FDA warns: Fat dissolving claims Spa are unfounded

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Author: Nadja Popovich

If it were heard come-that treatment spa may melt Your fat away, not buy it.

Food and Drug Administration said today has warned they were making six spas false and misleading claims about the procedure, often called lipodissolve.

But there may be, it further as lipozap, lipotherapy, Lipolysis mesotherapy or injection.

In no uncertain terms the FDA told their lips lipozap postal code and all other entities spa."They make it sound so good and so safe--where says, IT dissolves fat," "rozpływa IT out of the Office," "is no effect side," "EC previously done thousands of procedures," "FDA's Kathleen Anderson said in a conference call with Reporters. ' This really sells very well, and we're really, really interested.We have no good data, that is safe and effective. "This is what we want consumers to know."

Procedure, touted as an alternative to Liposuction, involves a series of injection drugs expressed to dissolve fat.Medicines inside syringes differ from health resort of Spa, but usually include phosphatidylcholine and deoxycholate. so far, you can check out the description on the website of one of the companies that was warned here.

FDA says that no drugs, used in lipodissolve passed out in the Agency for this procedure."Is not approved by FDA injectable product which is phosphatidylcholine," Anderson noted. " That is to say, simply does not have. „

There are also Risks are understood.Pain at the injection site, knots under skin and permanent scarring reported no occurred but definitive studies on adverse reactions.

Outside spas six which have been issued warning letters FDA noted that in many other market procedures.

After returning to the 2006 American Society of aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) said it was funding study lipodissolve. afternoon, Dr President-Elect ASAPS Felmont Eaves told Shots that results are expected to be presented in about two weeks at the next meeting of the national group.He confirmed, however, that the study was small and "in fact, there is no statistical right of reply to all questions you may have".

So far, Eaves simply said, is not evidence for lipodissolve."Is this mentality Wild West [with new procedures aesthetic] that go there and claim anything you want and patients are drawn," he said."So well is FDA is saying" no, you must have proof.„"

Eaves added, "you're in saying that the data is incomplete. We don't know if it works, and if it is safe or not until we have more data."

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