A soft stomach after children, after weight loss or with age, a layer of fat with skin to firm over it, suits the Body applicator, and BTL's gallery shows the abdomen. The handpiece warms the skin and the layer beneath with radiofrequency and targeted ultrasound, with a return pad on the body and nothing through the skin. In a 2026 study of 23 patients with a device matching Exion Body, four sessions left the fat layer 22% thinner on ultrasound at three and six months. Four sessions, at Exion Clinic, 8 Devonshire Place, with the price in writing at a free consultation.
What it does on the abdomen
In our experience the fat layer thins and the skin firms as the warmth works over the weeks after the course, and the massage attachment is cleared in the US for the temporary reduction in the appearance of cellulite. It is not a weight-loss treatment, it does not build muscle, and it does not remove a fold of loose skin after a large weight loss. For muscle the clinician may suggest EMsculpt NEO at our sister clinic, and says so at the free consultation.
The evidence
Twenty-three patients, 2026, four sessions with a device matching Exion Body: the fat layer 16% thinner at one month and 22.5% at three and six months on ultrasound, 71% reporting an improvement, with no comparison group. The abstract does not name the area treated, and we say so. The body page sets out the study in full.
The session and who it suits
Skin cleaned, a conductive gel, and the handpiece moved in passes over the abdomen while the console holds the temperature at 40 to 45°C, in our experience 30 to 45 minutes; the skin is pink and warm afterwards. Someone whose weight is steady with a soft stomach they want smaller and firmer. Not over hair or scar tissue, not with an electronic or metal implant, and in our practice not in pregnancy or breastfeeding or over an active skin problem. The sessions page sets out the course.
Not sure you are suitable? Ask the clinician, it is free
Book a free consultation
Call Exion Clinic on 0207 043 8136 or use the form below. The clinician pinches the area, says what four sessions are likely to do for it, and gives you the course price in writing.