Many doctors have doubts about some of the new procedures that claim to smooth sagging skin or get rid of your cellulite. There was a very good article summing this up in the Wall Street Journal yesterday.

"Lasers and other devices that claim to firm and smooth aging skin are among the fastest-growing cosmetic procedures. But increasingly, doctors who have used the equipment question its effectiveness and criticize aggressive promotions by manufacturers, laser centers and medical spas.

Skin-tightening treatments like Thermage and Titan, or regimens such as VelaSmooth and Endermologie, which are supposed to reduce cellulite, are hotly marketed by clinics. Web sites tout before-and-after images that show dramatic improvements in flabby chins, dimpled thighs and sagging tummies. And baby boomers are plunking down hundreds, and often thousands, of dollars for these nonsurgical "face lifts," "body lifts" and cellulite reductions."

But for most patients, the results will be modest at best, many physicians say. "I've tried almost all of these technologies. They work on a microscopic level, but in most cases that doesn't translate into a clinical result," says Julio Garcia, a plastic surgeon in Las Vegas, who says he has learned this lesson through hard experience. "I've wasted a lot of money on lasers. I have a Thermage (machine) here in my office that I use to hang my clothes on."

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