From MedSculpt in the Washington, D.C., region to a chain called Fig based on the West Coast, a lot of centers are marketing a permanent, nonsurgical fat-removal technique called lipo-dissolve.

LOUISVILLE (WAVE)-- You may file this fat-busting story in the "sounds too good to be true" category but seeing is believing. As WAVE 3 Medical Reporter Lori Lyle learned, there's now a "fat zapper" ...

The FDA is warning against popular spa treatments known as "lipo injections" that can cause serious side effects if using unapproved products. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says fat-dissolving ...

Beauty sometimes demands toughness, as many women discover, but Suzanne Thomas had never imagined she would agree to have 72 injections of a fat-burning chemical cocktail in her neck and chin. Yet ...

A quick injection that promises to eliminate fat deposits? Sign us up. The same injection promising to help with the appearance of stretch marks, scars and cellulite? We’re all-out sprinting. While it ...

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