“Lunchtime Lipo” Investigated by 20/20

Last week’s 20/20 did a segment on outpatient fat-removal treatment Lipodissolve, commonly referred to as a “lunchtime lipo” procedure because it’s fairly quick and does not require surgery. Patients receive injections that supposedly dissolve fat, causing it to be excreted from the body. But those who’ve used the treatment told a very different story!

[45-year-old Sheila Yee of Riverbank, Calif.] said she … found a nodule in her stomach the size of a tennis ball and went back to the spa. She said she was stunned by the nurse’s reaction.

“She looks at it and she’s telling me ‘oh my goodness that is so wonderful. All your fat cells have all congregated into one area. If all of our patients were like this, we’d be out of business because you know that fat’s just going. You’re the perfect person for this.’”

Disaster struck a few days later when that mass in her stomach nearly doubled to the size of a grapefruit. She had a life-threatening staph infection that required emergency surgery to remove a mass of dead tissue. Sheila says she could have died. “I contemplated going the next day. I might have died the next day. I might not have lived,” she said. “They don’t realize how serious this is and what they’re doing to people. It’s dangerous.”

Read the whole report and watch a video of the segment.

Have you ever used or considered using Lipodissolve or a similar treatment? Leave a comment about your experience!

And read what others have had to say:

• “Does Lipo-dissolve Work?” in The Washington Post
• “Lipodissolve proves popular despite lack of FDA nod” in USA Today
• “Lipodissolve: Does it get rid of unwanted fat?” from The Mayo Clinic

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