Apparatus and method for non-invasive repositioning of sagging skin, cellulite and fat tissue on thighs, arms, stomach and buttocks
View Patent ↗An apparatus and a method for non-invasive repositioning of sagging skin, cellulite and fat tissue. The apparatus includes a flexible tape having at least three sections. The first segment includes an adhesive and a removable liner thereon. An opposed second segment includes an adhesive and a removable liner thereon. An intermediate segment is located between the first and second segments which is devoid of adhesive.
1. A method for non-invasive repositioning of sagging skin, cellulite and fat tissue, which method comprises:
removing a releasable liner from a first segment of continuous flexible tape comprising a single uniform material to reveal an adhesive on said first segment;
attaching said first segment of said continuous flexible tape to skin of an individual;
pulling an opposed second segment of said continuous flexible tape to reposition said skin;
removing a releasable liner from said second segment of said flexible tape wherein said second segment includes an adhesive; and
causing a portion of skin between said first segment and said second segment to be lapped over another portion of skin; and
attaching said second segment of said tape to said skin, where the portion of skin that is lapped over the other portion of skin is covered by an intermediate segment of said continuous flexible tape, where the intermediate segment is intermediate of the first segment and the second segment, where the intermediate segment is devoid of adhesive, where the intermediate segment is smaller than the first segment and smaller than the second segment.
2. A method for non-invasive repositioning of sagging skin, cellulite and fat tissue as set forth in claim 1 wherein said first segment and said second segment are attached to a thigh of an individual.
3. A method for non-invasive repositioning of sagging skin cellulite and fat tissue as set forth in claim 1 wherein said first segment and said second segment are attached to an arm of an individual.
4. A method for non-invasive repositioning of sagging skin, cellulite and fat tissue as set forth in claim 1 wherein said first segment and said second segment are attached to a stomach of an individual.
5. A method for non-invasive repositioning of sagging skin, cellulite and fat tissue as set forth in claim 1 wherein said first segment and said second segment are attached to buttocks of an individual.
6. A method for non-invasive repositioning of sagging skin, cellulite and fat tissue as set forth in claim 1 including the additional steps of removing said first and second segments from said skin and thereafter reapplying.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein an entirety of the continuous flexible tape is at least one of translucent or transparent.