The sides of the waist, the soft part of a love handle, are shown in BTL's gallery for the Body applicator, and in our practice they are treated with the abdomen in the same course. The handpiece warms the skin and the layer beneath with radiofrequency and targeted ultrasound, with nothing through the skin. Four sessions, at Exion Clinic, 8 Devonshire Place, with the price in writing at a free consultation.
What it does on the flanks
In our experience the fat layer thins and the skin over the side of the waist firms as the warmth works over the weeks after the course. A firm bulge you can pinch is a fat-freezing question, and a soft layer over slack obliques is EMsculpt NEO's. Both are at our sister clinics, and the clinician says at the free consultation which fits or whether Exion alone does.
The evidence
The 2026 study of 23 patients with a device matching Exion Body measured the fat layer 22.5% thinner at three and six months, without naming the area in its abstract. No study measures the flanks alone, and we say so. The body page sets out the study in full.
The session and who it suits
Skin cleaned, a conductive gel, and the handpiece moved in passes over each side while the console holds the temperature at 40 to 45°C, in our experience 20 to 30 minutes for both sides. The skin is pink and warm afterwards. Someone whose weight is steady with soft sides they want smaller and firmer. Not over hair or scar tissue, not with an electronic or metal implant, and in our practice not in pregnancy or breastfeeding or over an active skin problem. The sessions page sets out the course.
Not sure you are suitable? Ask the clinician, it is free
Book a free consultation
Call Exion Clinic on 0207 043 8136 or use the form below. The clinician pinches the area, says what four sessions are likely to do for it, and gives you the course price in writing.
