"First, lets understand a fat cell: a fat cell is like a biologic battery - its function is to store excess energy and release it later when needed. Fat cells have two receptors, like an on and off button. The 'alpha' receptor responds to the body's excess insulin and sugar to promote fat storage. The beta receptor is stimulated during times of fasting, exercise and starvation to release the fat. In lipo-reduction, we want to block the alpha (block storage) and stimulate the beta (accentuate burning). The pharmaceutical and naturopathic medications in Mesotherapy lipo-reduction are used in combination to do exactly this process. "