Losing weight is a difficult task and can feel overwhelming at times. And if you lose the weight, the next step in your weight loss journey is keeping it off. That’s why our weight loss programs in Waxhaw don’t stop once you reach your goal weight—we’re here to help you achieve and maintain your results.
At Dogwood Face & Body, our team upholds the highest standards of care to enhance our patients’ natural beauty, boost their confidence, and improve their overall well-being.
Your Weight Loss Options at Dogwood
We prescribe injectable peptides, commonly known as GLP-1s (glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists), to help our patients lose weight sustainably. These medications mimic the body’s GLP-1 hormone to manage your blood sugar levels, slow stomach emptying, and alter hunger cues.
At Dogwood Face & Body, we offer:
- Semaglutide: the most common GLP-1 agonist, originally a type 2 diabetes medication before being FDA-approved for weight loss management.
- Tirzepatide: a dual modifier for both GLP-1 and GIP (glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide), a hormone that modifies the production of insulin and glucagon. These hormones regulate your blood sugar levels, which can reduce your cravings for fatty or sugary foods and help transform stored fat into cellular energy.
Benefits of Weight Loss
Medical weight loss injections reduce cravings, helping our patients shed excess weight and promote a healthy lifestyle. These treatment options help prevent long-term consequences of being overweight, such as:
- Type 2 diabetes
- Joint pain
- Heart diseases, such as heart attacks or strokes
- Kidney diseases, such as chronic kidney disease (CKD) and kidney cancer
- High blood sugar
- Certain obesity-related cancers, such as pancreatic, ovarian, or thyroid cancers
Maintaining Your Results
Keeping the weight off long-term depends on if you can continue the healthy habits you formed during your weight loss program in Waxhaw. The discipline that comes with weight loss can be challenging, but sometimes, we all need a little help to get our lives set up for better health and wellness. Our team is with you the whole way to support you and offer guidance when you feel stuck.
Receive one-on-one behavioral coaching from our experts during and after your weight loss injections to sustain your new weight. Our goal is to give you sustainable results—we take this journey together and support you every step of the way.
Building Muscle Back
Rapid weight loss with GLP-1 medications often leads to reduced lean muscle mass, with the average patient losing nearly 40%. This muscle mass supports our metabolic rate, or how quickly the mitochondria convert food into cellular energy.
Patients often rebound at the end of their treatment plan after tapering off the weight loss medication. This is because the medications can reduce lean muscle and cause a slower metabolism than before they started.
We also include Emsculpt NEO in our weight loss programs in Waxhaw to increase strength and help patients build muscle back. This non-invasive body-contouring device:
- Sends radiofrequency (RF) energy into stubborn fat pockets on your stomach, thighs, and buttocks, damaging targeted fat cells. Your immune system then flushes the dead tissue out of your body for a slimmer figure. Clients experience an average of a 30% fat reduction.
- Induces involuntary muscle contractions—up to 20,000 in a single 30-minute session!— using high-intensity focused electromagnetic (HIFEM) stimulation. This can increase muscle mass by 25% over a series of 4 to 6 sessions.
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Managing Stress & Sleep
Poor sleep and high stress levels raise your body’s cortisol (stress) levels. The increase in your stress hormone can lead to weight gain, stubborn fat pockets, and muscle weakness, making it difficult to maintain your weight loss.
To help with stress and poor sleep, we incorporate monthly Exomind sessions during your weight loss program in Waxhaw. This non-invasive treatment utilizes patented transcranial magnetic stimulation (ExoTMS), or magnetic waves, to:
- Make it easier to form new, healthy habits by creating new neural connections in a process called neuroplasticity.
- Regulate mood, self-control, and decision-making by activating nerves in the prefrontal cortex.
- Reduce irregular sleep patterns, binge eating, anxiety, and other FDA-approved conditions to lower cortisol levels.
Many of our Dogwood Face & Body patients prefer Exomind to other mental health treatments. They find these 30-minute sessions fit more easily into their schedule than traditional transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) devices.
Adding Emface
Invest in a full-body transformation with Emface, a non-invasive contouring device that enhances brow, cheek, and jawline definition to refine your facial aesthetics in Waxhaw.
Utilizing similar technology to Emsculpt NEO, Emface:
- Sends radiofrequency (RF) waves into the skin, heating tissue and stimulating the body’s healing response. This boosts collagen and elastin production, refining skin structure, strength, and elasticity.
- Induces mild involuntary facial muscle contractions using high-intensity facial electrical stimulation (HIFES) to firm and tone facial muscles, creating a tighter, lifted appearance.
Discover the Better Way to Lose Weight
When you’ve worked so hard to lose weight, you need a team of experts to help you maintain healthy habits for a happier you. At Dogwood Face & Body, we are with you every step of your journey.
Request an appointment to meet with one of our experts and sustain your results long-term.
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