Systems and methods for increasing metabolic rates

A treatment system comprising:

• an energy source configured to thermally damage skin tissue of a subject;
• a user input device configured to receive a user input;
• a computing device configured to:
• receive, from the user input device, the user input indicative of one or more operational parameters of the energy source;
• based on the user input, control the energy source according to the one or more operational parameters to cause the energy source to thermally damage the skin tissue by creating a plurality of treatment regions within a target region of the skin tissue to decrease a total amount of fat of the subject, wherein the target region includes a non-treatment portion that is interspersed among the treatment regions.

A treatment system comprising:

• an energy source configured to thermally damage skin tissue of a subject;
• a user input device configured to receive a user input;
• a computing device configured to:
• receive, from the user input device, the user input indicative of one or more operational parameters of the energy source;
• based on the user input, control the energy source according to the one or more operational parameters to cause the energy source to thermally damage the skin tissue by creating a plurality of treatment regions within a target region of the skin tissue to transform one or more white fat cells into one or more beige fat cells or one or more brown fat cells, wherein the target region includes a non-treatment portion that is interspersed among the treatment regions.

A method of increasing a metabolic rate, the method comprising:

• directing energy, using an energy source, at a target region in skin tissue of a subject;
• creating a plurality of treatment regions in the target region of the skin tissue, from the energy interacting with the skin tissue at the target region, the plurality of treatment portions being interspersed among an untreated region of the target region of the skin tissue;
• and
• increasing the basal metabolic rate of the subject, from the creation of the plurality of treatment regions.

A method of improving a weight disorder, the method comprising:

• directing energy, using an energy source, at a target region in skin tissue of a subject;
• creating a plurality of treatment regions in the target region of the skin tissue, from the energy interacting with the skin tissue at the target region, the plurality of treatment regions being interspersed among an untreated region of the target region of the skin tissue;
• increasing the basal metabolic rate the subject, from the creation of the plurality of treatment regions;
• decreasing an amount of fat of the subject, based on the increasing the basal metabolic rate of the subject;
• and
• improving the weight disorder from the decreasing of the amount of fat of the subject.

A method of improving one or more diseases, the method comprising:

• directing energy, using an energy source, at a target region in skin tissue of a subject;
• creating a plurality of treatment regions in the target region of the skin tissue, from the energy interacting with the skin tissue at the target region, the plurality of treatment regions being interspersed among a non-treatment region of the target region of the skin tissue;
• decreasing an amount of fat of the subject, based on the creation of the plurality of treatment regions;
• and
• improving the one or more diseases, based on the decreasing the amount of fat of the subject.

A treatment system comprising:

• an energy source configured to thermally damage skin tissue of a subject;
• a user input device configured to receive a user input;
• a computing device configured to:
• receive, from the user input device, the user input indicative of one or more operational parameters of the energy source;
• based on the user input, control the energy source according to the one or more operational parameters to cause the energy source to thermally damage the skin tissue by creating a plurality of treatment regions within a target region of the skin tissue to increase the amount of noradrenaline circulating through the bloodstream of the subject, wherein the target region includes a non-treatment portion that is interspersed among the treatment regions.