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Ionithermie is the name of a treatment offered in some spas that claims to

• reduce the appearance of cellulite
• improve and smooth skin texture
• slim the body, causing the loss of between 1-8 inches on the very first treatment
• firm and tone muscles, lifting slackening areas and flattening the abdomen
• detoxify and re-mineralize the body, raising body energy levels and the metabolism

The process involves the application of electronic stimulation (claims to employ Galvanic and Faradic electrical currents), micronized algae, and conductive thermal aroma clay.

A preliminary study to evaluate the effect of Ionithermie on patients with cellulite was performed in 2006 by Gustavo Leibaschoff, MD and Juliana Melamed, MD and their team; the study included ten women and indicated that the treatment may have had some effect on reducing the appearance of cellulite^[1].

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