Is thread embedding effective for weight loss? A traditional Chinese medicine practitioner says that the number of people seeking weight loss through acupuncture or acupoint embedding has increased by about 20-30% recently. The most desired areas to slim down are, in order, the abdomen, buttocks, and thighs. The male-to-female ratio for seeking treatment is about 3:7. Both acupoint embedding and acupuncture work by stimulating specific acupoints to promote circulation and accelerate fat breakdown. They can also be combined with scientific Chinese medicine to help suppress appetite and improve metabolism.
Is thread embedding effective for weight loss?
Acupuncture stimulates specific acupoints with needles, while acupoint embedding involves inserting absorbable surgical sutures or catgut sutures through needles into specific acupoints. Both methods can control central nervous system activity and suppress appetite. When acupoints are selected in areas with excess fat, they can help with localized body shaping, and the effects of acupoint embedding can be relatively long-lasting. However, considering the underlying causes of obesity, acupoint embedding is not very effective for weight loss; the most fundamental approach is still to control diet and increase exercise.
What is the biggest advantage of thread embedding for weight loss?
Acupoint embedding suppresses both the patient's excessive appetite and their overactive gastrointestinal digestion and absorption, thus reducing energy intake. On the other hand, it stimulates the patient's sluggish autonomic nervous system (sympathetic nervous system), activating its function, increasing energy expenditure, and promoting the breakdown of body fat. Therefore, acupoint embedding reduces body fat, not water, and ensures the patient's health and energy levels during the weight loss process, with an extremely low rebound rate. This is the greatest advantage of acupoint embedding for weight loss.
Precautions for thread embedding weight loss:
Nursing
After thread embedding for weight loss, to prevent infection, the acupoints where the threads were embedded should not come into contact with water. You cannot take a shower on the first day, but you can take a shower on the second day. After showering, you can remove the covering tape.
1. The pain will be more severe for the first two or three days. The degree of pain varies depending on the individual. Rest will help, and the pain will subside quickly.
2. If you experience diarrhea several times, it means your body is eliminating toxins. Do not take antidiarrheal medication.
3. Bruising may occur at the thread embedding site a few days later. This is due to subcutaneous bleeding caused by blood seepage from small capillaries during the thread embedding process. Don't worry, it will be absorbed and disappear on its own in one or two weeks. Applying heat can speed up the absorption.
4. A slight fever may occur after thread embedding, but it will subside in a day or two and medication is not necessary.
5. For mild allergies, small red rashes may appear. You can take antihistamines such as cetirizine, or leave it alone as it will heal on its own.
Treatment course
A typical course of treatment consists of four sessions. One session of thread embedding for weight loss lasts for 15 days. Weight loss results are usually visible after just one session, and a full course can result in a weight loss of 8-20 pounds. Additionally, waist, hip, and thigh circumferences will show significant reductions.
