UltraShape Body Contouring Treatment was recently featured on ABC's popular morning program, Good Morning America. Below is an excerpt from ABC News' online article about the segment that aired on January 5, 2009.
Procedure That Uses Targeted Ultrasound to Break Down Fat in Clinical Trials in U.S.
By ROGER FORTUNA and JONANN BRADY
Jan. 5, 2009
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Karen Kinnear has always liked her body, but like many women she had that one problem area that just wouldn't go away, even with a diet and exercise.
"I had the, as they call it, saddlebags. And I was not happy with how it looked," she said. Kinnear felt liposuction was too invasive, but then she heard about UltraShape, a device that claims to reduce fat with ultrasound.
"It actually breaks down the fat cell and gets rid of the unwanted fat much like liposuction does, except it does it non-invasively, meaning there's no cutting, there's no anesthesia, there's no downtime, there's no recovery," said Dr. Ari Benchetrit, a plastic surgeon in Montreal who has used UltraShape.
It sounds too good to be true, but international studies show that UltraShape reduces fat thickness in common problem areas in just three sessions, and it doesn't harm surrounding skin, blood vessels, nerves or other tissue.
Patients spend a half hour under the UltraShape machine, and the sound waves converge to hit the fat cells under the skin and make them vibrate at a very high speed, causing them to be destroyed. Experts say the fat is then carried to the liver, where it is removed from your body safely. But the procedure is not for everyone.
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