Recently, the FDA has cracked down on fat dissolving drugs siting that they are not effective and may not be safe. Lipodissolve injections are being given more and more in spa’s across the United States and the FDA hasn’t cleared them as safe. All new drugs must first be tested and cleared by federal scientists as being safe through strenious testing.

So-called fat dissolving treatments offered by spas do not eliminate fat and the companies should stop saying so, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said.

Lipodissolve, mesotherapy, lipozap, lipotherapy, lipolysis, are procedures offered at spas involving the injection of substances, not approved by the FDA, for body fat reduction purposes.

So the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is coming down hard on those facilities that offer “fat dissolving” treatments for “misleading” people.

Between Botox, “salt glows”, and reflexology, spas have turned into tropical plant adorned, Enya playing, modern day witch doctor huts.

Currently, the FDA has issued warnings to spas in five different states to stop claims of “fat dissolving,” saying these products/procedures do no such thing.

The FDA also warned a Brazilian company that markets so-called lipodissolve products on two Web sites.

In clinical trials – even when vitamins and minerals are added to the mix – these injections have failed to melt away the pounds.

You’ve got to be pretty naive to think a hippie, clad in a white doctor’s coat, injecting you with hard to pronounce chemicals, is a good idea.

If you’re skeptical, just Google images of people who have received these injections, it’s not exactly beauty in motion.

[Source: Reuters]

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