History:

Aikido in its present form is a relatively recent innovation within the martial arts tradition. It was developed in Japan in the early 20th century by Morihei Ueshiba (1883 - 1969), who was introduced to the classical martial arts as a boy by his father, Yoroku. He is known to have studied some martial arts, such as various styles of Ju-jitsu as well as Kenjutsu and the art of the spear.

Philosophy:

If we are attacked by a force and we apply force ourselves, a collision of energies ensues which results in disharmony. Thus, accordingly the stronger force wins. If, however, we meet the force with an absorbing movement and then exhaust it to the point of imbalance before applying a force of our own (the Aikido way), we are in fact restoring harmony or redressing an imbalance. This is the basic logic and underlying philosophy of Aikido.

Training:

Aikido is a discipline that seeks not to meet violence with violence, but instead looks towards harmonising with and restraining and opponent. Aikido is, in many ways, unique among the martial arts, in that the majority of techniques are based on the aggressor making the first move. Therefore, Aikido techniques are usually aimed at joint immobilisation and throws which utilise an opponent’s energy, momentum and aggression. Many body movements have been taken from Japanese sword and spear fighting arts, and the use of the bokken (a replica sword) and jo (a stick) is intended to build the practitioner’s understanding and skill.

Aikido teaches one-on-one and multiple attack defence. It incorporates knife-taking, sword-taking and stick-taking, and even defence from a kneeling position. Differences in size, weight, strength or age negated as we learn to use our inner ki (flow of energy). Weapon training with a bokken and jo indicates the ancestry of the discipline as well as helping to improve our body movements.

It should be emphasised that Aikido is a budo (literally a martial way). We practise each technique with total commitment, as if our life depended on its success, for only in this way is it possible to bring about the true spirit of budo. This is not to say that training has to be hard or violent. It is possible to be physically soft and still generate the power to control a confrontational encounter.

Styles of Aikido:

In reality, there are several major styles of Aikido today. As Ueshiba was continually refining and modifying the art he had created, some of his students at various stages left to pursue their own ideals. Thus, Master Gozo Shioda created the yoshinkan style, characterised by short and sharp movements and powerful joint applications; Kenji Tomiki developed sport Aikido, as it is widely known, characterised by competitions in which rubber knives are used; Minoru Mochizuki successfully amalgamated Aikido with other martial arts within the International Martial Arts Federation; and Koichi Tohei created shin-shin toitsu Aikido, which concentrates on the ki aspect of Aikido. All of these men trained with and listened to Ueshiba and yet each came away with a different idea of the discipline.

- Thanaseelan, click on http://www.worthofwordplay.blogspot.com to view his main blog. Don’t forget to check out the categories on his blog.

Is your computer slow? Do you have problems with it freezing up completely? Do you sometimes get the dreaded “Blue Screen of Death”? That one can be especially troubling, as I’m sure you can attest to if you’ve ever had the misfortune of witnessing it. Thankfully, with the advent of Windows XP, and now Windows Vista, computer problems such as slow computers and crashing computers have been reduced dramatically. However, for many computer users they are still an expensive and vexing problem.

Do want to fix a slow computer? If these computer crashes happen to you on a regular basis you know how frustrating they ca be. In addition they can cost you vital time and money. If you’ve ever lost important work or research, you know that feeling all too well. If you’ve resorted to saving your work constantly, or backing up your computer hourly instead of daily or weekly in order to prevent lost data or wasted hours, you’re probably wondering what the cause of your troubles are. The natural reaction of many when faced with a slow computer or Windows system crashes is to curse the boys of Redmond, or Bill Gates himself, and dutifully start over again.

Most of these problems actually have a common cause. Weather you’re having problems with a computer that’s running much slower than it did when it was new, or going off into it’s own world every once in a while, the problems you are experiencing can probably be traced back to problems in your computer’s Windows registry. If you’ve never even heard of a Windows registry, don’t feel bad. Many normal computer users haven’t either. The registry is usually the province of computer repair technicians and software geeks.

The registry is where your PC stores the settings it uses to function. The registry is actually a large (probably too large) database of options, settings and preferences. The registry has different areas known by the geeks (don’t laugh, they are the only ones that can help you now!) as registry keys. They registry keys are actually divided even further, to make things easier to navigate. If you’ve ever seen error messages containing the term “HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT” or “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE”, that’s why.

The Windows registry is tied in to all your operating system software, applications and hardware components. As you can see, the capacity for the registry to create all kinds of havoc is huge. A few minor errors can bring your machine to a screeching halt. The problem is that many people’s computers don’t have a few minor errors; they have hundreds of both major and minor errors.

Where do these registry errors come from? Well the fact is that many people bring them on themselves in a way. Incorrectly loading or deleting software and applications, downloading files, connecting to p2p networks, changing network settings, and other daily computer operations can affect your computers registry. In addition, many people load up their computers with a myriad of applications. Some combinations can cause registry conflicts, especially with the number of different applications many people insist on using.

You know the result; a slow and unwieldy computer at best, and a PC that crashes with regularity at worst. Rather than bringing your productivity to a standstill, you should probably look at having your registry repaired. Thankfully, registry repair is possible. Most likely the vast majority of your computer’s problems will be relegated to the distant past by some tinkering with the registry keys. You’ve got some options for getting your registry repaired. You can go down to your local computer repair shop. If you’ve got a technician there you have a good relationship with, chances are he can fix things up for you in an afternoon. Hey, maybe you can even get that new video card you’ve been lusting after.

Another option is to run some registry repair software. This is basically what your computer repair tech will be doing. You’re lucky though. These days some pretty competent registry repair software is available to the average computer user. You don’t have to be a tech to use these packages. They are extremely easy to use. In most cases, you simply install the software, and press “start”. You’d probably have to be a computer tech to actually understand what the software does, but that doesn’t really matter, does it? As long as your computer is back to running fast and not crashing, you’ll probably be happy, right?

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I have written articles about writing articles in the past, but not about what you do with them, once they’re written. OK, so let’s go into that now…

After you’ve finished your article, you need to re-write it, paragraph by paragraph. So, you’ll look at paragraph one in article one and think about what it says. Write a paragraph that means the same thing with different words. Here’s an example:

Why do people say that list building is the most important thing an Internet Marketer needs to do? Well, without a list, there’s not much money to be made. You have to train your list to realize that you’re someone who can be trusted to recommend quality products to them, products that work and that you’ve tried yourself. When they know that, they’ll be more likely to buy things from you.

OK, now, let’s rewrite that whole paragraph:

If you don’t have a list, you won’t succeed in Internet Marketing. That’s it. You need to build a group of people who like your messages. They have to trust you. And, they have to know that you’ve already tried whatever you want to sell them and think it’s great!

Doesn’t the second paragraph say pretty much the same thing as the first? The words are different, but the concept is the same: Internet marketers won’t succeed without building trust with a list. Now, take the next paragraph and do the same thing. Rewrite it completely. Then, move to the third paragraph and so on. If you use vertical tiling of your windows, you’ll be able to look at all three versions at the same time. Then, when you’ve finished, do it again. Rewrite the whole article again.

Why is that important?

Easy. Search engines hate duplicate or “dupe” content. Don’t put the same article on your site or blog that you distribute. It’s just tons of duplicate content flooding the Web. Search engines want the best search possible for their clients. If they put up a whole page of one article, people won’t like it. So, only one site gets credit for each article, and it won’t necessarily be you. You want the link in your resource box to be pointing back to your list building page, giving it help with page rank, all the time.

Rewriting your article twice is a good way to get around the dupe content issue. Put one article version on your blog or website, give one version to Ezine Articles or another high-traffic site and let the third version go to a distribution site, like iSnare. That way, you’ll be sure to get the maximum benefit from writing and rewriting just one article.

Any article you have in distribution, though the search engines may not count it, will still provide free traffic to your list building page. That’s why it’s important to do it this way. You’ll get credit for the article on your site. Credit for a link back from the high-traffic article directory, and maybe one back from the distributed article or more. It takes a bit for the search engines to filter out the duplicate stuff. Plus, you can turn your three articles into many, many more by mixing paragraphs from the three versions.

However, there will be a threshold. You can only mix and match so much. One way to find your dupe content ratio is by going to DupeCop.com. Be sure that any article you use for distribution is at least 35% different from other articles you’ve submitted, and you’ll have more links pointing back to your site.

The whole idea is to get maximum mileage out of your idea. Some people have trouble coming up with them, and rewriting is a good way to have new material with the same idea. It’s much easier than coming up with a whole new idea and starting all over again. Make your articles as useful as they can possibly be.

In our next article in this series, we’ll discuss podcasting. Stay tuned!

Tellman Knudson, CEO of OvercomeEverything, Inc., is a master list builder and well-known for his first project, List Crusade. Tellman teaches you his system for explosive list building at MyFirstList.com. Tellman also teaches how to drive free traffic to your squeeze page to make the system complete.

History:

Shotokan is both a young and an ancient martial art. It is ancient because its roots are deeply entrenched in the past, and young because, as it is expressed today, it is an art that is less than a 100 years old. Shotokan is characterised by its long and low stances, its powerful techniques and its dynamic forms.

The founder of Shotokan, Gichin Funakoshi, was an Okinawan. He trained in the oldest of the Okinawan te (hand) systems as a young man and in the early 20th century brought what he had learned in the island of Okinawa to mainland Japan, where he demonstrated his art before the Emperor. He originally intended to return to Okinawa but was persuaded to to remain and continue teaching in Japan. Funakoshi’s pen name was Shoto (waving pines) and kan (hall). Hence Shotokan can be translated to mean “Shoto’s hall of the way of the empty hand”.

While Funakoshi was the originator of Shotokan, it was really his son, Yoshitaka Funakoshi, who developed it into the form we know today. It rapidly grew in popularity, supported, encouraged and regulated by the powerful Japan Karate Association. Before long, it was to be found all over the world.

Triads:

Shotokan is built on what are known as triads, which are both real organisations and metaphors for something much deeper within the human psyche. There exists the physical triad of kihon (basics), kumite (sparring) and kata (forms), which require dedicated training and the constant perfecting of technique. This is followed by the moral triad of justice, mercy and compassion and finally by the ethical triad of duty, honour and loyalty.

If we put all of the 9 triad principles together (9 symbolises perfection) we achieve the whole, rounded person. When these principles are practised in a martial art, they illustrate one of the fundamental concepts of Shotokan, as advocated by the founder, Gichin Funakoshi. His aim was to focus on the development of the human character as a whole being, rather than on winning and losing.

Significance:

While Shotokan is a wonderful form of relaxation or sport for many people, for those who practise it seriously it has a much deeper and wider significance. This deeper realisation, however, can only come after years of dedicated practice. While this is a dimension of the art that emerges rather slowly, Shotokan can still be enjoyed at all levels by hundreds of thousands of people throughout the world.

- Thanaseelan, click on http://www.worthofwordplay.blogspot.com to view his main blog. Don’t forget to check out the categories on his blog.

History:

Hironori Ohtsuka (1892 - 1982) was the founder of the Wado Ryu system of Karate. He commenced training in shindo yoshin ryu jujitsu at the age of 6, and at the age of 30, he began training under the supervision of Gichin Funakoshi (the founder of Karate-do) before founding the Wado Ryu system in 1939. Wado Ryu is one of the 4 main Japanese styles of Karate that are taught around the world. In 1939, Ohtsuka organised the All Japan Karate Do Federation Wado Ki and the Worldwide Headquarters for the Wado Ryu System. In 1967, he was the first katateka to be awarded the 5th order of merit of the sacred treasure of the Emperor of Japan as an acknowledgement of his achievements. Following his death in 1982, Hironori Ohtsuka’s son, Jiro, became the chief instructor of the Wado Ryu system. Today, there are a number of senior, well-respected representatives of Wado Ryu in Japan, who are also leaders of their own federations or associations.

Characteristics of Wado Ryu:

To practitioners of Wado Ryu, the main philosophy is to better their attitude both within and outside the art. This is one of the main aims of the martial art which emphasises the development of respect, discipline and understanding in a mental as well as physical capacity. This aim affects our attitude towards ourselves and others in our home life, work and social activities. To show aggression outwardly, even during training sessions, is greatly discouraged. The name Wado Ryu, approximately translated, means “the peaceful way”.

Another characteristic of Wado Ryu is that unnecessarily large movements are kept to a minimum. Importance is placed on the speed and efficiency of movements with which each technique is performed, rather than the strength or physical effort outwardly shown. Exponents of Wado Ryu place great emphasis on the coordination of body movement with each particular technique. This principle is found in many other martial arts, such as ju-jitsu, aikido and kendo. This coordination is stressed at all stages of learning, from the execution of basic techniques to the application of advanced, free-fighting combinations.

- Thanaseelan, click on http://www.worthofwordplay.blogspot.com to view his main blog. Don’t forget to check out the categories on his blog.

Rich in history, culture and passion, with a staggering 78 million foreign tourists visiting the nation during 2006 alone, France is a fantastic country to visit, offering a broad range of activities to cater for all tastes.

France has many distinct regions to visit each with its own unique character, such as Normandy, Loire, and Côte d’Azur to name but a few. Normandy of course is probably most famous for the D-Day landings made by the allies during World War 2 and has many interesting places to visit, such as the Caen War memorial and the towns of Bayeux and Mont-St-Michel. Côte d’Azur region is home to Cannes and Monaco, the playgrounds of the rich and famous.

Perhaps you would prefer a stay in Paris, the most romantic city in the world. Popular tourist attractions in Paris include the Eiffel Tower built between the years 1887-1889, the Notre Dame Cathedral and the Musee Du Louvre featuring Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting the ‘Mona Lisa’. Or why not just enjoy a ride down the Champs-Élysées.

France is home to a number of popular theme parks, the most notable being Futuroscope, Disneyland Paris and Parc Asterix. Futuroscope amusement park is located near Poitiers (300km/180 Miles south west of Paris) and features many attractions and shows to dazzle the senses. There are numerous visual experiences to enjoy on a giant IMAX screen, such as the Mystery of the Nile, Deep Sea 3D and Cyberworld. The park also features a 3D cinema, simulator experiences, restaurants and shops. Futuroscope offers a unique experience and is an excellent day out for all the family.

If you’re a history fan (or even if you’re not) you won’t want to miss out on visiting some of the fine Châteaux (Castles). With over 80 Châteaux you will surely be within easy travelling distance to some of them, whichever region you choose to stay in.

Maybe you could catch the tour de France, one of the worlds most famous and difficult cycling races, spanning over 2200 miles across many stages around the country. The 2007 Tour de France runs from Saturday 7th July to Sunday 29th July.

For cheese or wine connoisseurs then France really is your Mecca. France is one of the biggest producers of cheese, with over 400 types to choose from and is famous for producing some the world’s finest wines. How does a wine tasting trip to Bordeaux or Burgundy sound?

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One of the key to riches is to be financially literate. This was what the Rich Dad taught in Robert Kiyosaki’s book, “Rich Dad, Poor Dad”.

Does wealth then come automatically once you became financially literate?

Not necessarily and not certainly. Robert Kiyosaki believes that despite attaining a certain level of financial literacy, personal obstacles can prevent even the most financially literate from attaining their financial goal. These people will still continue to work a full time job, living from paycheck to paycheck instead of living a life which they dream of.

Robert Kiyosaki listed the top 6 personal obstacles to your financial success as
1. Fear
2. Cynicism
3. Laziness
4. Bad Habits
5. Arrogance
6. Disappointment

1. Fear
The main reason why 85% of the world struggle financially is fear - The fear of losing money. But fear is not the real issue here. The real issue is how you handle fear. Robert Kiyosaki explained.

Robert Kiyosaki understood from his Rich Dad that the primary difference between rich people and poor people is how they manage the fear of losing money. When suffering a loss in finance, some would just give up. Others will try to transform the loss into a win.

As John D. Rockfeller said, “I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.”
Winners are those who are inspired by failures. Losers are those defeated by failures. In short, the rich will still act in spite of fear.

Robert Kiyosaki commented that people are so afraid of losing money, they played it too safe and eventually do not attain their financial success. If they have some cash, most people would go out and bug big houses, big cars and other “ego” toys. Or they would go on long vacations, which they justified as they deserved it, rather than investing.

If not, they invest all their money in balanced portfolios – in CDs and low-yield bonds and mutual funds and a few individual stocks. Drive by fear, these are people playing not to lose. Most of us, fall into this category. We want to protect our capital. We are low risker takers. Of course, a balanced portfolio is definitely a lot better than no portfolio. It seeks safety through diversity. It is important to have a financial plan for security and comfort first.

However, if you have any desire to become wealthy, you need to focus and not diversify.
You must put a lot of eggs in a few baskets rather than putting a few eggs in many, as advocated by Robert Kiyosaki.

If you are frightened by the prospects of failure, then play it safe first. Continue to keep your day job until you have accumulated enough money resources to buy bonds and mutuals. Consult with your financial advisor or planner to see what your portfolio should be if needed and adjust accordingly as you goes along. You work at attaining your security and comfort first before working on attaining your financial goal. Your journey to your financial goal will be therefore be very much slower and take a very long time.

If the prospect of failure, however, inspired you to carry on fighting for your financial success, may be you should challenged yourself to change your financial habits.
As it says “No risk, no gain”. Higher return in investment is usually accompanied by higher risk level. If you want high return in investment, you need to face higher risk level. Do not play it safe anymore. You will need to increase your risk appetite and learn to taken on some calculated financial risks based on your financial literacy.

As Robert Kiyosaki puts it, “Increase your financial knowledge and then learn to take some calculated financial risks. The more financial education you have, the more you can manage and minimized the risk.”

Managed the risks well and the gain will follow, and you will be on the fast track towards your financial goal.

In the next few articles, I will carry on to describe the rest of the personal obstacles to your financial success as defined by Robert Kiyosaki.

Bernard Ng keeps a blog “Wisdom of the Rich Dad” at http://www.richdadwisdom.com, where he shares lessons learnt from Robert Kiyosaki’s ‘Rich Dad, Poor Dad’.

We can analyze all these issues on the example of an international hosting provider Globat. Famous for its endless promotions, and highly active marketing position, Globat has quickly gained popularity and has drawn many clients. This hosting provider regularly offers promotions for new and old customers, as well as holds special events for attracting even more clients. Starting from 2001, the hosting provider Globat has received around 10 various awards for the quality of services offered.

Though Globat’s success is still disputable - and not everyone like it - it stilll exists and gains popularity all over the country. It prices are quite affordable, and services are quite acceptable.

The most popular packages by Globat at the present moment are Tera Byte Extreme and the Tera Byte XS. The clients receive 1000 GB (1 TB) of disk space, 1000 GB (1 TB) of data transfer, the possibility to host up to ten domains on one account, unlimited e-mail accounts, unlimited web mail accounts, one year money-back guarantee and free 24/7/365 phone and chat support. The more expensive business package costs $18.95 and includes 5000 GB (5 TB) of disk space, 2000 GB (2 TB) of data transfer a month, a possibility to host up to 100 domains on 1 account, as well as all other features, relevant for the first package.

The technical assistance of the Globat hosting provider is represented by email, ticketing and phone support. All the services operate 24 hours a day 7 days a week, making it extremely convenient for the customers, who might have some problems with their websites. The response time of the supporting services is pretty high.

Just as it happens with any product, not all clients who tried to use it, liked it. Although positioned as a universal hosting provider for absolutely everybody, Globat is probably more suitable for well-experienced computer users, webmasters and programmers, who can and need to use all the available features and know very well how to work with websites on their own. A study shows that not all customers are satisfied with the services, provided by Globat, which only supports the previous statement.

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It’s no longer enough to work on the “outside” of your looks and health. Wellness spas and preventive health-focused medical spas reach into your “inner body”, address sources of hyper-tension and stress, rough skin, even sleeping disorders, offering tension releasing deep tissue massage therapies, hydrotherapy, spiritual healing, sexual health guidance, colonoscopy and digestive fitness evaluation, skin and facial skin rejuvenation treatments, cosmetic and aesthetic procedures in a refined blend of Western and Oriental medical traditions, and offered in a relaxed setting.

Tip #1 Aromatherapy Massage. The top medspas, offering day spa cosmetic services, branch out to increasingly popular and effective treatments such as aromatherapy massage. Exploiting the penetrating nature of unaltered botanic oils and essences for deep penetration and tissue stimulation, aromatherapy massage combines focused pressure…such as shiatsu…while the massage therapist gently moves pressure into knotted tissue and muscle areas, working to relax and release bound-up tension…meanwhile oil essence is worked into your tissues to enhance healing and overall skin health. A half hour to hour session can leave you calm, relaxed, your skin muscles and skeleton loosened for a feeling of tranquility.

Tip #2 Deep Tissue Massage Therapy. Wellness spas are a safe haven for people seeking reduction in tensions, stress, unwanted rough skin When accumulated tension builds deeper within your body, surface touching lacks the vitality to address the underling tension. Solution? Deep tissue massage therapy. Tendons, ligaments, muscles, your skeleton and core nervous system all converge under the subtle applied arts of the deep tissue massage therapist.

What you’re looking for is the deep tissue massage that will work out knotted tightening “binds” in the integrated network of ligament, tendon muscle, nerve and skeleton. What will you experience? Some initial discomfort as the massage therapist presses into tender areas…and when your session is over, you’ll feel this subtle all-over feeling of relaxation and stimulation. The closest related therapy is chiropractic, which also delivers neuro-muscular pressure and skeletal adjustment in integrated therapies.

Tip #3 Classic Thai Massage. Centuries before modern chiropractic therapy principles became understood, Oriental natural physicians experimented in manipulating body energy systems, identifying energy pathways which could be stimulated in order to relieve disease symptoms or, proactively, to promote enhanced health. Modern wellness spas offer skilled therapists who can artfully deliver a series of Thai massage therapies focusing on skeletal adjustment, tissue stimulation, releasing accumulated tension deeply bound into tendons and ligaments. Sessions can last up to two hours, and your Thai massage therapist will combine hand and feet techniques in an integrative manual therapy to stimulate your body…inducing passive stretching similar to yoga and Tai chi.

Tip #4 Infrared Sauna. Medspas practice a range of detoxification therapies including the popular infrared sauna therapy. Imagine resting comfortably in a cooler infrared sauna…temperatures between 110 to 130 rather than the 190+ degree scorching from traditional Finnish saunas. High tech but safe infrared energy is easily, and deeply absorbed by your body and, according to practitioners’ theory, can stimulate the deep-tissue release of stored toxins held by our skin, the body’s largest organ. You sweat, your body’s circulation receives a stimulating boost, you leave your infrared sauna relaxed, refreshed.

Tip #5 Craniosacral Therapy. Exploring the “possible” as much as the “real” separates the truly avant-garde medical spas from the traditionalists. Yes, having a pool, golf and tennis nearby is a plus. However, New Age theories about brain activity, toxicity and disease formation suggest that the brain may operate with rhythmic patterning unique to itself. Craniosacral therapy exploits this subtle possibility with a hands-on therapy…light touch…sensitively probing and seeking feedback…releasing pressure from cranial bones (sutures where the bones connect) in an effort to identify brain patterns and signals of imbalance and potential disease. Unconventional, even far out? Yes. But wellness spas turn over every rock in the possibility of identifying a health therapy that’s just right for each visitor.

Bottom Line. Will all your physical tension simply vanish in one session as if by magic? Unlikely. But your medspa medical advisor will teach you the principles of regular exercise, stretching, yoga and posture, healthy foods, skin health strategies, detoxification, disease symptom recognition, plus a range of relaxation techniques.

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More and more women and men want to look and feel better about themselves but, despite working out and losing weight, some areas of fat are simply far too difficult to reduce. This is where Smart Lipo can help.

Smart Lipo is a remarkable treatment using a laser to melt away unwanted fat deposits. The Smart Lipo laser has been used extensively and is known to be safe and effective. It offers a simple way to remove unwanted fat deposits and the procedure is performed under sterile conditions in a special smartlipo theatre. The treatment is minimally invasive and the body can be shaped and contoured. In layman’s terms, smartlipo is like ‘laser liposuction’. It is however much safer than conventional liposuction. Smart Lipo is better than other treatments because the laser energy also interacts with the skin which results in proper skin shrinkage and tightening.

The smart lipo laser lipolysis works as follow. The area of fat to be removed is infiltrated with local anaesthetic and a very fine (1mm) laser probe is then inserted directly into the fat to be removed. The laser beam is then methodically guided throughout the area and the liquefied fat is absorbed by your lymphatic system and the fat excreted.

The cost of liposuction is much higher than Smart Lipo laser lipolysis, both in terms of money and trauma. Doctors for Smart Lipo know that this laser is safe, and the results are simply amazing!
A single treatment will take up to 1 - 2 hours (depending upon the area/areas treated) and is usually sufficient to get a good result, although a small percentage of patients may need a second treatment. Patients with health issues need not be excluded but special precautions may be needed.

There is usually very little bruising swelling or pain after the treatment. The patient will be asked to wear a compression garment for up to 2 weeks after the treatment and they can usually return to most normal activities the next day.
Most reasonably healthy patients can be treated and this should be discussed at a consultation with your smart lipo doctor.

Dr Joshua Berkowitz is the Director of the Wimpole Aesthetics centre, experts in Aesthetic and Anti-Aging medicine .