
Buyer Beware: Non-Invasive Fat Loss Procedures Don’t Work Well
By Marisa Weiss, M.D. on February 17th, 2016 Tags: personal care, weightMany of us would love a quick fix for losing extra fat. Noninvasive fat-removal procedures are particularly tempting because they target areas that many people consider problems — thighs, belly, hips — without cutting the skin.
In these non-surgical procedures, a technician uses a tool to target fat cells with cold or heat to try to destroy them. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) …