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What frequency does fat absorb?

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The peak frequency is very wide-band, somewhere between 2 - 3.5 megahertz. Ultrasonic waves are readily absorbed by fat at that frequency and if tuned to peak will not damage other soft tissue around the fat, but... if improperly tube, soft tissue that is vital to the body CAN be damaged at that frequency. Liposuction procedures usually use 25 - 100 kilohertz, either from the inside of the body during liposuction, or from the outside with or without liposuction. Since those frequencies are not in the peak bandwidth, the ultrasonics merely accelerates the fat and both builds heat and cavitates it, thus damaging fat cells which are damaged even before skin and soft flesh is, which causes the cell to both leak its fatty acids and deflate, as well as to be disposed of by the body through the same mechanisms fat is burned by exercise, BUT... once damaged, are no longer susceptible to gaining weight again, thus weight loss with THOSE damaged cells, is permanent. .

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