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Write a ReviewZerona... big Lie - Katy, TX
- mastermind
- posted 2 years ago
- Not Worth It
- Cost: $2,000
- The Healing Center (Katy, Texas)
VERY DISAPPOINTED myself with the results.I...
- 10 Sep 2010
VERY DISAPPOINTED myself with the results.I exercise daily running two to three mail daily plus the gym light weights every other day and all I wanted was to loose my love handles. So far I'm out of pocket 1500, was on a strict vegetarian diet while the treatment was taking place and 150 dollars worth of liver cleansing and other pills. I'm pretty sure I lost some weight, but it's not because of the Zerona.
Whoever is thinking of doing Zerona, don't waste your money. I'll give you the diet and the pills I was in right now, or you could even Google it as liver detox diet and you will loose the same that you would with the treatment and then buy something nice for yourself with the money saved... * reply
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Not for this procedure...ZERONA LASER DOES NOT WORK. Don't know about their chiropractic practice, did not go there for that
http://www.fda.gov/ICECI/EnforcementActions/WarningLetters/ucm256890.htm
Lobobaby by saying you are a strict vegetarian...no wonder you cant lose weight...carb junkies are over weight because the body store all those carbs you consume as fat...you will never lose the love handles by avoiding our ancestral diet of grass fed meat and good fats!
read up on dieting/lifestyle of our ancestry( the Paleo Solution) before trashing a procedure that is meant to help people who are on the right track to a good fit lifestyle just need some assistance getting started it was not designed to replace common sense! eat well, sleep well, limit stress!
You should consider the Zerona laser yourself. It's the Great Equalizer. Then you will know of what we speak.
If I were to give you access to my email you would see of all the pages back and forth with RealSelf about them not wanting to post reviews that my clients did. Simple fact is, when you are ok with something, you usually keep it to yourself, when you are mad about something you go and tell everyone. That is the same with the Zerona, i have to ask my clients to come here and share their experience and everyone say sure, will do, and only about 2/10 do that, and out of those people about 1/4 actually gets published in the right place by RealSelf. Not trying to disrespect RealSelf, they have been improving over the last few months.
I think it's wrong that some places tell you to go on a strict diet. The way it should be is that you avoid eating junk food, and try to keep yourself level in terms of weight as when you started treatments, other than that little bit of cardio and plenty of water to help the body take all the fat material out of the body.
Other than that, we guarantee results, which means if you didn't get any results, we will give you more sessions (for some people it takes more treatments) and if that doesn't help then we will give you the money back. Some places will give you credit for other services they offer; we will give you the money dollar for dollar.
Are we doing it because we are making money? Of course, it works, we know that it works, and we can guarantee it without going bankrupt.
You're saying keep your money, I would say that if someone didn't guarantee me results i would probably think twice. But then again, doctors don't promise you anything, never, and yet I am, because we are so sure of the product.
It comes down to this. Most people when they see something too good to be true, and have references from other people saying it really WAS too good to be true, will think :" Well maybe they just did not know what they were doing, or they did not follow protocol, or I am different" and will try it anyway. If you are one of those people, go ahead and try it yourself. I can't stop you. I won't argue with you. This is America, after all, the land of the free. Instead, if after reading all the bad (unfavorable) reviews, you said:" Good thing I read all these opinions, I was just about to get the procedure done to me, I think I will keep my money, because I really don't have money to throw away" then I did my job and alerted some people that this procedure on it's own, without an strict diet and other things thrown in, has very little chances of succeeding.
One last thing. I am not a doctor, nor I am making money with this procedure, maybe then I'm being bias on my comments.
Hey Elad,
Are you a doctor? You have mentioned you have been in the business for a while? Could you tell us a bit more about your practice?
Thanks,
-Britt
Just to let you know Andrea is the person that did the Zerona on me. She is the assistant to the Dr that took my money and I saw nothing at all. So don't take anything she says to be the truth. Blaming people for not getting results makes me mad. The Zerona is a scam and we all know it. You did nothing wrong they done all the wrong.
Irish
Just so everyone knows.
The Zerona is FDA approved. The research is based on 1,700 case studies on low level lasers (which is what the Zerona is)and over 200 studies on the Zerona use for this purpose. Low level lasers have been in use since 1998. The type of fat the laser is going to affect is subcutaneous fat. It is the soft flabby tissue. Visceral fat is fat that lies deeper beneath the skin, and surrounds the body’s internal organs. Patients who come in to use Zerona laser sometimes have both. Some offices address both types with different programs to help the body heal from the inside as well. Often times these are optional. Some clinics offer only the Zerona which base their results primarily off inches. Zerona suggests a minimum of 6 treatments. With greater goals and more resistant bodies sometimes more sessions are necessary. The research and individual cases of patients using the Zerona is based on their inches lost, not weight. Reason being is that if someone is doing their arms, and or chin or other smaller body part is going to differ from someone doing a larger body portion. Also people's weights that do this procedure greatly vary from Fitness Professionals to people who are morbidly obese. Same as with age and gender can vary. The reason this procedure is so practical for many people is for those exact reasons. Everyone's body is different and functions on different levels of ability to process change. The Doctors and staff of these clinics only see patients for a maximum of 40 minute treatments for three times a week for the duration of their program. It is impossible for a physician to know what every patient does for the remainder of the 23 hours a day and the four days they're not in the offices/clinics/facilities. Patients need to be honest with themselves and their doctors. It is important to talk to them about lifestyle changes, if they feel their goals may be bigger and want to maintain it. Again it is different for every person. If you are eating a consistent amount of fatty foods and not changing your life at all, the laser will keep you from gaining weight, but is fighting an uphill battle to help the body flush more fat for a discernable difference to be seen. The laser is scientifically proven to work. It's the patient’s commitment and body types that are the varying factor in all of this.
As for contracts most medical clinics are advised to take payments up front. This is to ensure patients commitment to programs. Often time’s offices/ physicians book patients, days, weeks, and months in advance. For every patient that would schedule then cancel is taking away an opportunity for another committed person to be at those offices.
On a less professional level of speaking, how many of you would expect to go to a gym and not pay because you haven't lost weight, even though you know for a fact that gym equipment is proven effective? Didn't some of you folks say you go to gyms? Why continue to pay? Just a thought.
As far as each states Better Business Bureau is concerned in most cases is more likely to side with the customer. They are a fair judge and will only base their conclusion on facts. In which case if a customer files a claim and the facility is found not at fault is based on factual/ contractual evidence.
And to continue on with the laser, Zerona has appeared on many shows and news media. It can be found featured on Rachel Ray, The Doctors, Dr. Oz, Good Morning America, and many other credible shows. The reason these can be cited is because they are legally obligated to only put things on their show they can show proof of working and being a good source for the consumer.
In conclusion. It sounds like many of these discrepancies can fall back on the patients themselves. This isn’t' a legal issue, a doctor's issue, a scientific debate. Those are things that have been found to stand on their own and have for many years. It's a personal issue in which patients are not completely honest or not aware of what they might be doing wrong, because they cannot take fault with themselves. Instead they place blame on people and places they believed could be a miracle cure for their lack of knowledge and commitment. You can't change your body if you can't change your outlook on things and follow a trained physician’s advice.
Good Luck to you, and all others in your journey through life. It will be more difficult in the long run if you hold on these hatreds and bitterness and angst. Stress causes the body to gain and hold onto fat.Try opening your mind and heart to facts and heal yourself. Learn to love yourself and others and the body will follow in steed.
Sincerely Signed.
P.s. There is no claim in this that for some people the body is just not responsive due to actual medical reasons. Those can be determined by a doctor or your pcp. Everyone should look at their options and for some the Zerona may not be the best option. That's why you have to have a consult and see if you are a candidate. Be honest in those so that the doctor can make a legitimate suggestion based on your individual case. Good luck to all. God Bless.
Usually you are correct, most of the competitors of the Zerona either don't have FDA at all or they have for safety.
Zerona has FDA for safety as you said but also for effectiveness for 6 sessions.
Hello
Just writing to inform you about the FDA. I called them last night, she returned my call this morning. My doctor as well as many others claim that the Zerona is FDA approved, however this young lady at the FDA had not idea that it was FDA approved. She is checking on that information and getting back to me. It seems that women with l0 lbs or less received no improvement. I am one of them. But if the Zerona has to go through a little bit of skin to get to the fat cells, it would make sense we should lose more. I also know my doctor fudged my measurements, I have proof. I weight 129 and the first reading said I had a 40 in waist the second stated my waist was 37in. I look not different now then the day I went in. If you back your product and it doesn't work refund the money. You pay up front for a reason, because when it doesn't work they keep your money. So I'll let you know about the FDA. Also I see my doctor is using a new laser, he lays it directly on you stomach. Why did he get a new laser if the Zerona worked so well??
Irish
I've fixed this. Thanks for clarifying!
thank you for sharing. noted you entered a cost amount that was only $2. Was that a mistake or somehow you got the treatment free? thx.