Cellulite: The Latest Skinny, I

In the latest issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology there are two review articles on cellulite. The first discusses the pathophysiology of the condition and the second the treatment. Not a lot of recent work has been done to try to understand cellulite. It is unclear if cellulite is actually a disease, since 85-98% of women past puberty have it.

Laser Assisted Liposuction: Is it Safe and is there an Advantage?

The December 2009 issue of Seminars in Cutanoeus Medicine and Surgery is entitled "Advances in Body Shaping". Three of the articles are about laser assisted liposuction. The original machines used for this purpose used a single wavelength of laser light. The newer machines have two laser wavelengths that can be combined. Most of the articles focused on safeness, since the addition of laser energy can produce skin burns.