Reasons why you should stop excluding clients who want to lose weight based on their BMI (and learn how to treat bigger clients instead)
Clients seeking body contouring come in different shapes, sizes, ages, genders, and financial statuses. Every customer has particular aims and various worries. And there is undoubtedly no standardized "perfect body," which begs the question of whether BMI should be used to weed out people seeking to lose weight. We ask because several makers of fat-reduction equipment suggest avoiding clients with a BMI of 30 or above. But is that truly the best guidance for our clients who need body contouring...and for our company or practice? In our opinion, no. And in this blog;, we explain why, if you currently use BMI to weed out potential clients for fat reduction, it's time to reconsider.
Let's go over some information regarding Body Mass Index (BMI) and how it relates to body reshaping procedures.
Non-Invasive Body Contouring and Body Mass Index (BMI)
·In US medicine, using the Body Mass Index (BMI) as a screening tool for health risks has become standard of care.
·And a lot of body sculpting businesses exclude consumers who want to lose fat by using their BMI.
·However, as experts in body sculpting, we do not claim to treat or detect disease.
·However, due to BMI-related treatment constraints and manufacturer instructions for fat reduction device use, BMI has found its relevance in non-invasive body sculpting rather than illness screening—more on this later.
BMI definition
Body mass index (BMI), a formula that divides a person's weight in kilograms by their height in meters squared (BMI = kg/m2), determines how much body fat a person has.
When does a patient's BMI classify them as “obese?”
A medical diagnosis is obesity. And any BMI result over 30 is considered obese. This definition is based on the BMI calculation. And a value of 25 to 29.9 indicates that you are "overweight."
Are there any flaws with BMI?
Although BMI is a quick and simple tool, healthcare professionals are aware of its limitations:
1 The difference between muscle and fat is not taken into consideration by BMI.
·Muscle mass and fat mass cannot be determined by BMI.
·The client's body fat percentage is not measured by BMI.
2 BMI does not assess how much body fat is present.
·Where fat is found on or in the body is not determined by BMI.
·The exact health hazards that each patient faces depend on where their body fat is distributed.
3 The BMI does not take into consideration racial and demographic variances.
·BMI was created in Europe, where the majority of the population is Anglo-Saxon.
·The obesity criterion for patients of Asian heritage should be lower (more like 25), whereas the obese cutoff for Black women should be higher, according to research (more like 32).
·However, no revisions to diagnoses and BMI scores have been made as of yet.
What Is the Ideal Body?
·The body type marketed within a culture and its media as most attractive or most appropriate to a person's age, gender, or race is described as having an ideal body, according to the APA Dictionary of Psychology.
·There is no one ideal physical beauty image or notion in the US because we are a nation of many cultures and media.
·As experts in body contouring, we work with individuals of various ages, genders, and races.
·Additionally, every one of our clients has unique expectations for their ideal bodies and defines what that looks like for them.
Why should you reconsider using BMI to exclude clients who want to lose weight?
In larger customers, those who are overweight (with a BMI over 24.9) or obese (with a BMI over 30), most non-invasive fat reduction therapies and technologies are both safe and useful as long as they are realistic about their expected results and motivated.
Most larger consumers who come to your body contouring firm don't hope for a miracle weight-loss cure or a cure for their obesity. By enhancing a bodily part, they hope to feel better about themselves.
And all the same factors that motivate us to undertake non-invasive fat reduction procedures on clients who are of normal weight also apply to our larger clientele.
For our larger clients in particular, non-invasive fat reduction is crucial since it poses fewer dangers than surgical fat reduction and minimally invasive procedures.
For our larger clientele, 2 non-invasive fat reduction treatments remove fat, result in inch loss, and smooth the treated area.
3 Our larger clients who have non-invasive fat reduction procedures might feel better about themselves.
Do not impose judgment
Some body-contouring specialists claim that it doesn't feel "right" to treat larger clientele.
When we look closer, we discover that these providers are applying their own standards and judgment when determining whether a customer should pay for a therapy. They are determining what the client should anticipate...or be happy with.
You wouldn't anticipate it, though. Your client anticipates it.
When a client claims she will be pleased with a reduction, you should be pleased that she is paying for the treatment and experiencing a reduction. She is seeking that.
How to Handle a Larger Client
·Decide on the client's objective.
·Obtain the client's remarks outlining her expectations.
·Watch out for the following comments:
·"I'd be delighted to see something. It would encourage me."
·Just a little slimming right here, please.
·I am aware that it is unrealistic to expect to appear like a supermodel.
·Clarify your realistic reduction expectations.
·One treatment region while concentrating on the primary issue
·Recommend beginning a treatment series with at least 8 sessions (customized to your client and her goals)
·Specify your goals. Give the customer a breakdown of what to anticipate from the ONE set of treatments at the ONE treatment area.
·Once she has finished the sequence of treatments for the first treatment region, go on to the next location of concern and urge your client to wait before receiving therapy there.
We hope the information in this blog has made you pause if you have been utilizing BMI to exclude clients for fat reduction.