Doctors’ security fears over viral jab that claims to dissolve fats

Experts have issued warnings a few fat-burning jab which is taking TikTok by storm after some customers reported getting abscesses and even physique tissue demise after having it.

The Lemon Bottle injection, which claims to painlessly dissolve fats and have seen ends in as little as one £50 session, has been the topic of dozens of complaints from prospects within the final three months.

The jab, which is produced by a South Korean agency, has been accused of leaving some prospects with bruising, infections, abscesses and even necrosis – the place physique tissue dies.

It comes as adverts claiming to indicate its effectiveness, together with one showing to indicate it dissolving fats on slices of bacon in a matter of minutes, go viral on-line with 81.5million views on TikTok to date.

Some clinics say their prospects are very pleased with the outcomes proven by the product – which is being supplied on Facebook and Instagram – however others have labelled proof that it really works as ‘flimsy’ whereas one skilled physique has warned individuals are ignoring the dangers concerned, the Guardian reviews.

Videos on social media present folks injecting rashers of bacon with Lemon Bottle to indicate it breaking down the fats

Social media is awash with folks claiming the Lemon Bottle injection has dissolved fats of their face. Pictured: A before-and-after view of somebody who claims to have had the jab which was posted on TikTok

Lemon Bottle is the most recent in various injections which declare to dissolve fats, with the corporate behind it – Sid Medicos – claiming it’s not based mostly on Phosphatidylcholine (PPC) or deoxycholate (DCA) like different merchandise. 

While a full listing of elements isn’t obtainable, the Sid Medicos web site claims the important thing elements are Bromelain (a gaggle of enzymes present in Pineapples), Riboflavin (also referred to as Vitamin B2) and Lecithin (a combination of fat present in meals akin to soybeans and eggs).

Sid Medicos says whereas these on their very own don’t work, the mix of elements – together with these not talked about on the web site – makes the therapy ‘protected and efficient’.

Adverts for the therapy have gone viral on social media, with clinicians and sufferers raving about its effectiveness in before-and-after movies.

Perhaps probably the most dramatic of adverts although are a number of movies exhibiting folks injecting it into slices of bacon and watching the fats lose its form in a matter of minutes.

However, some consultants have raised doubts concerning the security of the therapy, amid rising numbers of reported points from individuals who have used it.

Save Face, which is a register of accredited clinics that present medical aesthetic therapies, revealed in 2023 there have been 90 complaints, with greater than half of those going down in simply the final three months. In the entire of 2022, there was only one.

These prospects claimed to have had side-effects from the jab starting from unevenness, bruising and swelling, to abscesses and even tissue necrosis.

Asthon Collins, director of Save Face, informed the Guardian it is not clear whether or not these points have been brought on by poor approach, counterfeits – there are a number of web sites claiming to promote the identical product – or the official Lemon Bottle.

‘People are seeing it as a magic wand therapy, and they don’t recognize the dangers concerned,’ she mentioned. 

Advertising from Lemon Bottle claims it may be used safely on all elements of your physique together with the chin, below arms, stomach and thighs

It additionally boasts that it is ‘magic within the bottle’ and  away to ‘obtain your physique targets in a protected and fast method’

Dr Sophie Shotter, an aesthetic physician and trustee of the British College of Aesthetic Medicine informed the publication she was ‘frightened’ concerning the product as ‘it would not seem to have scientific proof’. 

Dr Yannis Alexandrides, a plastic surgeon who based magnificence agency 111 Skin, mentioned he was not satisfied by the claims made by Lemon Bottle. 

He informed Glamour: ‘Lemon Bottle fats dissolving injections could also be trending on social media however my private evaluation and preliminary analysis finds no scientific papers to help the efficacy and security of this product. 

‘At current, the present analysis is simply too flimsy for me to really feel protected and assured to supply this therapy. New non-surgical therapies like this one should be correctly assessed and scrutinised by scientific publications.’

However, these doubts have not stopped others from promoting it their prospects, with one London-based clinician saying 200 of his sufferers who had being injected with it have been very pleased with the outcomes. 

Dr Vahe Karimyan informed the Guardian it was a ‘nearly painless’ therapy and labored nicely on ‘double chins, the stomach space, love handles, inside thighs and underarms.’

He added: ‘My sufferers are far more than pleased after the process. It may be very nicely tolerated in distinction to different merchandise.’ 

MailOnline has contacted Lemon Bottle for remark.