Some of the techniques talked about in this article are:
Mesotherapy. It's been around in France since 1952. It costs about $6,000, so it's a lot more expensive even than liposuction (and it) usually takes about 8 to 10 sessions. They actually inject a chemical in the skin layer and this chemical of medications over time will -- actually it's supposed to any way -- burn away some of the fat underneath the skin layer. It actually dissolves some of that fat.
Endermologie, is something gaining a little bit of popularity. This looks a little bit like a vacuum cleaner or handheld sander and really, works sort of the same way. You actually sort of vacuum. It's right on the skin. There's no needles, no invasiveness. What it does, basically, again, is try and burn some of the fat underneath.
Another technique (uses) ultrasound, just the basic ultrasound that everyone has heard of. That is gaining a little bit more popularity. This has been around in Israel now for some time. We talked to a lot of plastic surgeons about using ultrasound, (using) high frequency sound waves just on the abdomen, on the neck.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/diet.fitness/09/03/otsc.gupta/index.html
