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Again, bad press is abounding over lipodissolve and mesotherapies.

Two forms of safe, aesthetic procedures which have been time tested to be so safe, that there have been no deaths or hospitalizations in relation to either of these procedures.

Clearly, these procedures threaten those that would have you believe that plastic surgery is the only way to achieve a reduction in fat, or tighter skin.

There have been medical spas that have behaved badly over the years:
Strong marketing campaigns
Forceful contract ploys
getting payments up front

These certainly have been bad for the industry, but they are in no way the majority, nor do they affect the actual reality of the procedures.

In fact, most individual medical offices that offer these procedures, do not engage in these marketing ploys, that has been only the behavior of corporate spa chains.

Lipodissolve does melt away external soft fat, but it is not a weight loss procedure, just a spot fat proedure.

Mesotherapy can be great for cellulite reduction, skin tightening, skin brightening and pain management. I do not recommend it for spot fat reduction, as lipodissolve is much better.

There will always be corporate entities willing to sacrifice ethical behavior for a quick buck, but this should not color the procedures, just the marketing methods.

Look for a doctor that doesn't have a hard sell. One that comes recommended and that will give you an honest answer regarding your outcome.

If you are very overweight, this is not an answer for you, with the exception of your chin or neck.

Any doctor that recommends lipodissolve on your belly when you are clearly obese, is too anxious for business to give you an honest answer.

Many people walk into my Chicago are office inquiring whether there is anything they can do about their double chins or saggy jowls, short of having surgery. Surgery to correct double chins or fat necks, involve wearing a drain for a few days, often in the intensive care unit.

Lipodissolve enables us to remove the fat that is hanging while never cutting through healthy tissue or creating blood loss.

While many plastic surgeons bad mouth lipodissolve saying it is dangerous, it is all lip service. There is no real danger with lipodissolve. The treatments are standardized, not made up as the doctor goes along, as some would have you believe.

You can understand the threat this is to plastic surgeons who make thousands of dollars off of each surgical procedure and the lengthy hospitalization required.

This is why the marketing department of the academies of plastic surgeons started to spread the word that lipodissolve is not FDA approved. No procedure is FDA approved! The FDA only approves devices and drugs, never procedures.

My patients walk out the door within 30 minutes of arriving to my office, most do not even need a tylenol.

While there is considerable swelling, the swelling is necessary and temporary. I tell patients who are having the procedure on their face, to hide out for a day or two.

The results are well worth it:
Patients look refreshed as though they had a mini facelift without the pulled look.
The jowls that cause the marionette lines are gone.
The fat double chin is gone and no one risked their life by having to have a drain hanging from their neck while recuperating in the intensive care unit.

Often one procedure is enough, but those with severe cases may need a few, as we want the skin to shrink along with the disappearance of fat. In those cases, we would spread the procedures out be two to three weeks.

Next time you look in the mirror and start pulling your jowls or chin back, think about ridding the extra or sagging fat once and for all.