There's a detailed New Scientist article by Helen Thomson about a new "WowFatZap" treatment offered by outfits like Harley Fit, that claims to zap your fat off inches at a time.
It seems there is some scientific support for this treatment and the laser has been approved for surgical use in the EU but not yet in the USA.
The report says some people have used it and found that it worked for them - in terms of losing inches off the waist etc, rather than actually losing many pounds or kilos in weight.
While the laser zaps fat cells so that the fat oozes out into the spaces between cells, it's not yet known how exactly how the body gets rid of the excess fat that's taken out of the fat cells. And some experts have stressed that long term it's not a substitute for exercise and a proper diet.
While Thomson said from her research she felt it was safe enough to try it herself, sadly the article didn't say how many inches if any she lost after her own treatment, and in a comment to a reader question she said that according to Harley Fit she had lost inches but she didn't measure herself before and after - what a shame!
Given that no one knows what happens to the squeezed out fat, or what the long term effects of this treatment might be, I'm not about to try it myself. But then I won't even risk laser eye surgery. Interesting to keep an eye on the research though (she also touched on research about freezing fat cells instead).

