“I Need Surgery As a Result of Lipodissolve”

The experts caution, the news stories are everywhere on on RealSelf, the horror stories outweigh the good. I don't understand why anyone would risk their health and try this treatment. An injection is not innocuous. In this case, you are putting something into your body that no one can readily identify. And those who are injecting, are mere marketers, not doctors whose goal is to help you achieve your goals in the safest and most predictable manner. You said it yourself... you didn't do your homework and it's not FDA approved. Those messages are everywhere and the people who sold you on lipodissolve are not doctors, they are slick and sleezy salesman looking to get rich quick and prey on our insecurities to do it. It's as though lipodissolve is the drug addition of this decade. But rather than junkies injecting themselves, people are paying thousands for someone to inject them. The result is a really rotten trip--one that results at best in no result, and at worst in situations like yours. Your story and so many others are the unfortunate evidence that people need to hear to steer clear of lipodissolve or any fat-melting injection. My suggestion to anyone considering lipodissolve: Take the money and invest in fresh fruits and veggies, a good personal trainer and some fresh air. If you really want to reduce what good diet and fitness cannot, seek out a qualified, board-certified plastic surgoen who has experience with all the options: tummy tuck, body lift, liposuction...and can demonstrate to you how these can help you. Ask for reference to his or her patients, and talk with them. No point in spending thousands on something "non-surgical" and expecting it is safer than surgery, and having an outcome far worse than anything you started with.

I have no idea what clinic you went to, but this just don't look right! I've had many treatments and never had any bad pains, and never had anything like this. I think the problem here is that many clinics don't do Lipodissolve but they advertise the treatment as Lipodissolve. As I understand there is a specific protocol for Lipodissolve but clinics change the protocols to try for faster results. The Fig spa, for example, use some form of acid to the treatment known as desoxycolate. This acid is used in many medicines to dissolve it but some clinics use only this particular acid and call it Lipodissolve. It looks to me like you had treatments with this acid. I spoke with my doctor and he said this is not at all added to Lipodissolve in normal treatments. Other clinics use mesotherpay with completely different medications than Lipodissolve, but again they advertise that they give Lipodissolve! Clearly it would be important to clarify if people on here had actual lipodissolve treatments, or some copy of it?

I have had seven lipodissolve treatments to my upper/lower abs and flanks. I have not experienced any problems. I am going to a dermatologist/plastic surgeon - not a lipodissolve clinic. Maybe that is the difference. All I know is that I am getting great results. I look better now tha I have in many years. It is a process. You will not see any change in just one treatment. Lipodissolve is not to be used to lose weight. It is used for contouring your body. I love it!

The FDA is aware of the problem and made an official statement condeming the procedure back in December, 2007. Everyone really needs to do their homework first. I looked into it, but was scared off by all of the stories.

From what I understand you should be blaming the doctor that punctured you wrongly not the treatment, since you said yourself the problem wasnt because of the chemicals themselves. Secondly, from what I've researched Lipodissolve is a treatment for people who are already at their ideal weight or close to it, since it's only to target small areas that don't respond to diet and exercise. This seems not to be your case since as you said you wanted it as a "jump START". I'm sorry that you've had so many difficulties because of this but in all honesty I'd have to say it's the doctor that administered the shots who you should be blaming, since the product didn't have any side effects the first time you used it and since the complications you had where only in the areas where the DOCTOR puntured you badly.

I will start by saying I have no opinion of Lipodissolve at this time. I have not had the procedure, but have only been doing my due diligence in researching the product and the procedure. I am a healthcare provider for more than 15 years and am therefore well educated about health and the human body. With that said, I have to bring up issue with those of you thinking that approval by the FDA is going to change any of these results. NEVER AGAIN you still would have developed hematomas because you had a poor injection from the administrator, not a bad dose of the delivery agent (Lipodissolve compund). Have any of you ever heard of Phen-Fen, Lamotrigine, Troglitazone (Rezulin), Topiramate (Topamax), Propulsid, Tequin, Trasylol, ok so I will stop for now as I could go on for days listing drugs that were approved by the FDA only to be removed at a later date. My point is that if you are going to rely on the FDA to protect you than you are FOOLS. Again, I am not advocating or knocking Lipodissolve, I am just warning anyone researching any type of healcare treatment that FDA approval does not guarantee something is safe. I hope anyone that has had negative results with this procedure that you recover quickly for those that have had positive results, good for you. docniss

well i dont know that this will work for me are not and i hope it do like someone said in there story it not the injection its the one that ones that do it should be the blame they should they tell you and it hurt the first why will a person go back

I hope you can fix you belly. Horrible experience you had.

Thank you for sharing this. I won't do it...I will just run my butt to the gym!

Um…The fact that you caught an INFECTION lets me know that there were some very unsanitary conditions going on while and where this procedure was being done. Also from the looks of the severity of the ulceration there, also lets me know that you neglected to seek medical attention soon after realizing that there was a problem. The fact that you neglected to name the physician or facility where you received treatment, leads me to believe that either YOU or some unauthorized tech or FRIEND performed this procedure on you. I mean you typed out several detailed paragraphs about your horrifying experience but no mention of WHO or where you had this done? FDA approval isn't necessarily going to protect anyone, Like the Doc said “If you rely on that you're a damn FOOL!”. Ambien is FDA approved and look at the severe side effects that it can cause. Bizarre & violent sleep walking behavior. A lot of things that weren't FDA approved here in the US at one point ARE now, like Silicone Breast Implants. The US is and always has been BEHIND in everything, FDA approval is just one of those many things. A lot of medications, procedures & medical materials that have been FDA approved within the last 5 yrs have been used in Europe & South America for over 20 yrs. PMMA & Hydrogel buttocks injections (buttocks augmentation) isn’t FDA approved in the US (yet),but the same materials (pmma & hydrogel) are being used for other medical/surgical procedures here in the US. That’s why everyone goes to Venezuela & Brazil to get this procedure done with fabulous results. Oh and if you have the MONEY (like most big name Pharmaceutical companies do) you can get just about anything FDA approved. Known FACT. I am going to get Mesotherapy (lipodissolve) but I WILL be making an informed decision on WHO and WHERE I go to have this procedure done at. I also will be getting background info on my physician, view some before & after pics the whole nine before I proceed with treatments, like anyone with common sense would do.

Well, you're right about me not totally comprehending what it was you were trying to say, as your post is rambling and rather incomprehensible. Perhaps you do have extensive knowledge about medical procedures--although I doubt it--however, this was not at all apparent in your post. Not in the least. Just because you make a few assertion (and quite obvious assertions at that, such as the fact that unsanitary practices can lead to infection--hardly a profound insight) doesn't mean you actually have an informed opinion. (And I'm not impressed that you know the phrase "tissue necrosis," by the way.)

I think you've misunderstood what the poster was trying to say, and what's worse, you're calling her a liar. Think whatever you want to think. But I stand behind my assertion that what you've said to this woman is mean. I don't know if I am sensitive by most standards, but I suppose compared to you, I am. And no, I won't refrain from standing up to a bully if I think it's warranted. This is a public forum and I have a right to respond to your post. So it is my business.

By the way, NONE of the other posters have "told the truth" to this woman in the way that you have. For the most part, they have been supportive. And a few people have raised the issue of FDA approval, but not in any sort of counterpoint to what the poster was saying. They were just contributing their ideas. Only YOU attacked her. Perhaps you think people deserve to be attached when they make a mistake or suffer a misfortune. I don't.