My first encounter with the Amari folks was okay. The marking of placement of the CoolSculpting machine was wrong and so I now have a smooth lower belly but still fatty deposits are visible on the upper belly. The right placement would have been treatment on the left side of my abdomen and on the right side of my abdomen. Now I must pay for 3 treatments in total. Also I had planned on going back for some additional treatment but I was told it would take 4 hours as opposed to the advertised two hours. Very strange and unexpected. It seems it takes two hours to mark up the areas that I want treated and two hours for treatment. The staff is more concerned about getting out for the holidays as opposed to working normal business hours. And this came from the top!

There are so many options in the area. Shop around and do your due diligence.

I had a lipodissolve treatment performed on my abdomen and flanks by Dr. Shah in the summer of 2008. To this day, I have painful bumps underneath my skin in random areas where the injections were made. My skin has remained knotted in several areas as if it is rippled almost and it looks horrible! I do not recall Dr. Shah forewarning me about anything that would cause such negative effects. I have seen several dermatologists regarding the issue and have been told it is an after effect from the lipodissolve procedure. I feel very betrayed and outraged. I am embarrassed by this and over 4 years later I have negative effects from the treatment! I paid approximately $1,500 just for the abdomen and flanks. After that procedure, I was conned into charging an additional $2,500 in extra services which I was finally refunded for after I decided this was not for me. But by then, I had already had the first lipodissolve treatment. I too am in medicine, however it is the other side of the spectrum; Veterinary. I am not here to berate Amari Medical, but I do want women and men to understand that many of these procedures are NOT FDA approved and I am one of the very unlucky people who has some permanent side effects. I do not approve that I was not informed of this. At the time, I was desperate to improve my image and I would have done anything. I felt preyed upon. Take this information with a grain of salt and do your research for risks, side effects and complications. I wish I did.