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- felchdonkey, on 10/12/2007, -3/+52Fat kids with acne just need a laser to make them beautiful...
If this thing could be shaped like a light saber, I think we've just hit on the most perfectly marketable device in history. - AWBoy666, on 10/12/2007, -1/+36And so am I.....which means this is a great announcement.
- AWBoy666, on 10/12/2007, -2/+31"Causing [it] to be harmlessly excreted...."
My bad! - AXNJAXN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+28All I can think of is molten fat now.
I hope you're happy, digg.com. I hope you are very happy. - goatrandy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+28Never mind, found it. 1210nm and it works down to about 1cm deep.
Heres a more betterer article:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-04/djna-flt040606.php - skydivingdutch, on 10/12/2007, -6/+33Burning fat people with lasers, I am all for it.
- Sell, on 10/12/2007, -1/+26"We can envision a fat-seeking laser, and we're heading down that path now"
They haven't done it yet. - BloodJunkie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18how does the fat leave the body exactly? are we talking about a diarrhea-inducing laser gun here?
for this, i would pay any price. - secretdiffusion, on 10/12/2007, -7/+23That stroy is phat.
- carguy84, on 10/12/2007, -3/+18I don't want to be *that guy* but what are the chances that this is mandatory before the use of a bikini/thong?
What I invision is like at carnivals "You must be this tall - to go on this ride" except it would be more like, You must be this skinny to wear this outfit...zap zap zap poof, fat be gone. - mrASSMAN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15molten fat is the same thing as oil.. all they need to do is heat up the fat to turn it to oil and poke a needle into the flesh to let the oil come streaming out..
disgusting, but interesting. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15Laser treatment with your super-size value meal sir?
- syder, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15Ahh, God does work in mysterious ways after all: America's obesity problem will become the cure for its oil problem. Ingenious!
- elnerdo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14What doesn't?
- goatrandy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Well what frequency does it need to be? I'd be willing to try it out on those pesky lovehandles, and then they can skip all that expensive FDA non-sense. ;)
- mrASSMAN, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13mmm... bacon grease.
- diecastbeatdown, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13do they make attachments for shark heads?
- mrASSMAN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10..microwaves are NOT sound waves. and microwaves can malform skin cells so that doesnt make any sense.
- silentdud, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10it probably causes cancer or something
- Jolene, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Wish you could suggest people for banning...
- corduroy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8In Israel, a company has been selling a similar device that uses radio waves instead to target fat. They sell their machines for about 120,000$ each and the going rate for a treatment is 3,000$ (same as liposuction). Eventually it will drop (laser-eye surgery has dramatically fallen in price since its inception) but it'll take a few years.
I haven't read up on each of these systems to know which one is better (nor given the thought) yet. - mistshadow2k4, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Of more interest to me is that it can e used to treat heart disease. Heart disease runs in my family and I saw my mother have heart attack after heart attack. If this works it could be a real blessing -- assuming there isn't a huge premium on the price of it.
- retral, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I wonder if this would 'melt away' my beer belly :0
- AJRiddle, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8How would you excrete the fat out? The fat would just stay there, or clog in arteries, wouldn't it?
- mrASSMAN, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8gigabitten.. how would the fat (oil) go from the flesh into the intestines?
no, i think they would use a needle and drain the fat directly from the source. - tsar04, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7i dunno...i feel like this seems too good to be true.
- Dragular, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Thank you for mentioning what happened with your mother and raining on my "adios to fat" parade.
- jk_baller23, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Interesting...but I wonder how much a procedure would cost the patient...
- mad_raven, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5mmm melted fat hopefully this doesnt cause cancer
- thenuttman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"causing it to be harmlessly excreted by the body" ...so do you ***** the fat or sweat the fat?
- HungryHom3r, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Sure, this may melt some fat... I'm sure it will also melt some pretty big holes in your pockets.
- WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"I just hope people will look after themselves health wise rather than thinking I can just get the fat melted off"
Yeah, true, but conversely, I hope they discover synthahol soon! - Dragular, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I don't know if science will ever advance that far. Maybe at least we could get a lazer designed to ward off Dupe Nazis and Grammar Police.
- WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4sweat the fat???
EEEEEWWWWWWW!
now I'm REALLY grossed out. How will I even read the rest of the comments.
THANKS!
I guess it would be like a natural suntan lotion. - Writher, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"Plus, the only fat that you really *need* is the fat your brain needs to feed off. "
Not true. Fat is needed for the production of hormones in the body, in addition it is needed for joints and muscles to operate. It also is necessary in some small amount for your cells in your body to exist. - Jozer99, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5If they are melting fat, aren't they also heating up parts of your body to at least the boiling point of water? Sure, that would melt fat, but it would also destroy every cell around it, be it skin, muscle, nerve...
- brandonking, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It's not like they're just "melting fat". They're killing fat cells, which means they are probably lysing the cells, and the content spill out, get whisked away into the lymphatic system, filtered out at the liver (man this has REALLY got to stress that poor thing), and then excereted as "waste". We're talking cells, not jsut some random layer of substance sitting below your skin.
One of the biggest problems in losing weight ist hat you expand your cells' fat stores, and when it becomes too much, the cells divide. They rarely die, but instead deplete their fat stores and just sit there waiting for more fat (from VLDLs and other blood borne lipoproteins). So, while a skinny person, with few fat cells can have a huge fatty meal, there aren't enough cells to absorb the fat and it eventually gets flushed from the system. A thin person with alot of fat cells will pick up more of that circulating fat. The thin person with more fat cells is 'primed' for weight regain. That's what makes this and liposuction actual treatments. Of course if you have the procedure and gourge yourself again, the cells divide and the whole thing starts again. - mistshadow2k4, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"Thank you for mentioning what happened with your mother and raining on my "adios to fat" parade."
Lol, I understand that too. At age 35, my middle isn't as flat as it used to be. One of the problems with aging is that you have to be total fitness freak to keep your body from spreading out as if it were slowly deflating or something. - jblithe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3you wouldn't "excrete" this fat out any more than you "excrete" out fat from the foods you eat. your body either uses or stores it. that's what it's designed to do, and it does so fairly efficiently.
this fat would likely just be redeposited elsewhere in the body if it is not surgically removed, or converted into a non-reabsorbable substance. - newevilmind, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I wish I had one of these lasers for zapping my neighbors.
Michigan (my home state) is now the most obese state in the country.
they estimate that over 60% of the residents of Michigan (ALL AGES) are
overweight or obese. - jguerry, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2it'd make it a veggie-burger with bread and cheese
- Saxonx, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Damn you beat me to it....
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2fat cells produce estrogen...
it's why fat men get boobs - AXNJAXN, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I'm pretty sure that McDonalds already has this in use. Where else would that "special sauce" come from?
Don't answer that. - elvis314, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4WTF is this advertisement comment!!!
- Refrag, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Synthahol is called antifreeze these days.
- mistshadow2k4, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3A lot of are making sarcastic remarks like "fat people should just stop eating at McDonald's" and such (yuck!). Ever studied genetics? Apparently not. Here's a quick crash course: some people have genes that incline their bodies to store more energy in the form of fat, while others lack those genes. A person with a genetic heritage that encourages obesity has to work harder to stay slim than a person without that heritage. A lot harder.
What would be better would be the ability to switch your "fat genes" with those of a skinny person who makes fun of fat people. It would be like pulling the rip cord on an inflatable raft. They have no clue that they'd need to watch what they eat and work out a lot more to stay slim. Now that would be fun to observe over a period of time. - brandizzle, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4"It's okay to eat the extra 12 donuts, the laser will fix it!"
Score one more for fixing problems people should be able to control by themselves (assuming they don't have actual medical problems). - WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2If the fat got hot enough to melt, wouldn't the rest of the person become deep fried?
That is, after all, how they make those really gross fried pork rind snacks.
The fat melts, and the skin on it fries to a golden crisp.
Mmmmmm Chicharrrrrones! Now laser cooked, for extra crispiness!
I think I'm gonna puke. - AmishRefugee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2My father is in the laser dermatology business
this stuff has been around for a while, i gaurantee that -
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