A Combination of two body contouring technologies: radiofrequency and Ultrasonic cavitation did not have adverse effects on hematological/liver markers in overweight women

Dietary management is the principle intervention for obesity, although other methods have been proposed including non-invasive devices in body-contouring.

We aimed to explore the effects of Radiofrequency (RF) and Ultrasound (US) modalities for the body-contouring in overweight females followed by evaluation of anthropometric, hematological markers and anti-HSP27 level.

In this randomized control clinical trial fifty overweight females were enrolled and divided into two groups. Each participant was prescribed a diet with 500 kcal deficit of total energy requirement. RF and Ultrasound-Cavitation were each used once a week for 5 weeks in the case group. Anthropometric and hematological markers were measured in all subjects before and after intervention.

Abdominal circumference(AC), waist circumference(WC), Body mass Index, and body fat mass parameters were reduced significantly in both groups (p

Our study suggests that body-contouring devices based on RF and US Cavitation reduced measures of adiposity and did not have adverse effects on hematological-factors, liver-function-markers, and HSP27 level in overweight women. Further investigations are required to explore the value of this method in a larger multicenter setting.