What is I-Lipo?

How many will treatments will be needed and at what intervals?

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Another marketing term for fat removal!

Another marketing term for fat removal! True liposuction requires one treatment and minimal recovery (usually one day). Nothing else even comes close to producing the same results.

Laser Liposuction

Please take a minute and look at the opinions of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. I am not personally aware of a prospective random double blind major peer reviewed article that demonstrates laser liposuction to be superior to conventional wet technique like Power Assisted Liposuction. Buyer beware.

I-Lipo will definitely reduce your wallet's size, but probably not your body!

I-Lipo is a device produced by a UK company called Chromogenex. It is a low-level laser device that is said to cause fat cell breakdown without surgery, anesthesia, needles, pain, or downtime. Multiple treatments are "needed" for maximum benefit, and oh, by the way, "A period of exercise post treatment will ensure the complete metabolism and thus elimination from the body of the freed fatty acids." (copied from company website) Actually, here is more direct copy from... more

I-Lipo

This is a newly touted device that is "supposed" to dissolve fat by external treatments with low intensity laser light. Here is a saying to remember. "if it seems too good to be true, then it probably is". There is not much peer reviewed research to determine how efective this treatment is. For now, the most reliable way to get rid of unwanted fat is through conventional liposuction (this can mean laser assisted, ultrasound assisted or regular liposuction). The... more