To remove love handles, a healthy diet and a treatment plan at Maison Lutétia are recommended.
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Get rid of your love handles
While love handles have an endearing name, they can sometimes be a source of discomfort for those who have them.
Love handle: what is it?
Love handles are accumulations of fat located around the hips, extending from the sides of the abdomen to the back, thickening the waistline. That's why they're also called 'muffin tops'! You can pinch these little rolls of fat between your fingers. While love handles tend to develop more easily in female bodies due to genetic predisposition, men can also be affected. Restrictive diets sometimes aren't enough to eliminate love handles.
Why do I have love handles?
- Age: The process of skin aging leads to a slowing metabolism, making it easier over time to store fat in love handles.
- Decreased physical activity: A sedentary lifestyle can lead to the accumulation of fat around the hips.
- Insulin spikes: Insulin is a hormone responsible for storing fat around the abdominal area. It is triggered by the presence of glucose in the blood, which occurs when carbohydrates and/or sugar are consumed.
- High sugar and fat intake: Weight gain from an unbalanced diet can cause the development of love handles.
- Hormonal fluctuations: Hormonal imbalances related to pregnancy, medication, or menopause can lead to increased fat storage, especially around love handles.
- Pregnancy: When a woman becomes pregnant, her body tends to instinctively store fat to support the baby's development.
How to get rid of love handles?
What to eat to lose love handles?
- Adopt a healthy and balanced diet: Limit carbohydrates that are quickly absorbed by your body (which can trigger hunger) and favor fats that provide sustained energy. To lose love handles, choose vegetables, fruits, legumes, and plant/animal proteins.
- Limit salt intake: This helps prevent water retention, which can cause bloating.
- Eat foods rich in antioxidants: Goji berries, bell peppers, broccoli, prunes... These detoxifying foods help limit fat storage, especially around love handles.
- Stay hydrated: Drink at least 1.6 liters of water per day to flush out toxins from the body.
Non-surgical aesthetic solutions to remove love handles
Cryolipolysis
How does it work?
It's a cold-based body contouring treatment that melts fat cells and induces their death, known as adipocyte apoptosis. These cells are then gradually eliminated by the lymphatic system, resulting in a refined silhouette and reduction of love handles. Results typically become noticeable about 1 month after the session and continue to improve over 3 months.
Sessions
1 to 3 sessions spaced 2 to 3 months apart.
Mechanical Lymphatic Drainage
How does it work?
This treatment targets cellulite and water retention using compressive vibrations emitted by the handheld device. It helps drain fat cells, lymph, and excess fluid, reducing bloating in the body with a direct effect on love handles and bloating.
Sessions
2 sessions per week for 6 weeks.
Is exercise effective for losing love handles?
Physical activity is effective for reducing love handles and slimming the waistline in some cases, as well as for losing belly fat. Depending on individual metabolism, it may be more or less challenging to naturally eliminate love handles.
Top 3 sports to lose love handles"
Cardio exercises are effective for burning calories and reducing abdominal fat to achieve a harmonious silhouette:
- Swimming
- Jump rope
- Cycling
Is weight training effective?
Weight training is not particularly recommended for removing love handles, as they are composed of fat. It is more advisable to target fat burning with cardio exercises that elevate heart rate, and consider muscle development later. Planking and squats are more recommended for sculpting the abdominals and buttocks.
What exercises to practice at home to lose love handles?
- Fitness exercises like HIIT (Mountain Climbers, Burpees, Jumping Jacks...)
- Stationary bike
- Elliptical trainer
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FAQ
Where to undergo your love handles (hips) treatment by cryolipolysis?
You can have your love handles treatment by cryolipolysis at Maison Lutétia Paris.
What are the limitations of liposuction?
Among the drawbacks of liposuction are significant social downtime, pain, and swelling.
Is the result of love handle treatments permanent?
The aesthetic medicine treatments for love handles, such as cryolipolysis and mechanical lymphatic drainage, are long-lasting with the adoption of a healthy lifestyle.
Is it possible to lose love handles quickly?
Yes! The results of cryolipolysis, for example, are visible about one month after the session. Combine it with sessions of mechanical lymphatic drainage for immediate results.
Is it possible to lose love handles and hips without slimming down?
Since love handles are made of fat, it is often recommended to slim down to make them disappear. However, it is possible to remove love handles without losing weight by undergoing targeted aesthetic treatments specifically for the hips.
Is it possible to lose love handles and hips without following a restrictive diet?
This is possible by following a treatment plan at Maison Lutétia. However, maintaining results is recommended with a healthy lifestyle and balanced diet (without restrictive dieting).
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