A new style of cosmetic liposuction leaves patients fully awake with only local injections of lidocaine to control their pain at the site where the doctor is suctioning their body fat. It’s a bad idea all around — dangerous, painful, and a potential tragedy to boot. The “Awake” treatment is touted as a way for….
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Fat-Melting Injections: Dangerous, Unproven but Widely Available
LipoDissolve is the brand name for an injectable drug that is supposed to melt fat. The patient gets a series of injections that supposedly dissolve the bonds between fat cells, and the body then flushes the fat away. Sounds great, doesn’t it? Patients who’ve had these injections have told the Food and Drug Administration that….
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