iBody

With scientific grounding from onsite physicians, the staff at Ibody design courses of pound-shedding and detoxifying treatments that focus on resetting metabolism, balancing hormones, and liquefying fat cells with lasers. During the hCG medical weight-loss program, devised by Dr. Simeons in 1954, the staff inject patients with a synthetic protein derivative that helps stored fat release 1,500–4,000 calories per day, the equivalent of an armchair made out of hamburger. SmartLipo treatments help vanquish fat cells by prodding flab with laser fibers through a canella, whereas testosterone therapy inserts small pellets under the skin that release small doses of weight-loss-inducing hormones over the course of 3–6 months.