EMsculpt NEO questions answered

EMsculpt NEO is priced per session and per course in euro, confirmed in writing at your free consultation, with a price match on any comparable written quote.

EMsculpt NEO is planned as a course of four, our protocol; the written quote gives the course price per area in euro, and treating two areas together in one visit is quoted together.

Four, about a week apart, which is the course the flank, arm and buttock studies used and our minimum; the sham-controlled trial measured a result after three. One session is a demonstration, not a course. The sessions page explains.

A course of four, then in our experience a single session every three to six months keeps the tone; there is no published maintenance schedule, and we review you at three months.

For fat and muscle together: the abdomen, the flanks, the thighs and the upper arms. For muscle toning only: the buttocks and the calves. The chin, the face and the neck are not EMsculpt NEO areas. The area pages cover the abdomen, buttocks and arms.

It is a common request, and in our experience it suits a soft abdomen with a layer of fat over muscle that has lost tone. We wait until you have recovered from the birth. It does not tighten loose skin, and the clinician checks for a hernia and asks about a caesarean before treating.

No. EMsculpt NEO builds muscle and reduces fat; it is not a skin-tightening treatment. For loose skin, the clinician says what fits at the free consultation.

It reduces the fat layer over the abdominal muscle, by 28% on ultrasound in the sham-controlled trial (one group had the real treatment, the other a dummy one). Body weight did not change in the trials. It changes shape, not weight. A large bulge you can pinch is CoolSculpting's job, which we also offer.

The arms and the thighs are cleared areas and, in our experience, respond well. The calves are a muscle-toning area. The clinician agrees the areas at the consultation.

Yes. In the sham-controlled trial the abdominal muscle was 24% thicker on ultrasound at three months after three sessions, and the flank, arm and buttock studies measured 24% to 27% more muscle thickness after four. The worth it page sets out the studies.

It works with training rather than instead of it. It works the muscle at an intensity you cannot reach voluntarily and reduces the fat layer over it in the same session. It works best in someone who trains and keeps training; it does not replace exercise or diet.

After the first session, soreness like heavy exercise and nothing to see yet. In our experience the first change shows two to four weeks after the last session of the course, and the result is measured at three months.

In the sham-controlled trial the change held at six months. Muscle fades without training, as it does after any exercise, so keep training and have a maintenance session every three to six months in our experience.

In our experience the usual reasons are a body mass index over about 30, a thick fat layer, or loose skin rather than a soft layer over muscle. The clinician checks each at the free consultation. Stopping training during and after the course also costs result.

Yes. In our experience men ask for the abdomen and the flanks most, and the sham-controlled trial enrolled men and women and found no link between sex and result.

In our experience it suits someone with a layer of fat over a muscle, not far from their target weight, with a body mass index under about 30. If you are further from that, the clinician says so and plans the right order, which can mean CoolSculpting first.

A copper coil, metal in or near the area and a hernia in the area rule the treatment out for that area. So do a pacemaker or any implanted electronic device, pregnancy, a cancer in the area, epilepsy, a heart condition, a bleeding disorder or blood thinners, recent surgery, an open wound or an infection in the area. The clinician checks each at the free consultation.

Muscle soreness for a day or two as after heavy exercise, and the skin pink and warm for an hour or so. In the manufacturer's abdomen study 93% reported none to minimal discomfort and no adverse events were recorded; in the thigh study one patient had a mild, treatment-related inflammation of the fat under the skin. The fat clearance covers all skin types on the abdomen and the thighs and skin types I to IV on the flanks (skin types run from I, the palest, to VI, the darkest). On the upper arms it covers skin types II and III with a body mass index of 30 or under.

It is FDA-cleared in the US, which is a different thing from approved: cleared for fat reduction of the abdomen, thighs, upper arms and flanks and for strengthening and toning the muscles of the abdomen, buttocks, thighs, arms and calves.

EMsculpt NEO for a soft layer over a muscle you want firmer; CoolSculpting for a bulge you can pinch. We offer both, and some people have CoolSculpting first and EMsculpt NEO after. The full EMsculpt NEO guide compares them.

Yes: CoolSculpting for a fat bulge. We wait two weeks after an injectable treatment and four weeks after dermal filler in the area, and the clinician plans the order.

In our practice there is no numbing and no gel; jewellery and anything metal come off. You go back to your day straight after, and you keep training as you normally do.

Yes. Our sessions are run by trained clinicians under a doctor, on a genuine BTL EMsculpt NEO device.

Call +353 1485 4911 or use the form on any page at any time and we call you back. We are open Monday to Friday 9am to 7pm and Saturday 9am to 6pm, at EMsculpt Neo Dublin, 18 Clanwilliam Square, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2, D02 V026, about nine minutes' walk from Grand Canal Dock DART station. The clinic page has directions. If you would rather be contacted by e-mail only, tell the team member who calls to book you.