Objective Insight Beyond the Scale

No. Styku is optional, but it provides highly valuable objective data. While bloodwork offers internal physiologic insight, body composition tracking provides external structural data — together creating a more complete clinical picture.

Frequency varies based on goals and clinical context. Many patients prefer repeating scans every 3–6 months to objectively assess trends in fat mass, lean mass, and metabolic progress.

No. Styku complements laboratory data, symptoms, and clinical judgment. It enhances decision-making — it does not replace it.

DEXA (dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry) uses a low-dose X-ray to measure bone mineral density along with fat and lean tissue, so it is the reference standard when bone health is the clinical question. Styku is a 30-second, fully clothed 3D optical scan that measures body fat percentage, lean mass distribution, circumferences, and visceral fat estimation with no radiation at all, which makes it practical to repeat every few months. For tracking body composition over time, the repeatability matters more than the modality.

Weight on its own is one number and tells you nothing about what that weight is made of. A scan separates it into fat mass, lean tissue, and how both are distributed — including abdominal composition and left-versus-right differences. Muscle and bone decline naturally with age, so having a baseline and a trend line is what turns a number into something you and your provider can act on.

Book with us. Scanning is done in our Kaysville, Utah clinic, and your provider reviews the results with you alongside your labs and your goals rather than handing you a report to interpret alone. Request a free consultation or book your first visit and we will get it scheduled. If bone density imaging is clinically indicated, your provider can arrange the appropriate referral.