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Fat-dissolving procedure carries infection risks
ABC News
French researchers are calling into question the safety of a cosmetic procedure that offers to melt away fat without surgery, exercise or pills. The doctors, writing in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, warn that the procedure, known as mesotherapy, can also leave patients with particularly hard-to-treat and potentially disfiguring bacterial infections. Mesotherapy involves the injection of a reportedly fat-dissolving solution into unwanted fat deposits. Over weeks or months, the broken down fat disappears as it is absorbed by the body. More

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