A distinct pad you can grasp
Pinchable fat pocket
The classic presentation. Fat dissolving injections, assessed by a prescriber at consultation, are one option.
Body and medical concerns · London
Stubborn Fat
You have done the training and eaten well, and one small pocket still sits there in every photo. Where you store fat is genetic, and the Wimpole Street team has the contouring treatments to reshape exactly that area.
At a glance
- Areas Abdomen, flanks, thighs, arms, under the chin, back
- Treated at Wimpole Street, London
- Sessions 1 to 4 by treatment
- Not for Weight loss
- First step Pinch assessment
What it is and why it happens
Almost everyone who books this has already tried the obvious thing. They have lost weight, or they have always been within a normal range, and one specific area has never changed.
Willpower has very little to do with it. Fat distribution is largely genetic, and so is the order in which your body draws on it. Some areas are simply last on the list and a great many people never get there.
These are contouring treatments. They reduce fat in one defined area and change your shape rather than your weight, so the difference shows in the mirror and in how clothes fit rather than on the scale. Someone hoping to lose two stone is better served by the clinic’s medical weight management service, and your clinician will guide you there.
The second distinction is fat versus skin. Pinch the area. A distinct pad between your fingers is fat. Thin loose skin with little substance is laxity, and it responds to skin tightening instead.
Regents Park Aesthetics treats body areas at the Wimpole Street clinic, a few minutes from Oxford Circus, where the muscle-building device is installed.
Know your type
Which type is yours?
Under the chin
Submental fullness
Frequently genetic and present at a normal weight. Fat dissolving injections may be discussed at consultation, and where laxity is involved Morpheus8 can help with both.
Soft overall, no muscle tone
Fat with poor definition
Where the issue is as much absent muscle as excess fat. EmSculpt Neo builds and reduces in the same session, and it is the better answer for definition rather than volume.
Little to pinch, skin hangs
Loose skin after weight loss
Common after weight loss, and a job for tightening rather than fat reduction: radiofrequency, or surgery where the excess is significant, with your clinician guiding you to the right route.
How we assess and treat
We pinch the area, which settles the fat-versus-skin question in seconds and makes sure every session goes to the right treatment.
We ask about weight trajectory. Someone actively losing weight is treated once the shape has settled, so the contouring is built around your final shape.
We ask what you would love to change. A goal measured in dress sizes is a weight loss goal, and the clinic’s medical weight management service is the perfect fit for it. A goal measured in shape is where contouring shines.
And we map and quote cycles up front rather than after, so you know the cost of the plan before committing rather than discovering it session by session.
Your options
Which treatment for your type of stubborn fat?
As a guide, this is how we typically match each type to a treatment. Your own plan is always confirmed at consultation, and where a specialist doctor would serve you best, your clinician points you to the right one.
Type
Recommended treatment
Why
Fat with poor definition
Builds the muscle underneath as well as reducing the fat over it
Treatments that address it
| EmSculpt Neo Reduces fat and builds muscle in the same thirty minute session. Better for definition than for volume, and the choice where absent muscle is as much the issue as excess fat. £450. | Fat Dissolving Injections For small defined pockets, most commonly under the chin. Assessed at consultation by a prescriber, who explains what to expect, including about a week of swelling after each session. | Medical Weight Management Where the goal is weight loss rather than contouring, this is the route designed for it. Bloods, prescription treatment where appropriate, and monthly review. From £480. | |
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| £450 | On consultation | £480 | |
| Yes, plus muscle | Yes, small areas | Yes, overall | |
| Yes | No | No | |
| No | Yes | Injectable | |
| 4 | 2 to 4 | Ongoing | |
| Explore EmSculpt Neo | Explore Fat Dissolving Injections | Explore Medical Weight Management |
EmSculpt Neo
Reduces fat and builds muscle in the same thirty minute session. Better for definition than for volume, and the choice where absent muscle is as much the issue as excess fat. £450.
- £450
- Yes, plus muscle
- Yes
- No
- 4
Fat Dissolving Injections
For small defined pockets, most commonly under the chin. Assessed at consultation by a prescriber, who explains what to expect, including about a week of swelling after each session.
- On consultation
- Yes, small areas
- No
- Yes
- 2 to 4
Medical Weight Management
Where the goal is weight loss rather than contouring, this is the route designed for it. Bloods, prescription treatment where appropriate, and monthly review. From £480.
- £480
- Yes, overall
- No
- Injectable
- Ongoing
Before and after
Abdomen
After a course of EmSculpt Neo
Fat reduction and muscle building in the same session. Clinical image supplied by BTL. Individual results may vary.
Abdomen
Profile, after EmSculpt Neo
The same course seen in profile. Clinical image supplied by BTL. Individual results may vary.
Male abdomen
After a course of EmSculpt Neo
The same protocol in a male patient. Clinical image supplied by BTL. Individual results may vary.
Can you treat it at home?
Fat leaves the body as a whole, so no single exercise slims one area: abdominal work builds abdominal muscle beneath the fat over it. Spot reduction is the single most persistent myth in fitness.
Overall fat loss works beautifully and your body decides the order, so the area you care about often comes last.
Resistance training changes the shape underneath, which changes how the area looks even when the fat has not moved. It is the most under-rated intervention here.
Sleep and stress genuinely affect where fat is stored, particularly abdominally, through cortisol. Not a quick fix, and real.
Creams and wraps work on the surface, and the fat sits beneath their reach: a wrap that appears to reduce a measurement has moved water. Fat reduction is what the clinic treatments are for.
Questions, answered
Frequently Asked Questions
Fat distribution and the order your body draws on it are largely genetic. Some areas are last on the list and many people never get there, and willpower has very little to do with it.
It is a contouring treatment: it reduces fat in one defined area and changes your shape rather than your weight. If weight loss is the goal, the clinic’s medical weight management service is designed for exactly that.
Pinch it. A distinct pad between your fingers is fat. Thin loose skin with little substance is laxity, and skin tightening is the treatment for that.
Treated cells are gone for good. Remaining cells can enlarge with weight gain, so the result holds if your weight does.
Exercise reshapes the muscle beneath, and fat loss happens across the whole body. Abdominal exercise builds abdominal muscle beneath the fat over it, which is where contouring helps.
Four to twelve weeks, because the clearing is done by your own lymphatic system rather than by the device.
EmSculpt Neo £450 per session, weight management from £480. We map and quote before you commit.
If you are actively losing, yes. Contouring a shape that is still changing is treating a moving target.
They care for the skin, and fat sits beneath their reach. A wrap that appears to reduce a measurement has moved water.
Regents Park Aesthetics
Feel like yourself, on a good day.
A medically led clinic where every plan starts with an assessment and every injectable is placed by a medical professional, so the result looks like you on your best day.
Address19 Wimpole Street, London W1G 8GE
Telephone020 7580 4813
