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Please forgive me in advance if this is the wrong place for this question - I searched around and wasn't sure where to post this . . .

I live in the Houston area and have started seeing alot of commercials on TV for the 'fat dissolving' procedure called Advanced Lipodissolve.

I am curious if anyone (who has been banded) has any experience with this procedure and if so, how well it works.

I would love to think proceure could rid me of my problem areas instead of having to have Lipo and a tummy tuck! ;)

Anyone out there know???

Thanks,

Lynn

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Having only 60 lbs to lose you may not need any PS, as long as you are toning and exercising and your skin is fairly tight. But if you have loose hanging areas, as Chicke said, a Lipo procedure is not going to solve that problem. A Tummy Tuck removes SKIN, lipo removes fat.

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Oh, I wish I knew.

I would not for a moment think that Lipo would replace a Tummy Tuck, those are 2 entirely different problems and procedures.

But I have some fatty pockets that lipo would be PERFECT for and this would be sooooo easy. But I cant believe it would really work. They've had shows on about it here too. Its so cheap a nd easy compared to surgery. But I'd be VERY reluctatant to part with my money without having seen results on someone I knew.

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I've also started hearing some bad press on the lipo-dissolve injections. I believe Missouri even pulled the plug on it being legal to perform except in facilities conducting FDA approved studies.

Something about it not being regulated well enough and about how there can be some seriously bad results if not administered properly. However, I am no doctor, nurse or medical professional in real life or otherwise. But I'd be seriously worried about trying it until it has been around longer. I've just seen too many horror stories where us overweight people seem to get the short end of the stick when it comes to possible help in our struggles. Can anyone say "Phen-Phen", just to name one?

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I started working for fig. the leaders in medical body shaping and just found this forum this morning. The company i work for has done more Advanced Lipodissolve treatments than anyone else in the world. Allow me to shed a little light on topic if i may.

Lipodissolve is for eliminating small pockets of fat which are resistant to diet and exercise. It is about the loss of inches, not weight loss. To that end, i agree with what everyone has said here that if you have a lot of skin/weight to eliminate, then lipodissolve is not the answer for you. But, if you've got down to your target weight and just have some final touch up areas to shape, then Lipodissolve could be an option you may want to look into. I suggest you do your research and find someone who is qualified and experienced to perform your treatment if you chose this option.

Best of luck.

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a co-worker of mine had a very bad allergic reaction to the injections and had to be hospitalized... be very cautious!

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I started working for fig. the leaders in medical body shaping and just found this forum this morning. The company i work for has done more Advanced Lipodissolve treatments than anyone else in the world. Allow me to shed a little light on topic if i may.

Lipodissolve is for eliminating small pockets of fat which are resistant to diet and exercise. It is about the loss of inches, not weight loss. To that end, i agree with what everyone has said here that if you have a lot of skin/weight to eliminate, then lipodissolve is not the answer for you. But, if you've got down to your target weight and just have some final touch up areas to shape, then Lipodissolve could be an option you may want to look into. I suggest you do your research and find someone who is qualified and experienced to perform your treatment if you chose this option.

Best of luck.

Thanks for posting this, glad you found us :boink: ....... my sis (who is not obese) has been thinking about this. For me....

my belly is deflating and it is going to have to take more than a few injections to work out the problem areas!

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A couple of months ago, my mother read something about this in the Atlanta newspaper and emailed me the links to me. I was very skeptical, so I did a search of court records on a few of the doctors that perform the procedure here in Houston. They all had several malpractice cases against them. And one doctor had pending criminal charges for assault. If the results are so atrocious that the DA's office is willing to file a criminal case against the doctor, then that's about as serious as it gets (well, other than death).

I'm not saying that the procedure itself is bad. I really don't know. It may have been that these doctors weren't experienced or perhaps weren't ethical or performed it on patients that were less than ideal candidates. Just make sure you do tons of research before having anything like this done.

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This thread was pretty dead but thought I'd post this link for anyone that hadn't heard. Looks like Fig has gone out of business. I had my concerns about lipodissolve but my heart goes out to all the employees that are now out of work just before Christmas. My prayers go out to AJ and all the other employees.

Lipodissolve Company Shuts 17 Offices - News Story - KCTV Kansas City

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