Although as of yet no one is calling the tightening restrictions around the fat dissolving injections like Lipodissolve a “Ban” yet, it sounds like the actions being taken by the FDA are certainly trying to eliminate the practice across the United States now. Lipodissolve and other similar products are supposed to be a nonsurgical alternative to things like Smartlipo and liposuction. There has been an ongoing controversy for years around the fat injections that are supposed to break up fat cells so that your body naturally expels them.
The trend began ( I believe) in France with a process called messotherapy, and translated here in the US to spawns of similar products that claimed to comfortably, with minimal side effects, help remove localized body fat from problem areas on men and women. There were really no claims about reducing cellulite, but the idea was probably that the product could help with this problem as well since reducing body fat helps reduce the appearance of cellulite by it’s very nature.
The Lipodissolve ingredients are what’s under scrutiny, and the FDA is not necessarily saying they are dangerous, but is saying that they have not been deemed to be tested as “safe” under the FDA guidelines. Bear in mind that some of the other dangerous products that have been deemed safe by the FDA later turned out to be major health threatening ingredients, and that their guidelines for deeming something safe are criticized as being somewhat flimsy.
The FDA is also concerned that the claims made by the makers of Lipodissolve and their marketing arms of spas and med spas around the US, are false or misleading and have not been proven to be true. They feel that the marketing must be tweaked to be a little bit more truthful and not guide patients into thinking they are going to get unrealistic results. They say there is not adequate evidence that the shots actually remove fat deposits as claimed.
They have actually sent threatening letters to several spas that market and provide Lipodissolve and asked that they suspend use of the products and treatments until further review. Sounds like a ban coming on to me…..I’ll let you know when I hear more on this.
Oh, and some of the side effects that caused concerns were “holes” being left in the skin, uneven, lumpy texture, swelling and pain, and discolorations on the skin that seemed to be permanent.
