Mr. Nassab awarded Best International Journal Article at ASAPS 2016
Published by Reza Nassab
Medically reviewed: Last reviewed by Mr Reza Nassab, FRCS Plast —
Mr. Nassab has been awarded the Best International Journal Article in the Aesthetic Surgery Journal at the annual American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) meeting. The article entitled ‘The evidence behind noninvasive body contouring devices’ was published in the Gold journal in March 2015. The paper presents the latest evidence for numerous noninvasive body contouring devices including Coolsculpting, Velashape, Thermage, Exilis and Ultrashape.
A blog post about the article was posted here and the full paper can be found at the Aesthetic Surgery Journal website here. The article concludes that there is very little high-level evidence to support the benefits of a number of these devices. There is need to for better studies into these devices to support their effectiveness.
Why this research matters for patients
Mr Reza Nassab, MBChB, MSc, MBA, FRCS (Plast) — Consultant Plastic Surgeon, GMC Specialist Register; Council Member, BAAPS
The reason I spent time reviewing the evidence behind non-surgical body-contouring devices — CoolSculpting, Thermage, Velashape and the rest — is that this is one of the most over-marketed areas in aesthetics. Patients are frequently promised surgical-level results from a device, and the published data simply doesn’t support that. What the review showed is that these technologies can produce modest, measurable improvements in the right patient, but they are not a substitute for liposuction or a tummy tuck where there is significant fat or loose skin. I bring that same evidence-first approach into my consultations: if a non-surgical option is genuinely the best choice for someone, I’ll recommend it, and if it isn’t, I’ll say so plainly rather than sell a treatment that won’t deliver.
