A Short History of Doctor's Tools

• ♦ In the beginning there were magic ingredients. People experimented with plants and powders. This is still the same today to take a medicine to help the body recover

• ♦ Then there were surgical instruments that do damage such as a knife, saw and hammer. This is still the same today with names like scalpel instead of knife. The body is left to recover from the wound.

• ♦ The invention of the lithotripter in the early 1980s created a new type of tool; the magic wand that was outside the body making things happen inside the body. There was no cutting and no drugs. It is this tool that is the basis on which the ISMST is formed to study the cleverness of the magic wand.

• ♦ Now in 2008 we are realizing that the lithotripter is more than a magic wand; it is a missing ingredient when treating cellulite. The concept of the missing ingredient is now understood in cancer treatments. By combining medicines the result is much more effective than each medicine alone. This approach opens up many possibilities and for cellulite we are working on the combination of shockwaves and carboxytherapy. So far the results are very good.