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This week on Macro Beauty, we follow Amy who is getting the EmSculpt electromagnetic therapy treatment to tone and build muscle in her glutes. Amy is a personal fitness trainer and is choosing to do this treatment to jumpstart her journey towards a rounder butt. She visits Dr. Jessica Wu in Los Angeles to receive the treatment. Watch this episode to learn how this process works.

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Transcript
00:01I'm interested in having a more rounded glutes because I want to look good in my
00:05bikini and in my leggings and my jeans and I look my best with a nice rounded
00:09butt. My name is Amy and today I'm getting an Emsculpt treatment on my
00:13glutes. There's a few reasons why I've chosen to do the Emsculpt. I'm a personal
00:18trainer and so I know what it takes to build glute muscles and to get the
00:21rounded butt. No matter how much I go to the gym I'm not really changing the
00:26shape of my butt. It'll just help me feel more confident when I go to the
00:29gym and if I can lift heavier weights or when I'm at the beach or taking photos
00:33I'll just feel more confident when I have a more rounded sculpted butt. I'm Dr.
00:39Jessica Wu and I'm a cosmetic dermatologist in Los Angeles California. My patients
00:44come to see me because they want to look better on the outside but also feel
00:48better about themselves on the inside and many patients have thought about
00:53plastic surgery but maybe are not ready for a surgical butt lift and that's why
00:58they come to see me for Emsculpt. Emsculpt is a non-invasive treatment that
01:03helps to strengthen tone and lift your glute muscles so that you get a rounder
01:09shapelier firmer butt. Hi Amy. Hi Dr. Wu. I'm so excited to get started with your Emsculpt.
01:17So it's gonna be like you're at the end of a deep squat except you're holding it for
01:2130 minutes but the machine's gonna do it for you. Through a technology called
01:25HYPHEM which stands for High Intensity Frequency Electromagnetic Waves. Basically
01:32strong magnets that make your muscles contract, make those glutes work 20,000
01:38times in every 30 minute session. All you have to do is lie there and relax. Sounds good?
01:44Sounds really good. Thank you. I'm excited. I'm curious what it's gonna feel like. I'm not
01:49nervous or worried about it at all. So for Amy's treatment today we'll lie her
01:55down on the table comfortably face down. The first thing I'm going to do is turn
02:01on my Emsculpt machine and then we take the strap and wrap that around her butt
02:08area firmly and the strap will hold the applicators in place. Then I'll wheel my
02:15Emsculpt machine close to the bed and I'll take the applicators and put one on
02:21each of her butt cheeks and when they're in good position I make sure that Amy's
02:27comfortable then I go over to the Emsculpt machine and we get started with the
02:32treatment. We start at zero percent contraction and we gradually increase the
02:39setting up until a hundred percent. Since it's her first treatment we want to
02:44make sure we go slowly so that she gets used to the contraction and the
02:49vibration. So I'll move up the strength and the intensity gradually as she's
02:55comfortable and we go up as high as she can tolerate. She'll start to feel some
03:01vibrations some contractions and it starts to cycle through different
03:07settings. This is important because remember the Emsculpt contracts 20,000 times
03:13in every 30 minute session. It's what we call a supra maximal contraction and that
03:19means that it squeezes your glutes deeper and stronger and more intensely than you
03:25could possibly achieve on your own at the gym even if you were able to do 20,000
03:29squats which nobody is. So it gives you that strength and that contraction to help
03:35build muscle so not only do you get a nicer appearance but you're actually
03:40building new glute muscle. It's a really intense vibrating gripping sensation. It
03:47taps and it flushes the lactic acid out of the muscles and that's how people are
03:52able to tolerate that degree of muscle contraction intensity without feeling sore
03:57the next day. But most people have no pain there's minimal discomfort it's very
04:03safe it truly is non-invasive no needles no pain no recovery no downtime when the
04:14sessions done after 30 minutes I will remove the straps remove the applicators
04:20and Amy can sit up slowly she is free to go about her normal activity oh it does
04:29look smoother and rounder I can see it if it looks like that after the first
04:34treatment I can't wait to see what it looks like after more. The process of the
04:39Inscalt went really well today it was exactly how Dr. Wu explained it would be
04:42was how it felt it was like a muscle contraction it was as if when I do like a
04:48hip thrust or something when you're really squeezing your glute as hard as you
04:51can that's what it felt like and with a vibration at the same time so it was
04:56painless and by the end of it after the 30 minutes I felt very relaxed. Amy's
05:01treatment went so well she was very comfortable she tolerated the treatment
05:05and we were able to go to 100% almost immediately so I think she's going to be
05:09very happy with her results. Amy will need to have a series of four sessions done
05:14over two weeks and after that we recommend maintenance every three to four
05:19months. Many of my patients especially when we treat the glutes many of my
05:23patients see results after the very first treatment but typically we expect to
05:28see results about two to four weeks after you finish your series of four
05:32treatments. I actually would really recommend the Inscalt right now it was a
05:35really simple process and no pain and I can just go about my day and I can work
05:42out tomorrow if I if I want to so just be ready to just like a deep tissue massage
05:47basically that's what I would say with results that you get that you actually
05:51look better after.
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