These are the questions people ask about Endospheres, grouped the way they are asked. The price comes first because it is the question asked most; the figure is given in writing at the free consultation with Dr Marie Duggan, GMC 7488383. Call 0207 043 8138 or use the form below.
Price and sessions
How much does Endospheres therapy cost?
We set out the price of Endosphères in writing at a free consultation, and we price match any comparable written quote. Consultations and follow-up reviews are free whatever you decide. The price depends on the areas and the number of sessions.
How many sessions, and how often?
The maker describes twelve or eighteen sessions, two or three times a week, and up to twenty-four where there is significant inflammation, excessive sagging or excess weight, then maintenance. Most of its series used twelve sessions of 40 to 60 minutes. It describes a single session as less significant and lasting. In our practice the number is set at the consultation and reviewed as the course runs.
Do I need to diet or exercise as well?
The maker's own comparison found the fall in circumference more than twice as large with a diet alongside the course, so yes, if a smaller measurement is the aim, and the doctor discusses it at the consultation.
Results
Does it actually work, and what are the results?
In the maker's own series a cellulite score fell by 37 to 51% and measurements at the waist, abdomen, hips and thigh fell by 1.2 to 6.3 cm after twelve sessions, measured within two months of the course. There is no independent study and no randomised or sham-controlled comparison, and we say so.
How long do the results last, and does cellulite come back?
The maker says results can last up to six months with a healthy lifestyle and recommends maintenance, two sessions a month for three or four months and then one a month. Its series measured nothing beyond two months after the course. Cellulite is a feature of the skin's structure, and in our experience the appearance returns over months without maintenance.
Is Endospheres worth it?
For someone who wants a firm mechanical massage over a course for the appearance of cellulite and a smaller measurement, and who will maintain it, the maker's series show the kind of change to expect. After twelve sessions a cellulite score fell by 37 to 51% and a circumference by 1.2 to 6.3 centimetres, measured no later than two months. For fat loss, the doctor recommends a fat-reduction treatment.
Are there reviews, and before and after photographs?
We print no review figure and no before and after photographs for this clinic; ask us at the consultation.
Consultations and follow-ups are free
What it is
What does Endospheres do, and how does it work?
On the body, a roller of silicone spheres, 55 in the maker's description, is passed over the skin, and its turning generates low-frequency mechanical vibrations that press and release the tissue, which the maker calls compressive microvibration. The face has a separate system. It is a mechanical massage, used for the appearance of cellulite, circumference, skin tone and, as the maker describes it, muscle toning. The how it works page has the detail.
Is it lymphatic drainage, the same as a drainage massage?
No. Endospheres is a mechanical massage method; it is not manual lymphatic drainage, and no study has yet measured lymph flow with it.
Is it better than other cellulite treatments or a massage?
One maker study compares it with manual lymphatic drainage, in a retrospective series with a diet in both groups; none compares it with another cellulite treatment. An independent trial of three massage techniques found the thighs 0.5 cm smaller in every group; the maker's own series found 1.2 to 6.3 cm after twelve Endospheres sessions, without an untreated comparison group. The doctor plans the right treatment for your aim at the consultation.
Is the clinic a genuine provider with a trained operator?
The treatment is given on a Fenix Group Endospheres device, the consultation is with Dr Marie Duggan, GMC 7488383, and the clinic is CQC registered. Ask us at the consultation about the operator and the device.
Safety and areas
Is it safe, and what are the side effects?
Soreness after a session like after a gym session, in a third of the women in one maker series, slight tingling, a squeezing sensation and temporary redness. The maker excludes pregnancy and breastfeeding and asks for 30 days after fillers, and we take your history at the consultation. The device is a massage appliance in its own technical file, and we present it as one.
Does it hurt, and will I be sore or bruised?
It is a firm massage, and in our practice the operator adjusts the pressure with you. About a third of the women in one maker series were sore after the procedure, and in our experience bruising is possible in someone who bruises easily.
Which areas can be treated, including the face?
Every area the device is used on. The abdomen, the waist, the hips and the front, back and inner thighs have maker series. The outer thighs, the buttocks, the shins, the calves, the ankles and the feet are named in the maker's protocols and FAQ. The upper arms, the neck and the back are on the maker's list, the maker names heavy legs among its treatments, and the face has one nine-volunteer series; in our practice a face session also covers the cheeks.
Who should not have it?
The maker's protocol excludes pregnancy and breastfeeding and asks for at least 30 days after hyaluronic acid fillers. We take your full history at the free consultation, and Dr Marie Duggan says whether it is right for you.
Can it help lipoedema or lymphoedema?
We make no claim. The maker's documents include a retrospective comparison in lymphoedema and lipolymphoedema with a diet in both groups and no measurement of lymph flow, and one of its series excluded lipoedema. See your GP for either condition.
Is there a clinic near me, and how do I book?
Our clinic is at 8 Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2HF, a minute from South Kensington station. The clinic page has directions. Call 0207 043 8138 or use the form below at any time.
