Selected recent press releases
- ASPS & FRENCH SOCIETY WORKING TO MONITOR DEVELOPMENTS ON PIP SILICONE GEL BREAST IMPLANTS
- New laws, tv ads expose white coat deception
- Editorial- Limit who can do cosmetic surgery – USATODAY
- ASPS reports cosmetic plastic surgery down in 2009, up 69% in first decade of new millenniumASPS
- THE OSCARS, PARTIES SPUR COSMETIC SURGERY QUICK FIXES WITH HOLLYWOOD'S ELITE
- CAUTION URGED AS PATIENTS SEEK DEALS ON COSMETIC SURGERY
- PLASTIC SURGEONS WARN OF MALNUTRITION IN BODY CONTOURING PATIENTS
- CONSUMERS AND PLASTIC SURGEONS SAY ECONOMY IS CUTTING INTO COSMETIC PROCEDURES
- PLASTIC SURGEONS FACE WAR INJURIES FROM IRAQ TO INNER-CITY VIOLENCE
- LIPODISSOLVE AND MESOTHERAPY
- THE WAY WE EAT MAY BE AS SIGNIFICANT AS WHAT WE EAT
- SELECTING APPROPRIATE MASSIVE WEIGHT LOSS PATIENTS FOR BODY CONTOURING CRITICAL
- BREAST FEEDING DOES NOT MAKE THE BREASTS MORE DROOPY
- WANT A REASON TO LOVE YOUR LOWER BELLY FAT? IT'S RICH IN STEM CELLS
- “FANTASTIC FOUR” OF BREAST PROCEDURES LEAVE WOMEN EXTREMELY SATISFIED
- FAT INJECTIONS CAN IMPROVE BREAST RECONSTRUCTION – JURY’S OUT ON AUGMENTATION
LIPODISSOLVE AND MESOTHERAPY (INJECTION LIPOLYSIS)
Still no evidence of safety or efficiency
Albuquerque, NM, Sunday, October 26, 2008 - Thus far, there is a lack of clinical research in the United States demonstrating the safety and efficacy of injection lipolysis treatments. The first FDA-approved clinical study is being conducted to determine the effectiveness ofthis technology.
Injection lipolysis,often referred to as lipodissolve or mesotherapy, involves injecting a mixture of chemicals, generally consisting of a combination of phosphatidylcholine and sodium deoxycholate, into theskin and/or subcutaneous fatty tissue in order to dissolve fat cells.
Some treatments also contain vitamins in the injection mixture.
Neither the injection mixture nor the method of treatment is standardized, and the procedures are not approved by the FDA for any purpose.
There are still many unknowns about these procedures. What happens to the fat cells once they are treated, how much fat is removed, and how the treatment affects other parts of the anatomy? Some known side effects that may occur are allergic reaction, skin ulceration, scarring and infection.