Liposuction Pill: Myth or Reality?

The success of liposuction has given rise to many spin-offs, one of them being the liposuction pill.

Liposuction is turning into one of the most popular forms of elective plastic surgery in the 21^st century, resulting in a lot of research and development.

Speculation on a liposuction pill that stops blood supply to fat cells has led to trials being conducted on test subjects that are currently limited to mice. While it might cause substantial weight loss during the first month, whether it is safe has yet to be determined. There are supplements and unsubstantiated claims of pills being able to increase metabolism and fat burning potential, but they cannot be trusted and are controversial, to say the least.

Watch out for Ephedra

Of great concern is the return of ephedra in these pills and potions. A recent decision from a judge ruled that ephedra (in small doses) was not harmful. In fact, it has remained legal in Canada, as long as it was not combined with anything else.

The possibility of ephedra-based supplements being marketed as a liposuction pill may be looming on the horizon. For more information about the ephedra ruling, one has to only surf his favorite search engine and type in “ephedra is back” (without quotation marks). The result will be 1.58 million articles.

Web sites offering a liposuction pill are trying to convince the overweight, slightly heavy to morbidly obese that one or two tablets a day will burn fat, without the use of diet and exercise. To those who want the immediate result of weight loss without doing the hard work, the lure of a liposuction pill is too tough to resist.

When a quick fix is offered, people will convince themselves it will work. There are even advertisements boasting, “if you are just looking to lose five or six pounds, this is not for you.” Advertisers know that proclaiming a diet supplement or enhancement is not for some people will only trap them into purchasing it. What’s more, when they receive complaints about the liposuction pill not working, they have an instant “out,” because they can claim their advertisements warn that the product “isn’t for them.”

 Ephedra is not the answer to morbid obesity, nor is it necessarily a healthy ingredient in weight-loss supplements. Being found “not dangerous” is not the same as being found to be healthy or effective, and the general public should know that there is no dietary liposuction pill.

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