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Lawsuit challenges quick-fix surgery

The 33-year-old Jefferson City resident always had been in great shape — she had been a gymnast. But after having her second child, the excess fat she had gained did not go away. Howell said she still looked pregnant, and exercise wasn’t helping.

That’s when Howell learned about SmartLipo, a quick, minimally invasive procedure that supposedly melts away fat cells and tightens the skin with the use of a laser. Skin Rx MedSpa & Laser Center — a hair-removal clinic in Jefferson City and Columbia — began offering the procedure at its Columbia location in 2009.

Howell said she was told SmartLipo wouldn’t require general anesthesia and would take only a few hours. Recovery time from the procedure would take about one day. She was told the weight would go away and that she would have the best abs of her life.

“I was hoodwinked,” Howell said.

Instead, she was down for two days, and rather than waking up with tight abdominal muscles, she discovered a lumpy torso.

Now — after spending roughly $30,000 on both SmartLipo and a corrective surgery to repair the damage to her body she says was caused by the procedure — Howell is one of five Mid-Missouri women who have filed lawsuits against the clinic, its owner and the physician who performed the procedures. They claim they were the victims of negligence and false advertising, and each woman is seeking at least $25,000, plus punitive damages and attorney fees.

But Laura Rackers, owner of Skin Rx, and Vishnu Subramani, the physician, say they are victims of falsehoods spread by the plaintiffs, their attorney, David Brown of Columbia, and the former medical director for Skin Rx, Matt Concannon, a Columbia plastic surgeon.

“I believe that the facts of all of this will overwhelmingly show that greed and … malicious intent from these clients, and our previous medical director, Dr. Concannon, is the motivation for these untrue claims,” Rackers said in an email.

Both Skin Rx locations have folded since Howell filed the lawsuit, but some of the patients of the clinic say they still bear the scars of a swift procedure given to them with the promise it would help them feel more beautiful.

And in a society obsessed with both beauty and convenience — where the perceived “ideal body” is becoming increasingly difficult for most to obtain — such an offer is hard for many to pass up.

According to the lawsuit Howell filed last year in Boone County Circuit Court, she was never told of the possible negative side effects of SmartLipo. Other than not losing the weight they were promised to shed, some patients — including four of the plaintiffs — developed “mysterious, untreatable draining wounds that will not heal,” court documents say.

The Facts About Laser Hair Removal And What You Need To Know ...

Laser hair removal has been around since the mid to late nineties, first appearing in larger cities and more prominent on the eastern coastal regions. Palm Beach Gardens laser hair removal or laser hair removal West Palm Beach may have begun small but today there are dozens and dozens of clinics offering purported permanent solutions to unwanted hair. But how permanent is permanent? What is the truth behind the science of how hair is removed and just what is it these clinics might not be telling you?

The plain and simple truth is that no matter what a laser treatment center might tell someone, no matter what guarantees they might offer, removal of hair by lasers is classified by the Food and Drug Administration as “permanent reduction” meaning the hairs are not eliminated at all but in fact highly reduced in successful cases. Success of just how much hair is removed and how permanent may vary widely according to any number of factors.

Things like known or underlying medical conditions greatly affect the permanence and success of laser hair removal. The process actually involves targeting hair follicles that are dark, which causes localized and selective destruction of coarse hair without bringing pain to surrounding skin areas. Because it is quick and effective, this is one of the most popular methods available today to remove unwanted hair.

Even though it is simple and effective, the hair often grows back partially or in full a year after treatment. It is at that point that the worth and permanence of treatment can be analyzed. Follow-ups are not uncommon even if highly successful results were achieved. For a number of reasons like diet, age, or hormone imbalances affect the number of necessary follow up treatments or if any at all are needed. Laser Hair Removal Palm Beach Gardens is prepared for this.

Many experts have created theories that show that not every person will receive a favorable response from hair removal treatment. Each case is evaluated individually and a person may suffer from medical abnormalities in extreme cases that can affect Palm Beach Gardens laser hair removal success rates. These assumptions are not conclusive of the total number of successful cases.

People that are experienced patients and have had hair removal treatments on the west coast can report that additional treatments are required to achieve maximum results. One may assume that a single treatment is the only treatment that is needed to solve every excess hair problem. A person considering Palm Beach Gardens laser hair removal procedures should understand the truths involved during the process. The accuracy of the procedure is in the higher percentages and the results are clear. The process works and the outcome is determined by the training of a technician administering the procedure, the type of laser in use and the growth rate of hair. It is very possible to have permanent West Palm Beach laser hair removal, but the results do not happen so quickly. Knowing the facts about laser hair removal is important when considering a successful treatment.

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