A love handle is the soft part of the flank, the side of the waist above the hip, and in our practice it is the area most often treated with the abdomen. EMsculpt NEO is FDA-cleared in the US for fat reduction of the flanks, a clearance granted in 2023, and BTL's Edge applicator is shaped to treat all sides of the flanks and the obliques. Both sides are treated in one 30-minute session with two applicators. A course is four sessions, five to seven days apart, from £100 per session at the Official EMsculpt Clinic, 8 Devonshire Place, with your price in writing at a free consultation.
A session on the flanks
The two Edge applicators sit one on each side of the waist. Electromagnetic pulses contract the oblique muscles, the ones that pull the waist in, while radiofrequency heats the fat over them. The waist narrows as the fat clears over the following weeks and the obliques firm. You walk out after the 30 minutes, with the sides sore for a day or two as after a hard core session.
The figures
- MRI study, 2024, four weekly sessions: fat 28.8% thinner and the oblique muscles 27.2% thicker.
- The manufacturer's ultrasound study: a 5 mm average reduction in the fat layer at three months.
- Skin types: the flank clearance covers skin types I to IV, and Dr Marie Duggan, GMC 7488383, checks your skin at the free consultation.
The figures come from manufacturer-linked studies and we label them as such. The full guide sets them beside the independent reviews.
Whether it fits you
The soft part of a love handle, with the best results in our experience at a body mass index under about 30. A firm bulge you can pinch between your fingers is a fat-freezing question, which we also treat. The flanks are often done with the abdomen in one plan, the Edge applicators on the sides and the large applicator on the front. Metal or an electronic implant, pregnancy and a hernia near the area rule it out.
The result and the price
In our experience the change begins to show two to four weeks after the final session, the result is judged at three months in dated photographs, and it changes shape rather than weight. From £100 per session, the course for your flanks in writing at the free consultation, with a price match on any comparable written quote and finance available subject to status. Call the Official EMsculpt Clinic on 0207 043 1115 or use the form below.
