Glossary

It has been available worldwide for years for the treatment of various diseases. The preparation is not officially approved in Germany for aesthetic treatment; similar to Botox in the past, the application against fat pads is carried out in the so-called “off-label use” (this means: a completely legal application with the consent of the patient who has been informed in detail). The manufacturer has not applied for approval for the aesthetic use as a fat-blasting injection and is not promoting any scientific studies with this question. As an aside: in the USA, an application has already been submitted to the FDA by doctors to have lipolysis approved as an official procedure.