreme cold. Cool fat removal is effective on stubborn fat but it’s not meant for weight loss or for reducing body fat if you’re overweight. Many people consider this treatment to be the best non-surgical fat removal treatment available today.

How Does Fat Freezing Work?

CoolSculpting fat removal works by literally making your fat cells so cold, they die. A suctioning apparatus is placed over the area you want to slim and the machine begins to cool the area down. After about 10 minutes, the localized area goes completely numb. You remain in this numb state for 45 minutes.

Over the course of the following 6 months, your fat cells reduce by approximately 25%. Most people repeat the treatment 3-4 times. In fact, you can even repeat the treatment on the same day! 

How Much Does Freezing Your Fat Cost?

Fat freezing treatment costs vary from city to city, but you can expect to pay $600-$1500 per treatment, or $3000-$5000 approximately for multiple treatments. This puts the cost on par with surgical procedures like liposuction.

To reduce your costs, you can look for membership-based spas, like Novuskin. They offer year-long spa memberships that can significantly reduce the cost of these treatments, in some cases as much as 50%.

Laser Fat Removal

What is Laser Fat Removal?

Unlike most fat removal treatments, the idea of laser lipolysis body contouring is not to remove fat cells, but to shrink them. During a laser treatment, the fat cells are damaged by a high-energy laser. Non surgical liposuction is best for smaller areas of stubborn fat, as is meant for people who are within 25 pounds of their ideal weight. 

How Does Laser Fat Removal Work?

Imagine your fat cells are like plump, juicy grapes. Laser liposuction aims to turn those grapes into raisins by helping to drain the fluid from inside them. At your treatment, your technician will place pads over the fatty area. These pads are equipped with laser diodes that will penetrate directly into the skin. The laser energy burns tiny holes in the membranes of the fat cells, causing them to release their stored fluid. This fluid is then flushed away by the lymphatic system.

Laser fat removal generally takes 8 treatments to see optimum results and these treatments are usually done over the course of a month. 

How Much Does Laser Fat Removal Cost?

Costs vary, but you can expect to pay $3000 – $5000 for 8 sessions. Spas often sell laser lipo sessions as packages, so committing to 8 sessions upfront may help you save a significant amount of money.

Radiofrequency Treatments

What is Vanquish Fat Removal?

Vanquish fat removal uses radiofrequency to melt fat tissue. Just like it’s possible to freeze fat to death, it’s possible to heat it to a temperature where it can no longer survive. Vanquish has some intriguing benefits, one of which is that it is 100% pain-free, but also, that it can treat larger areas of the body than many other fat-reducing treatments. It can be more tailored than CoolSculpting, for example, and gives an added benefit of tightening the skin, since radiofrequency helps stimulate collagen production.

How Does Vanquish Work?

During your therapy, you’ll lay comfortably while your technician positions and tailors a radiofrequency machine above the area you want to shrink. The Vanquish machine uses smart sensors to assess your fat density and then emits the correct frequency energy level for best results. The machine never touches you. It warms the area comfortably, but underneath the skin, fat cells are heated to 120 degrees, causing them to implode and melt away.

How Much Does Radiofrequency Fat Removal Cost?

Most people require 4-6 Vanquish treatments to see optimal results, and individual treatments tend to cost about $600 each. If you need to target larger areas, for example, the entire abdomen, Vanquish will be a cheaper option since most other treatments would break the whole abdomen down into 4 smaller areas, ultimately costing more in the long run.

Ultrasound Fat Reduction

What is Ultrashape?

Ultrashape is a type of ultrasound fat reduction that uses safe, non-invasive sound waves to heat up and destroy fat cells. It’s a completely pain-free method of reducing fat without downtime and has very few potential side effects. 

How does Ultrashape work?

Ultrashape works similarly to a regular ultrasound session your doctor might perform on patients. You simply lie comfortably as a technician applies ultrasound jelly to the area you want to reduce. A handheld applicator is run over the area. You don’t feel cold or hot during this treatment, although some people do report feeling a mild buzzing in their ears or on their teeth. While a bit unpleasant, it’s not damaging.

Ultrashape reduces 20-25% of the fat in the area and results are slowly seen over a number of weeks to a few months. Most people need only 3 treatments, so it can offer a fast way to see results.

How much does Ultrashape cost?

Ultrashape costs about $1500 per treatment, so 3 treatments can run upwards of $4500. Purchasing 3 treatments upfront may help reduce this cost.

Red Light Therapy

What is Red Light Therapy?

Also known as low-level laser therapy (LLLT), red light therapy is a lesser-known method of removing stubborn fat from the body. It’s also more recently being hailed for its ability to function as a cellulite remover. During your treatment, low-energy red light lasers are placed directly on the skin and targeted at the area you want to reduce. Depending on the area, the lights will be left to penetrate the skin for 10-40 minutes.

Typically, to see full results, 6 treatments are needed. Because of the comfortable non-invasive nature of LLLT, you can treat a number of areas simultaneously.

What Does Red Light Therapy Do?

Red light therapy is still controversial as it’s unknown exactly how it works, but it’s thought that the light penetrates and damages the cell membrane (the outer layer of the fat cell), allowing fatty fluids to seep out.

LLLT is best for people with a BMI of 25-30, just over the ‘ideal weight’ margin. While its intention is to reduce fat, there are some initial findings that it may help with overall weight loss. 

How Much Does it Cost?

Red light therapy can cost anywhere from $2000 – $4000 for 6 treatments. You may find this treatment to be a bit cheaper than other options, but it’s also more controversial and results are less predictable.

Electromagnetic Energy

What is Electromagnetic Energy? 

Electromagnetic energy fat reduction treatment, known by the brand name Emsculpt, has a very unique benefit that no other body shaping technology is offering. Yes, the treatment helps burn fat, but it also builds muscle.

Electromagnetic energy sends safe and painless energy pulses into the body that stimulate muscle contractions in the abs. Emsculpt calls these supramaximal contractions. The machine simulates as many as 20,000 muscle contractions in a typical 30-minute treatment, and is safe for both women and men.

How Does Electromagnetic Energy Fat Removal Work?

Emsculpt uses electromagnetic energy to simulate muscle contractions, equivalent to doing 20,000 sit-ups in a 30-minute session. Obviously, this will help build muscle mass in the targeted area. There are no radiation related concerns with Emsculpt.

As another benefit to this treatment, those contractions require energy. So, while Emsculpt is forcing you to do thousands of pain-free sit-ups, it’s using energy in the form of your fat stores to do it.

Emsculpt is for healthy people who are close to their optimal weight, and is deemed an ‘icing on the cake’ treatment – it pushes the body past what the user can accomplish in the gym to a new level of muscle tone.

Emsculpt Cost?

Emsculpt costs about $750-$1000 per treatment and it’s most people have 4 treatments over the course of 2 weeks. Expect to pay $3000-$4000 for your full course of treatments, but consider negotiating a deal to pay for them all upfront.

In 2021, there’s no reason to go under the knife or take part in risky surgical procedures to finally get the body of your dreams. Minimally invasive contouring treatments are growing in popularity all over the U.S.A. and Canada. With similar costs and fewer risks and side effects, look into any of these excellent choices for non-invasive fat removal treatments.