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I couldn't sleep last night and was watching some news special at 2 AM on "fat freezing", a new way to shed body fat.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/freezing-fat-fda-green-lights-weight-loss-treatment/story?id=11641994
I don't know if this is the same video, but it was wild! They took this big vacuum hose and placed it over a lady's stomach. They sucked her flabby gut up into it and cooled it down for about an hour until it froze.
The freaky part is that the fat is frozen in a big solid lump after the device is removed. It takes a few minutes to melt down.
It is supposed to work by killing fat cells and the results show up about 5 weeks later. I wonder how the freezing kills the fat cells, why it takes 5 weeks, and also, how these people don't get frost bite from the procedure.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/freezing-fat-fda-green-lights-weight-loss-treatment/story?id=11641994
I don't know if this is the same video, but it was wild! They took this big vacuum hose and placed it over a lady's stomach. They sucked her flabby gut up into it and cooled it down for about an hour until it froze.
The freaky part is that the fat is frozen in a big solid lump after the device is removed. It takes a few minutes to melt down.
It is supposed to work by killing fat cells and the results show up about 5 weeks later. I wonder how the freezing kills the fat cells, why it takes 5 weeks, and also, how these people don't get frost bite from the procedure.