Ultrasonic refers to sound frequency. While vibrating, an Ultrasonic Cavitation handpiece emits sound we cannot hear. We measure the number of vibrations per second as sound frequency, and refer to this as Hertz. Humans ears can hear anywhere from 20 to 20,000 hertz, but nothing above or below this parameter. Therefore, sound waves with frequencies above 20,000 hertz are referred to as “Ultrasonic”. A Megahertz (MHz) is 1,000,000 hertz. Usually, an ultrasonic frequency of 1 MHz to 5 MHz is used for various medical treatments. The lower the megahertz is, the stronger the treatment. Lower frequencies are highly penetrative and directional.The vibration of ions (positive and negative alternation of sound waves) produce a strong wave of pressure to fat cell membranes. Usually a fat cell membrane cannot withstand this pressure, it will explode into the liquid content. This liquid product leaves the body through the normal channels of the body’s metabolism.Ultrasonic Cavitation’s results are achieved by the quantity of fat cells destroyed and removed from the body’s fat storage compartments.

Ultrasonic cavitation technology enables concentrated sonic energy to be directed only at localized treatment areas, and is thus capable of selectively disrupting the subcutaneous fat cells through thousands of microscopic implosions impacting the fat cell membranes. After the breakdown of adipose tissue (fat cell membrane), fat is released into interstitial fluid between cells, where it is enzymatically metabolized into glycerol and free fatty acids. Watersoluble glycerol travels into the circulatory system to generate energy while insoluble free fatty acids enter the liver to be decomposed like any other simple fatty acids.