For one area, four is our minimum. Four sessions about a week apart is the course the flank, upper arm and buttock studies used, and it is the course we run at EMsculpt Neo Dublin, 18 Clanwilliam Square; if your area needs more, we say so at the three-month review. The sham-controlled abdomen trial (one group had the real treatment, the other a dummy one) measured its result after three sessions, 28% less fat and 24% more muscle at three months on ultrasound, so three is where the evidence starts and four is where the courses in the other studies sit. One session is a demonstration, not a course: it shows you what the contractions feel like and does not build a result that lasts, in our experience.
What the studies used
- Abdomen, sham-controlled trial of 72 adults: three sessions a week apart; at three months the fat layer was 28% thinner and the muscle 24% thicker in the treated group, with the result held at six months.
- Flanks, MRI study of four weekly sessions: fat 29% thinner and the oblique muscles 27% thicker.
- Upper arms, 34 enrolled, 25 scanned at three months: four weekly 30-minute sessions; fat 25% less and the triceps 24% thicker on MRI at three months.
- Thighs, the manufacturer's study for the US clearance, 40 women: four sessions; all 29 who completed the one-month follow-up were satisfied or very satisfied.
Four, about a week apart, is the course in the flank, arm and buttock studies, and it is our minimum for every area; if your area needs more, we say so at the three-month review.
What each session does
A session is 30 minutes of HIFEM contractions, electromagnetic pulses that drive the muscle harder than any voluntary effort, with synchronised radiofrequency heating the fat layer over it to the temperature at which fat cells break down. Muscle grows with repetition and the cleared fat takes weeks to leave, which is why the sessions are a week apart and why the result is read at three months rather than the week after. In our experience the first change shows two to four weeks after the last session.
Two areas, and top-ups
Each area has its own course of four; two areas can be treated in the same visit where the clinic's schedule allows, and the written quote says how they are priced. After the three-month review, a maintenance session every three to six months is suggested where it is worth it, in our experience, and it is decided together at that review. The worth it page sets out the studies, and the abdomen page the area most people start with.
Book a free consultation
Call EMsculpt Neo Dublin on +353 1485 4911 or use the form below. The clinician assesses the area, confirms the course of four and gives you the price in euro, in writing.
