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. 2024 Mar;23(3):869-875.
doi: 10.1111/jocd.16078. Epub 2023 Dec 7.

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

Jesús Rodríguez Lastra  1 , Yazmin García Cardona  2
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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

Jesús Rodríguez Lastra et al. J Cosmet Dermatol. 2024 Mar.

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 radiofrequency 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 channel, 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 significant (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 decreases 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; MRI; high power TECAR; subcutaneous fat loss.

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