Is No-Knife Lipo Too Good to Be True?

Goodbye, straw-looking aparatus. Hello, lasers

 

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Whether you have a second chin, cellulite, a muffin top no amount of crunches seem to help or tricep wings that flap too enthusiastically when you wave, you’ve probably been curious about liposuction at some point in your life.

But, most of us never really give it a serious thought for fear of the knife. Well, what if we told you they’ve now figured out a way to zap fat cells without surgery? Goodbye, straw-looking aparatus. Hello, lasers! Sounds like it could be great. But does it really work and is it worth it? Amanda Rodriguez, our iVoice from Frederick, MD, gave it a try. Watch as she documents her treatments and lets us in on the results.

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