EMSCULPT NEO is an FDA-cleared device that pairs muscle stimulation with radiofrequency heating in a single thirty-minute session, with no downtime. It is a real tool with real limits, and we will be straight with you about both.
EMSCULPT NEO is an FDA-cleared body contouring device that builds muscle and reduces fat in the same treatment. It combines high-intensity focused electromagnetic energy with radiofrequency heat, delivered together over about thirty minutes. There is no downtime, no needles and no anesthesia. You walk in and walk out.
Two applicators sit on the area you are treating and do two jobs at once. One is muscle: the device drives contractions far more forceful and frequent than anything you could produce in a gym. The other is fat: radiofrequency energy warms the fat layer sitting above the muscle.
The result the manufacturer's cleared indications describe is fat reduction and muscle strengthening in the treated area, without surgery, needles or recovery time. You can drive yourself home, go back to work, and train the next day.
The technology has two halves working in parallel, which is what separates NEO from earlier muscle-only devices.
Because both energies run at the same time, one thirty-minute session covers both goals rather than two appointments on two devices.
Per the manufacturer's cleared indications, EMSCULPT NEO is used for noninvasive fat reduction and for strengthening, toning and firming across several areas. Patients ask most about:
We work out the right area at your consult. Sometimes the honest answer is that what bothers you is loose skin or overall body weight, and this device treats neither.
Strange the first time, then routine. You lie down in comfortable clothing, we strap the applicators in place, and the intensity builds gradually. You feel your muscles contracting hard, in waves, alongside a steady warmth patients compare to a hot stone massage. It is intense, not painful, and your provider can dial it back at any point.
Between contraction cycles the device runs a tapping phase that helps clear lactic acid, which is why most patients are less sore than they expect. The day after feels like the day after a hard workout.
The manufacturer's standard protocol is four thirty-minute sessions spaced over roughly four weeks. That is where we start.
Fat cells damaged during the radiofrequency phase clear over the weeks after your sessions.
Sessions spaced to hold what you built. Your provider will tell you honestly if the standard series is not the right shape for you.
Results vary from person to person, and we set your plan at your consult.
EMSCULPT NEO is a body contouring tool, not a weight loss treatment. It works on a defined area. It will not move the number on your scale in any meaningful way, and it will not solve a problem rooted in body composition, hormones or metabolic health.
It shapes and strengthens an area that is already close to where you want it. That is why we often run it alongside our medical weight loss program, where the scale is the job and NEO handles the contour, and alongside hormone optimization for patients whose body composition changed with their hormones. Results vary from person to person, and we will not promise you a specific outcome.
EMSCULPT NEO delivers real energy into your body, and metal implants and cardiac devices are genuine safety issues. Here the device sits inside a physician-owned practice: Dr. Kalnoky, MD is on site, his Florida license is public record you can verify yourself, and screening happens before anything gets scheduled rather than on a waiver at the door.
Copper IUDs, hernias, recent surgery in the area and other conditions need individual review. Your consult screens for all of it, and if EMSCULPT NEO is not right for you, we will say so.
Intense, but not painful for most patients. You feel strong involuntary contractions and a steady warmth, similar to a hot stone massage. Your provider builds the intensity up gradually and can turn it down at any point. Most patients describe the next day as feeling like a hard workout.
The manufacturer's standard protocol is four thirty-minute sessions over roughly four weeks, with maintenance afterward. Your actual plan is individualized at your consult.
Some patients notice firmness within a few weeks of finishing their series, and the fat reduction develops more gradually as your body clears the treated cells. The honest timeline is weeks to months, not days, and results vary from person to person.
The fat cells eliminated by the treatment do not come back, but the ones left behind can still enlarge if your weight goes up, and muscle has to be used to be kept. How long your result holds depends on what you do afterward, which is why we often pair this with medical weight loss.
Per the manufacturer's guidance, it is contraindicated for patients with cardiac pacemakers, implanted defibrillators or neurostimulators, and it cannot be used over metal or electronic implants in the treatment area. It is also not appropriate during pregnancy. We screen for all of this at your consult.
Beach Glo is physician-owned, with Dr. Kalnoky, MD on site and a family medicine practice next door for ten years. His Florida license is public record, and we link to it.
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