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.

Adverse reactions from the unapproved injections are causing scarring, skin deformities, cysts, painful knots, and serious infections, the FDA said. Photo courtesy of Kaur et al/American Journal of ...

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 Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on fat-melting injections used in spas across the U.S., saying the drugs have not been proven safe or effective. Lipodissolve injections, a popular ...

Fat-dissolving injections seem like a godsend for those who fear going under the knife, but the Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning for a number of non-approved jabs that could do more ...

The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning about the dangers of using unauthorized versions of fat-dissolving injections, saying it has received reports of severe side effects, such as ...

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 ...

Bayer tests a fat-dissolving injectable drug in Europe. Doctors are cautious. Jan. 13, 2011— -- A simple injection in the neck to get rid of that double chin? Sounds too good to be true, and that ...

Miami dermatologist S. Manjula Jegasothy, MD, is a big fan of Kybella. While the injection is “the first and only FDA-approved injectable treatment” to reduce fat under the specific area of the chin, ...

People are being maimed by unauthorized fat-dissolving injections meant to tighten up double chins and dissipate flab along the arms, thighs and stomach, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns.

It's a shortcut to losing weight, but some medical experts want to know if LipoDissolve is a safe way to target trouble spots when exercise and diet fail to get rid of flab. "It's not something that ...

The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning about the dangers of using unauthorized versions of fat-dissolving injections, saying it has received reports of severe side effects, such as ...