Why Don't More Doctors Do Zerona Laser Surgery?

Zerona, and other non-invasive treatments, are getting more and more popular.  The Zerona laser is a non-invasive, non-painful treatment that makes fat cells "leaky" and facilitates fat loss.  We will see more doctors using Zerona and other low level lasers for this type of fat loss treatment.  Right now, it is a very new field but I believe it has a huge future.

Perhaps one reason why not as many doctors use this low energy laser technology is because the laser and it's technology was promoted even before it received FDA approval. In addition , it was promoted to nonphysicians- further fueling MD resentments and suspicions 3) finally it uses a new technology which many physicians find difficult to understand. Nonetheless we started to utilize the technology once it received FDA approval and have staff members who report significant improvement. My office manager who has almost 2 years of experience with it- who performed the measurements herself- says she never had a patient with less than a cumulative improvement of 3 inches.( many had 6 to 12 inches) However many were not pleased as they could not see the difference unlike with Zeltiq- cool sculpting in which you can look down at a discrete spot and see a difference. I believe - as does the government regulated FDA which studied these technologies extensively and said that Zerona has over 3 inches of cumulative loss- from multiple measurement sites- even without use of any supplements. I will therefore allow and encourage my patients and staff - who meet the appropriate criterion -to take advantage of both of these new technologies.