Mesotherapy is a discipline developed in France in 1952 by Dr. Michel Pistor. It consists of painless microinjections into various layers of the skin to achieve a desired therapeutic effect. Although Mesotherapy has been used extensively in Europe, it has only recently been introduced in the United States.
Mesotherapy has numerous cosmetic and medical applications. Cosmetic applications include treatment of excess or unwanted fat, cellulite, hair loss, aging skin and acne. The most popular application of mesotherapy in the United States is for treatment of unwanted fat. This application is often referred to as Mesoplasty®. Mesotherapy offers a minimally invasive, non-surgical solution for reduction of localized excess fat. Main advantages of mesotherapy are: little or no down time and minimal side effects. 

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Mesotherapy typically consists of numerous injections of variable depth delivering the desired medication into different layers of the skin and the subcutaneous tissue. Typically in one session the patient may receive anywhere from a hundred to several hundred injections. Of course this will depend on the technique used and the area(s) being treated. The technique and the cocktails used vary among practitioners, depending on their training, geographical location and their individual experiences. For example in North America practitioners tend to be in some ways more aggressive than their European counterparts. They tend to use more potent medications and in larger amounts. Consequently of course if both the technique and the cocktails used are variable, patient results also vary from one practitioner to the next. However despite the changes seen in Mesotherapy since the concept was first introduced by Dr. Pistor, the practice still remains true to the basic concepts, which are delivery of medication by superficial injections around the target area.

In traditional medicine physicians typically uses one of oral, intramuscular or intravenous routes to deliver pharmaceuticals to patients. While effective, these delivery methods deliver pharmaceuticals to all organ systems resulting in systemic effects as well as systemic side effects. By contrast Mesotherapy focuses on local delivery in order to achieve local results and minimize systemic effects. By administering minute amounts with each injection and by delivering the medication directly to the target area Mesotherapy minimizes both local and systemic side effects while amplifying the results.