ShapeScale 3D Body Scanner
Measure the impact of your custom protocol.
The ShapeScale 3D Body Scanner gives you precise, objective data on how your custom protocol is working — tracking changes in body composition, muscle distribution, and posture that a standard scale simply cannot show.
The conventional tools of body measurement — the bathroom scale, the tape measure, the BMI chart — share a fundamental limitation: they measure one or two dimensions of a multi-dimensional reality. The scale registers total mass. The tape measure captures circumference at a point in time. Neither can tell you whether a change in the number reflects fat loss, muscle gain, fluid shift, or some combination of all three.
The ShapeScale 3D Body Scanner addresses this with a structured-light photogrammetry system that generates a precise, rotatable 3D mesh of your body in under 60 seconds. From this mesh, clinical-grade body composition metrics are derived and compared against your baseline scans — making visible exactly what is changing, where it is changing, and at what rate.
For clients at MK Wellness pursuing body composition goals, the ShapeScale transforms the experience from subjective impression to objective data. For athletes tracking muscle symmetry and recovery, it provides information available nowhere else without expensive DEXA scanning. For members on the Weight Support plan, it is the honest feedback loop that keeps protocols accountable and progress visible.
What to Expect
Wellness goals it's part of
What a Session Feels Like
The scan takes under 60 seconds. You stand on the rotating platform in form-fitting clothing while the scanner rotates around you. Results are available immediately on the ShapeScale app. The first scan establishes your baseline; subsequent scans reveal exactly what has changed — and seeing your 3D model comparison is consistently one of the most motivating moments in a transformation journey.
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Who it's great for
How Often to Come, and What It Costs
Recommended frequency
Included in these memberships
Memberships count modalities: each one you use, like this one, counts as 1.
Safety & Contraindications
Do not use if you have any of the following — consult your physician
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Learn More →The Science & Research
For the curious: how ShapeScale 3D Body Scanner works in the body, the studies behind it, and the areas researchers are exploring. Tap a topic to open it.
How it works in the body
The ShapeScale platform rotates 360° around the user while emitting structured light patterns. A high-resolution camera captures the reflected light pattern, and computer vision algorithms reconstruct a precise 3D mesh of the body's surface. Body composition metrics are derived from this mesh using validated algorithms trained on population data correlated with DEXA (the gold standard for body composition measurement).
Structured light photogrammetry: projected pattern distortion at every body surface point captures 3D geometry
Mesh generation: thousands of surface points triangulated into a precise 3D polygon mesh
Body fat estimation: surface geometry, volume distribution, and limb proportions correlated against DEXA-validated algorithms
Segmental analysis: the 3D mesh enables independent measurement of each body segment
Posture analysis: skeletal landmark detection identifies deviations in shoulder, hip, and spinal alignment
Longitudinal tracking: 3D meshes from multiple dates can be overlaid and compared — fat loss and muscle gain become visible, not just numerical
Research & clinical evidence (1 study)
3D Body Scans vs. Lab Methods
UCSF researchers compared 3D body scans with DXA, tape measures, and other lab methods in 39 adults (European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2016).
- ·Waist and hip measurements closely matched tape measures
- ·Body fat and lean mass estimates closely matched DXA, the lab gold standard
- ·Scans use light, not radiation, so they are easy to repeat
Areas it may support
Non-medical. These are areas of active research and client-reported benefit, not medical diagnoses or treatment claims.
Experience ShapeScale 3D Body Scanner
at MK Wellness
17844 Mound Road, Suite F · Cypress, TX 77433
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MK Wellness services are non-medical and not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition. The research cited on this page reflects published studies and does not constitute medical advice. Individual results vary. Consult your physician before starting any wellness program.