Zerona is the latest weapon in the armoury of medical professionals in their war against obesity and weight loss issues. One can hardly believe the simplicity in principle of how it works that one may wonder why it hasn't been invented sooner.
But in fact Zerona is the culmination of many years of study and is a progression of many earlier invention by Erhonia the manufacturer. Erchonia has been delving in Lasers for the past 15 years, producing lasers for wound healing , liposculpting and in fact is a global leader in low level healthcare laser.
Zerona simply put is a low level laser and it works is by causing fat cells to open its cell wall and release its fat contents into extracellular space. The fats are then absorbed into the lymphatic circulation and broken down in lymph nodes into Free Fatty Acids, which will later on be transported via the systemic circulation to other organs like liver, kidneys, muscle and will be combusted into energy. ( I will explain the entire biochemical process in my next blog)
In really simple terms Zerona will Zap your fat cells and makes it shrink!
This is good because our fat cells can enlarge up to 1000 times its original size! After a certain age, our fat cells dont really multiply in numbers, we already have 20 - 40 billion of them, it just expands and thats what makes us fat! Our fat cells act like banks, and fats are stored like fixed deposits that does us no good unless if we were lost in the Arctic and have no source of food.
Whatever the argument is, Zerona's claims has been proven and is the only laser that has obtained an FDA approval for the use in fat busting, or more specifically and in scientific terminology - "circumferential reduction". I shall link the FDA approvals later. Many clinical trials has been performed and results have consistently shown that patients undergoing Zerona treatment , lose an average of at least 3.5 inches in total ( when you combine waist, hips and thighs). This is just the minimum average. Personally, patients I've treated in combination with certain supplements and some dietary modification have produced on average of about 6 - 9 inches loss in total.
The illustration above shows how the laser works, a low level laser of 665nm wavelength irradiates the surface of our skin, its painless and has no burning or heat sensation.The laser penetrates a few mm deep into the subcutaneous fat tissue and after about 10mins, the adipocyte cell wall membrane becomes porous and fat contents spills out and is broken down into water, glycerol, free fatty acids (FFA). The material which was spilled into interstitial space is now drained into the lymphatic system and is further drained into the systemic circulation. FFA is used as a substrate for fuel and cell metabolism to produce energy. This energy is used for our daily activities , the more activities we engage in the more of the FFA substrate we will deplete. Thus it is also dependent on us as the patient to exercise a little bit and eat the right foods by avoiding fats and sugars, to get the maximal results. But what this does is really jumpstart anyone's weight loss programme and short circuits a lot of the process involved to get the fat contents out in the first place. ( think 2-3 hours on the treadmill- since most of the fuel source is extracted from glycogen storage which burns easily leaving fat cells to be burned last)
Another benefit of shrinking our fat cells is that there is an overall hormonal change which will somehow create a positive cycle of fat burning and further fat shrinkage. So even though you may have targeted a certain area of the body during the treatment, the fat shrinkage occurs overall throughout the body.
Now Nara Medispa is the first and only clinic in Malaysia that has obtained this Laser, and provides the treatment. Please contact us for further information and to arrange an appointment.
Tel: 03 -2691 7388
email: drnaz@naramedispa.com