Posted July 18, 2009 in Blog, Plastic Surgery in the News, Uncategorized, Zerona
Zerona is a new laser device that sounds too good to be true. Using external painless laser light while the patient lays still for 20 minutes of basting on each side: inches are lost from the abdomen, waist, hips, and thighs. As if that weren’t enough to cause a stampede of lazy, overweight, indulgent Americans to their local Zerona center, it also appears to decrease fat in areas that aren’t even under the laser light (arms, back, etc.). Too good to be true?
Patients undergo a series of 6 forty minute Zerona laser sessions over a two week period (e.g. M,W,F times 2). A second 6 treatment series can be repeated for added inch loss. Very early reports have patients losing a combined 2.5 to 4.5 inches from their waist, hips, and thighs after one series and from a combined 4 to 9 inches lost after two treatments.
The superficial laser light has been used for years in combination with surgical liposuction. The laser creates small pores in the fat cells causing the cells to empty their contents to be metabolized by natural body processes (though I have not yet heard of a definite mechanism, whether the material is eliminated by the kidneys, the intestines, or liver).
The other unknown is how long the results will last, and what ultimate patient satisfaction rates will be. The manufacturers and sales representatives emphasize the importance of diet and exercise during and after the treatment.
If any of you are either early users of Zerona, or patients who have had the treatment, please email your thoughts to drpersky@aol.com, as I continue to do my due diligence on Zerona. In the meantime, I’m going to stick to “My Sharona”. Thanks.
