The new drug, Lipostabil, made of phosphatidylcholine (a type of lechithin), has recently been shown to cause permanent localized fat loss when injected into your body fat much in the same way that liposuction does. Imagine an injectable liposuction without the need for the surgical procedure. Here in Manhattan, Dr. Soren White, director of the medi-spa Skinclinic has started performing injectable liposuction using the Lipostabil serum. Normally used to lower triglyceride and cholesterol levels, when injected locally, Lipostabil functions through an enzyme that dissolves the fat surrounding blood vessels and reportedly melts it away. Doctors are hoping that Lipostabil will do to the liposuction procedure what Botox did for the face lift -- make it largely unnecessary.
In patients treated with Lipostabil, the only side effects were bruising that lasted for about three days. And a treatment only requires topical anesthesia. In Europe and South America, they have been injecting it for about 15 years into arteries. However, the treatment is not yet approved by the FDA, so proceed at your own risk. Licensed physicians may legally offer treatments involving off-label uses of many pharmacological substances, as long as such substances have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for other uses and there is no specific prohibition of the intended off-label use.
For bodybuilders, perhaps the best application will be stubborn pockets of fat that are resistant to diet and exercise. Indeed, this may be the perfect substance to put the finishing touches on a prize-winning physique. This is certainly something that will have an enormous appeal as soon as it is perfected -- and you heard it here first!
Usually, three to five treatments are needed and they run about $1500 each. Or, you can get it online and inject it yourself for about $30 an ampoule. Whereas with liposuction fat is removed permanently, with these injections, we do not know if the fat will return.
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