Attempting to
banish cellulite has often been a frustrating and pricy dilemma for women, with
everything from caffeinated creams to vibrating massages promising to smooth
dimples.
Now, women are shelling out up to US$11,000
(SGD$14,000) for a controversial new laser treatment called Cellulaze - all in
the quest to rid their bodies of lumpy, dimpled skin - forever.
Now hundreds of doctors and clinics in the US and
UK are offering the high-tech cellulite treatment - with media reports
appearing in the New York Times and Today Show in the US, followed by a slew of
websites and bloggers.
"Approved by the FDA in January for showing
improvement for up to three months, Cellulaze is rapidly become one of the
hottest beauty crazes, despite the hefty price, dearth of scientific data, and
reports of ugly complications in some patients," reports Yahoo News on
March 4.
The device's manufacturer suggests that doctors and
plastic surgeons charge US$7,000 for treating an area the size of a standard
sheet of paper. The technique involves using a laser to burn the connective
fibers anchoring skin in a dimple shape, while also smoothing out the bulges.
"Cellulaze says that its laser technology
attacks all three problems responsible for cellulite: bulging fat, too-thin
skin, and the connective tissue that tugs at skin and creates dimples,"
wrote the New York Times. Plus the manufacturers say that it only requires one
treatment, with "permanent" results, but can take about three months
before results fully take effect.
"As we've pointed out, cellulite is not
actually a 'problem,' wrote blogger Jezebel about the new trend. "It's
completely normal. That's just how ladies' thighs are constructed. But we've
been conditioned to think it's a problem, that it's unattractive."
AFP
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