You’ve committed to achieving your ideal body by staying disciplined with GLP-1 medications, consistently meal prepping, and maintaining a regular exercise routine. The hard work and commitment are evident in your slimmer physique and enhanced muscle definition. Yet in many cases, stubborn fat still persists.
It can be discouraging when your end goals continue to hang just out of reach, especially with areas resistant to diet and exercise.
Don’t lose hope just yet! At Marcos Medical, we can help you finally achieve your goals with body contouring options like Emsculpt in San Antonio. This device builds muscle and burns fat to improve muscle tone, all without invasive techniques or surgical intervention.
Emsculpt NEO and other body sculpting devices complement your workout by targeting fat deposits that workouts alone can’t reach. Read on to learn more about how you can refine your physique with body contouring.
What is body contouring?
Body contouring, also known as body sculpting, is the process of reshaping specific areas of the body through various measures. At Marcos Medical, we offer noninvasive technologies to reduce fat and strengthen muscles.
While we can’t control how our body distributes weight—genes, gender, and age all play a role—body contouring offers a solution for those stubborn areas that resist traditional efforts of diet and exercise. You can enhance the following areas of your body with our contouring and sculpting services:
- Legs: Whether you’re looking for firmer, more toned thighs or stronger-looking calves, body contouring can help you achieve both.
- Arms: Maybe you’ve been hiding your arms underneath cardigans or sweaters. With our body contouring services, you can finally flaunt toned biceps and triceps with confidence.
- Buttocks: How many squats have you done to achieve that rounded, lifted butt? If you’re still not seeing that ideal physique, Emsculpt in San Antonio enhances your buttock’s shape by reducing fat and accentuating its natural lift and curve.
- Stomach: Belly fat doesn’t just impact swimsuit season, it can cause distress all year round! We understand the emotional toll and hit to your self-confidence. With body contouring services, you can achieve a slimmer and more toned midsection and improve your self-confidence.
The best part about body contouring lies in its ability to actually stimulate muscle. That means your body doesn’t just appear toned, it genuinely is toned!
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Emsculpt NEO
So how does Emsculpt NEO effectively and efficiently build muscle and target stubborn fat? It harnesses the power of 2 powerful technologies to work simultaneously to deliver a heated but sweat-free workout in 30 minutes.
High-Intensity Focused Electromagnetic (HIFEM) Energy
Think about how many crunches you can do in 30 minutes. You’re probably guessing somewhere in the hundreds, at most. Well, Emsculpt in San Antonio far surpasses that number, delivering up to 20,000 muscle contractions per session. HIFEM technology uses electromagnetic energy to intensely stimulate muscles, causing contractions stronger than the body can naturally produce.
Powerful muscle activation boosts muscle volume by 25% and strength by 29%, creating a sculpted physique.
Another perk to Emsculpt: It allows for customization. Depending on your comfort level and goals, we can adjust the intensity via Emsculpt NEO’s settings.
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Radiofrequency (RF) Energy
We’re no strangers to heat in San Antonio; with humid summers reaching over 100 degrees, we feel the warmth almost year-round. Emsculpt NEO delivers that same intensity, but in a controlled way, delivering RF energy to the targeted area to help you achieve your desired results.
Your body maintains a certain number of fat cells; this number remains unchanged with weight gain or loss. Instead, these cells shrink or expand. Fat cells have 2 receptors: alpha-2 receptors, which promote fat storage, and beta-2 receptors, which encourage fat burning. In areas where you struggle with excess fat, you may have a higher concentration of those alpha-2 receptors, which makes fat loss significantly more challenging.
RF energy heats and permanently destroys those fat cells, resulting in a reduction of up to 30% of fat in the treated area. But let’s get one thing straight: Emsculpt in San Antonio is not a weight loss treatment. It’s designed for targeted fat loss, but is it best suited for individuals who are at or near their ideal weight. Furthermore, while fat cells are permanently flushed from your body, the remaining cells are still able to increase in size in the event of weight gain. Fortunately, by adopting healthy habits, you’re making it easy to maintain your results from Emsculpt NEO and stay on track with your regular exercise routine.
Who is a good candidate for Emsculpt NEO?
This FDA-approved device works best for the following candidates:
- You are close to your ideal weight.
- You have a body mass index (BMI) of 35 or less.
- You have areas of your fat that resist diet and exercise efforts.
- You want to build muscle and strength.
- You have recently given birth and are looking to strengthen and restore your abdominal muscles.
Patients who are already healthy and want to target and tone their bodies will see the best outcomes with Emsculpt NEO.
Who is not a good candidate for Emsculpt NEO?
Emsculpt NEO might not be suitable for you if you fall into any of the following categories:
- You have a BMI over 35.
- You are pregnant or nursing.
- You have a history of seizures or epilepsy.
- You have metal or electronic implants (pacemakers, defibrillators).
Even if Emsculpt NEO isn’t right for you, that doesn’t mean we can’t help you reach your goals.
With our weight loss management services, we develop personalized treatment plans to help you lose weight and maintain results. We provide various therapeutic options, nutritional guidance, and weight management injections or hormone replacement therapy tailored to both men and women.
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Body Sculpting in San Antonio: The Treatment Process
One thing we can promise you about Emsculpt in San Antonio: It’s an easy process from start to finish.
Consultation
Starting with an in-depth consultation, we discuss your medical history, weight loss efforts, and areas of concern. Using our Styku 3D Body Scanner, we analyze your body’s shape and composition in 30 to 40 seconds.
Your data will help us calculate the necessary number of sessions to meet your goals. Most people require 4 to 6 sessions, but this is adaptable to individual needs and goals.
Treatment
We use our body scanner to track your progress and receive real-time insights at each appointment. During your session, you lie down on our treatment table, and your provider places the Emsculpt NEO applicators on your targeted area.
We ease you in, just as you would with exercise, beginning gently and increasing the level based on your tolerance. Most people find this treatment painless, and compare the sensation to a hot stone massage.
Downtime
You may feel mild soreness in the treatment area, similar to the feeling after a vigorous workout. This should resolve within a few days. After your 30-minute session, you can return to your normal daily activities sweat free!
Results
You might see initial changes after your first session for Emsculpt in San Antonio, with more noticeable results appearing about 2 to 4 weeks after your final treatment. To see continued results, we recommend maintenance sessions, eating a healthy diet, and regularly exercising.
Complementary Body Contouring Treatments
Emsculpt NEO effectively and efficiently enhances strength, improves muscle tone, and reduces fat—but you’re not limited to only one option for treatment. We offer additional body contouring services to help you reach your goals.
EMTONE
Just like how your body weight distribution depends on genetics, age, and gender, so does the likelihood of developing cellulite. Although these dimples are harmless, they can still affect your self-esteem. That’s why we offer EMTONE, a noninvasive cellulite treatment that stimulates the production of collagen (the protein in your body that provides strength and structure) for smoother skin.
EMTONE’s RF energy heats the skin, stimulating collagen, while its targeted pressure energy improves blood flow and breaks down fat. In a series of 4 to 6 treatments, we can help you achieve smoother, firmer skin in the following areas:
- Upper arms
- Abdomen
- Thighs
- Buttocks
- Love handles
You’ll see initial results after a single session, with more visible improvements over the next couple of months following your final treatment. Just like Emsculpt in San Antonio, this treatment requires no downtime.
Exion Body
Exion Body uses monopolar radiofrequency, targeted ultrasound, and cooling technology to reduce cellulite and fat deposits in the following areas:
- Back
- Hips
- Stomach
- Arms
- Legs
- Saddle bags
- Knees
- Buttocks
Radiofrequency and ultrasound energy heat the dermis (the middle layer of your skin), stimulating natural healing and collagen production. Similar to Emsculpt NEO’s mechanism, Exion Body uses RF energy to kill fat cells, allowing the body to naturally flush them. The cooling technology protects your skin, even as the tissues are heated.
Combining Treatments
Our body contouring treatments work great on their own, but for optimal results, we recommend pairing them together. Exion Body works especially well with Emsculpt NEO, thanks to its skin tightening abilities. We offer skin tightening treatments for your face as well, so you can achieve a rejuvenated appearance from head to toe. These include the following:
- Exion Fractional RF: A microneedling treatment that uses radiofrequency energy for improved skin tone, wrinkle reduction, and enhanced skin elasticity.
- Exion Face: This treatment combines radiofrequency and targeted ultrasound to boost hyaluronic acid (HA) production by up to 224%. HA helps your skin retain moisture, so this treatment improves skin laxity, reduces wrinkles, and creates firmer, tighter skin.
- EMFACE: EMFACE works similarly to EMTONE, but focuses on targeting the more delicate facial muscles to tighten and firm your facial features, rather than your body.
Tighten and Tone at Marcos Medical
Emsculpt in San Antonio complements, not replaces, a healthy lifestyle for better body toning. This treatment sculpts and contours your physique while rebuilding and rehabilitating muscles, allowing you to maintain a regular exercise routine. If you’re interested in learning more about how body sculpting can benefit you, contact our wellness and aesthetics team to start your journey to a leaner, stronger, you.
To start now, you can try our virtual consultation tool. Following your submission, a team member will contact you regarding treatment options and appointment availability.
