Bridalplasty shows how far brides will go for perfect look

One of the latest body shaping crazes in the US is for women to have liposuction and other body contouring treatments carried out before their wedding day.

The TV show Bridalplasty follows several brides each week who feel they need a bit of ‘intervention’ to help them feel confident on their big day. Many of them will have lost a fair bit of weight and now have lumps, bumps and excess skin that they would like to tighten up or remove altogether.

Perhaps one of the most extreme cases covered on the show was that of Linsey Ray who spent $20,000 on transforming her figure after her boyfriend proposed. She had skin removed, as well as body contouring procedures such as a tummy tuck and breast lift.

Speaking to Good Morning America, she explained, “I know it sounds crazy but… it is the worst thing in the world to literally wear three tank tops to hold all your suction in, everything and so it's worth it for me.”

She added, "I'm happy with the results. I know I'll look great in my dress. I'm excited to try on dresses."

Katona reveals tummy tuck wish in Closer Magazine

Reality star Kerry Katona has taken to the pages of Closer Magazine to discuss her weight and has claimed she would have a tummy tuck if she could afford it.

Speaking candidly about her recent detox attempts and her weight loss down to 9 stone 4lbs, from 10 stone 4lbs in just a month, Katona also posed in a bikini to show off the fruits of her labour.

The reformed alcoholic and mother-of-four signed up to the GI Jane Bootcamp before Christmas and has successfully shed some stubborn pounds. She also managed to keep it off over Christmas. However, she said that she is still keen on the idea of having more cosmetic surgery after a successful bout of liposuction a few years back.

She told Closer: "After having four kids, I'm not confident about my belly. When Max was born in 2008, I was offered liposuction for a TV show – and I think I'd have it all if I could get it for free."

"In the past few weeks, my arms have become super toned. I feel like Arnold Schwarzenegger… but I still hate my stomach. If I could afford it, I'd have a tummy tuck."

Alizonne + BodyTite

Alizonne incorporates a skin tightening element, which is very good, and the weekly ultrasound treatments do break down fat.

However, we’ve found that the sticking point with any weight loss programme is that subcutaneous fat – the fat that’s just under the skin – isn’t broken down very easily, so you can lose five stone, but you’re still left with seven or eight pounds of subcutaneous fat on your stomach.

That can be quite demotivating, so I thought it would be interesting to try using BodyTite to remove that fat before embarking on the Alizonne treatment, in order to avoid that eventuality.

I didn’t expect the use of BodyTite to have any particular effect on the Alizonne Therapy itself, but when we tried it, we found that those patients who had undergone BodyTite prior to commencing the programme had a greatly accelerated weight loss compared to those on Alizonne alone.

Not only were they losing weight more quickly, but they were finding it much easier, which suggests that the subcutaneous fat was holding them back in their previous attempts at weight loss.

They also have much better skin at the end of the programme, because the tightening produced by both Alizonne and BodyTite in combination has quite a dramatic effect.

Like all liposuction techniques, BodyTite is not an alternative to weight loss, so if you are overweight or clinically obese, Alizonne Therapy is the programme for you.

However, if you have stubborn pockets of fat as well as excess weight, it may just be that a BodyTite procedure prior to commencing Alizonne could help you reach your target weight more quickly.