No valid study on effectiveness of laser liposuction

Dear Stevie,

Let me go out on a limb and tell you that there will never be a valid study showing that this treatment is effective.

If you think that shining a laser pointer on your skin melts fat off your body, please do not let me keep you from believing this. However, there is not a shred of scientific evidence supporting this concept.

The good news is that other than not delivering good value for your dollar, this treatment is probably completely safe.

As far as Dr. Rand's suggestion that you need to only go to a board certified plastic surgeon, be aware that in the United States, dermatologists do just as much liposuction as the general plastic surgeons and they do it safely. However, it is unlikely that you will find either a board certified dermatologist or a board certified plastic surgeon offering this type of treatment.

Zerona Laser treatments are a series of 6 painless, non-surgical treatments over a 2 week period by a laser overlying the body areas you want reduced for a cost of roughly $2500-3000. It is a new technology that I hope keeps advancing to give great results in the future but so far only give a small improvement such as 1 inch reduction in each area. This may be significant for many patients and since there is no pain nor any down time, many patients are now enjoying the results. Some even are going through a 2nd series to get further improvements and some have noticed an improvement in their cellulite which is an added benefit  since not much works on cellulite usually. 

Liposuction gives by far a greater improvement and is easy to go through and has a quick recovery time but may not fit into your schedule or budget right now. Zerona is an alternative that many are finding helpful and worthwhile. Check it out!

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