I have been reading about the Rodial Tummy Tuck, principally on this page and found it interesting. I have not tried the Rodial Tummy Tuck and I do not know anyone who has. My comments are based on what I have read on its website and the claims that are made there.
For the people wanting to use Rodial Tummy Tuck for a slimmer tummy or abdomen I think there tend to be these possible problems: first, a protruding tummy associated with a large waist measurement, and second, an overhanging tummy that in extreme cases leads a person to consider an 'apronectomy' operation because the overhang is so long it is like an apron.
The first problem is the easier one to deal with and Rodial Tummy Tuck could possibly help a little by protecting the integrity of the skin. I think any skin-tightening improvement would be short-lived. I frankly find the claim that it will "break down fatty cells and boost cell metabolism" impossible to believe, and inappropriate/unnecessary anyway. Another claim is that Rodial Tummy Tuck will "reduce the abdominal area by up to TWO centimetres in 8 weeks!" I find that very underwhelming. - 2cm! - Even if this were true, 2cm would be hardly noticeable.
The most important step in reducing tummy size is to avoid salt, sodium and salty food in order to reduce the fluid retention in the blood vessels in the abdomen. The next most important step is to avoid or cut down severely on alcohol. When a person suffers from salt sensitivity - the main cause of excess weight - then alcohol intake can, unfortunately, lead to additional fluid retention in the abdominal cavity itself.
However, the good news is that by seriously cutting down on salt and alcohol you can significantly reduce the abdominal bloating and the result will be a much smaller waist measurement. I think I personally lost over 16cm in a period of less than a year by drastically lowering my intake of salt and salty food. I even went to the lengths of making my own bread without salt and giving up cheese, bacon, processed food, etc for ever. If you make sure you eat plenty of fruit and (unsalted) vegetables you will lose fluid retention even faster because the potassium they contain helps to remove sodium and water from the body.
Rodial Tummy Tuck might just possibly help protect the skin a little during this process but I think a good body moisturiser would be much more appropriate and helpful. It is important not to restrict calories or the skin will weaken further and become even thinner.
Rodial Tummy Tuck operates on the skin surface, possibly tightening it temporarily. But abdominal swelling is not a skin surface problem. It goes deeper than that. Some overweight people suffer fat retention as well as fluid retention. Fat retention is caused by calcium deficiency and can easily be reduced by eating more calcium. A few years ago in Britain BBC2 showed a series of programmes called “The Truth About Food” and I learnt about some Danish research which throws light on this.
– See the BBC report where you will read: "a high calcium intake increases the excretion of fat in the faeces". In fact, the researchers found that twice as much fat was excreted on a high calcium intake as on a low calcium intake – and this was independent of calorie intake.
– They also found that dairy calcium - they suggest low fat yoghurt - is a particularly good source for this extra calcium. (It is best not to have much cheese for calcium because cheese contains such a lot of salt.) And again, on Vitamins-Nutrition - a link from the BBC’s The Truth About Food site, it says: "Calcium helps keep the weight off. Research suggests that if you don't get enough calcium in your diet, you're likely to be overweight." and also: “Calcium is the mineral most likely to be deficient in the average diet. Let me repeat that. Calcium is the mineral most likely to be deficient in the average diet. Calcium deficiency is a condition in which we fail to receive or to metabolize an adequate supply of Calcium.” Remember that vitamin D is necessary to metabolise calcium properly, so make sure you are getting enough vitamin D - the sunshine vitamin. There is a growing weight of evidence that overweight is associated with insufficient vitamin D.
Clearly the Rodial Tummy Tuck would not be able to help much with the apron problem, which also cannot be improved by exercise .It is so severe a problem I do not believe it can be cured in any way but by surgery. It tends to have a combination of causes, including dieting, fluid retention and weakened/thin skin. However, it can be slightly lessened by all of the above dietary measures and possibly prevented from getting worse. It is, I believe, vitally important not to do any more dieting as this would weaken the skin even more.
In summary, I do not think that Rodial Tummy Tuck would be worth buying or using to reduce the problems of an oversized abdomen.
Written by Margaret Wilde
Margaret is the author of www.wildeaboutsteroids.co.uk
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