Liposuction admin on 23 Jul 2006 08:11 am
A Liposuction Pill: Is It The Answer?
Liposuction is one of the most popular forms of elective plastic surgery. There has been research on liposuction pill that prevents blood from circulating to fat cells. While it could lead to significant weight loss during the first month, its safety is yet to be determined. Mice have been the subjects so far. Supplements and unsubstantiated claims exist of pills being able to increase metabolism and increase fat burning potential, but they should not be trusted and are controversial.
Be on the Lookout for Ephedra
Ephedra is returning in pills and potions. In a recent court decision, a judge ruled that ephedra (in small doses) was not harmful. In fact, it remains legal in Canada as long as it was not combined with another product. The claims of ephedra-based supplements being sold as a liposuction pill may be on the horizon. For more information about the ephedra ruling, go to your favorite search engine and enter, “Ephedra is Back” (without quotation marks). The search will return 1.58 million articles.
Web sites selling a liposuction pill are trying to persuade overweight, slightly too heavy to morbidly obese individuals that one or two tablets a day will burn fat with no diet and exercise. To those who want the immediate result of weight loss without putting in the work, the cost of a liposuction pill, no matter how high, is an intriguing proposition.
When a quick fix is available, people want to believe they work. There are even advertisements touting, “If you are just looking to lose five or six pounds, this is not for you.” Advertisers know that suggesting a diet supplement or enhancement is not for some people it will only lure them into making the purchase. So, when consumers complain about the liposuction pill’s ineffectiveness, the advertisers have an “out,” because they can claimed their advertisements warn that the product “isn’t for them.”
Ephedra is definitely not the answer to extreme obesity, nor is it necessarily a healthy ingredient found in weight-loss supplements. Being found “not dangerous,” is quite different than the same being found to be healthy or useful and the public should know that a dietary liposuction pill does not exist. Liposuction is a surgical procedure and has complications and side effects.