Difference Between Body Contouring and Weight Loss

Difference Between Body Contouring and Weight Loss 

Body contouring and Weight Loss both share the objective of improving your physical appearance and boosting your confidence, but there’s a misconception that they are interchangeable treatments. In general, weight loss can improve your overall appearance and health, while body contouring targets stubborn areas and fat deposits that won’t respond to diet and exercise. 

What is Body Contouring?  

Body contouring is a procedure that is done to reshape specific areas of the body in both non-surgical and surgical ways. It addresses concerns like excess skin and stubborn fat deposits. While body contouring doesn’t directly lead to weight loss, it enhances body shape and targets areas where traditional weight loss methods may not suffice. The objective of body sculpting is to reduce excess fat cells in the body. 

What is Weight Loss?  

Weight Loss can be a process or a procedure that helps you achieve your goal of losing weight. When you lose weight, your body burns the stored fat stored within your cells, causing them to decrease in size. However, the fat cells remain present, and if you revert to previous habits, it’s possible to regain the lost weight. Weight loss does not target a specific area of the body like body contouring does. 

Body Contouring Options at Illume 

• Liposuction  

Liposuction is a surgical procedure that refines body contours by reshaping areas with stubborn fat. We use Microaire’s Power Assisted Liposuction (PAL), a method widely regarded as the best and most effective liposuction option available by plastic surgeons across the country. This type of liposuction uses powered vibrations to loosen stubborn fat cells and is a gentler, more comfortable method of fat removal. The extra fat that was removed can be processed and used as a fat transfer to add volume to different areas of the body, such as the buttocks or face. 

The areas that can be treated with Liposuction are the back, arms, hips, and abdomen to name a few. 

• Coolsculpting  

Coolsculpting is a non-surgical procedure that targets those stubborn fat areas of the body that seem to never go. CoolSculpting is FDA approved, and one of the most popular non-surgical fat reduction treatments out there. CoolSculpting works by gradually cooling fat cells over an extended period, cause them to die; once eliminated, these fat cells do not regenerate.  

Weight Loss Options at Illume 

• Signature Weight Loss Programs Semaglutide and Tirzepatide 

If you are looking for something that will do more than just remove or freeze a single area of fat on your body, we offer many options for weight loss. Two of the most popular are Semaglutide and Tirzepatide.  

• Semaglutide  

Semaglutide is a peptide that communicates with your brain cells to reduce hunger and stabilize blood sugar. This weekly weight loss injection is a non-stimulant, can be used with a flexible diet, and is a good option for anyone looking to lose a minimum of 25 pounds.   

• Tirzepatide  

If you are looking for something like Semaglutide that offers more weight loss and less side effects, Tirzepatide might be right for you. Tirzepatide combines two classes of medications: GLP-1 and GIP whereas Semaglutide is just the GLP-1. Tirzepatide works by replicating the actions of the GLP-1 and GIP hormones naturally released by the intestine after a meal, thereby stimulating insulin secretion.  

• Non Injectables Weight Loss at Illume  

Here at Illume, we also offer a variety of express weight loss programs such as HCG and natural weight loss programs like our Illume Burn Programs. We offer each patient a tailored weight loss plan and provide nutritional guidance to achieve your weight loss goals. 

All our weight loss programs, and physician supervised and include follow-up appointments. 

Free Coolsculpting and Weight Loss Consultation  

If you are interested in one of the services or procedures listed above, do not hesitate to reach out. Start your journey today to a more confident you and schedule a complimentary liposuction consultation with one of our board-certified plastic surgeons or a complimentary CoolSculpting or weight loss consultation with one of our licensed providers today! Contact Illume here!