new technological breakthroughs that promise liposuction-like body contouring without pain or down time. The plethora of choices can be absolutely mind boggling for the consumer looking to choose the right treatment. Even for an aesthetic physician, the task of sorting out the hype from the treatments that really work is no small task. Every year, I attend several conferences and trade shows where I have the opportunity to talk to the manufacturers, evaluate the devices and listen to the scientists and doctors who bring these machines to market. Of the hundreds of similar devices that are available, only a handful actually
show any clinical evidence that they even work at all.