Liposuction Laser Equipment

Since 1998, Erchonia Medical and Rodrigo Neira M.D. have conducted research on adipocytes and continue to achieve groundbreaking results in this field. The fact that both the Erchonia laser used and the application technique itself are patented, is a testament to our dedication to research both at the cellular and clinical levels. Erchonia Medical met Dr. Neira in 1998 at an Anti Aging show. At that time, Dr. Neira spoke very little English and we spoke zero Spanish. A dialogue interpreted through his wife Clara Ortiez M.D. and his brother-in-law began, forming a unique and dynamic partnership from these two unlikely sources.

Dr Neira while working with Erchonia Medical began publishing the study results, the first of which was presented in 2000 at the World Congress on Liposuction. His research on SEM, TEM, and MRI was groundbreaking, showing cell activity here-to-fore unseen. Once the results were published, the abuse started for not only Erchonia Medical but also Dr. Neira. The so-called geniuses’ laughed; stating, “that a low powered laser could never penetrate through the dermis, let alone emulsify the fat below the skin.” Several more publications in the Plastic Surgery Journal, The Aesthetic Surgery Journal, and The American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery journal followed, but there were still many skeptics. Dr. Neira even proved through abdominal on T-1 and T-2 sequences that the Erchonia laser could have an effect on deep fat, but the skeptics kept up there rhetoric.

Even after the millions of dollars spent on clinical and cell research and the peer review of the results, the skepticism increased. Erchonia Medical, after seeing its friends Rodrigo and Clara take abuse from their peers, decided that they were not going to stand by without a fight. In 2002, Erchonia Medical decided it would prove the results to the most skeptical and toughest group in the world, The FDA.

Erchonia Medical met with the board of The American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery (AACS) and asked them if they would provide clinical sites for the study. The Academy members wanted to prove for themselves that the laser actually worked. The AACS decided that they wanted to do a study lazing 1 side of the patient and not the other. During the study the AACS discovered what they called a “systemic effect,” meaning by lazing 1 side of the body, the laser also effected the other side. The AACS published these results. This obviously was not the best way to do a study and Erchonia Medical along with its regulatory agent designed a study and met with the FDA on what it would require to get an indication for liposuction through the FDA. The FDA provided comments, the comments were incorporated, the study was submitted to an IRB for approval, and the study was completed. The FDA granted the market clearance in 2004.

Many thanks go to Susan Lim M.D. from Singapore who presented research that was almost identical to Dr. Neira’s, and expanded upon his findings through cryo SEM, etc. We would also like to thank Arturo Ramirez M.D. a Plastic Surgeon from Monterey, Mexico who presented his research using cells from an abdominalplasty and through time based microscopy, proved that 90% of the human fat was emulsified after 12 minutes.

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Neira, his wife, and their research team for the years of dedicated and innovative research and also for their unwavering belief in Erchonia Medical and low-level laser technology. However, their greatest strength, in our opinion, was their perseverance through the many years of abuse, doubt, and recrimination, inflicted by the self promoted so-called geniuses in his profession. Even after Dr. Neira and Erchonia Medical spent millions of dollars conducting the studies and after having the resulting research verified by three outside independent sources, these nay-sayers, still refuse to give him the credit he so richly deserves.

Erchonia Medical would also like to give a special thanks to the following: Robert Jackson M.D., who although was very skeptical at first, gave the Erchonia laser a try and to this day is one of the greatest advocates of Laser Liposuction™. Doug Dedo, M.D., who was the first person in the US to do low level laser liposuction and mentions the Erchonia laser to everybody he comes in contact with. Greg Roche M.D. who’s dedication to the laser and research is greatly appreciated. Ed Lack, M.D., who because of his initial skepticism, helped Erchonia Medical provide some great science. Please take the time to go through this amazing research.

Cosmetic Surgery - Dr. Lack

Cosmetic Surgery - 2004 Clinical Study

Dermatology Times - Dr. Butterwick

FDA Clearance

World Congress on Liposuction

Cosmetic Surgery 2001 - Dr. Neira

Aesthetic Surgery Journal 2002 - Dr. Neira

Plastic and Reconstructive Fat Liquefaction - Dr. Neira

Low Level Laser in Liposuction Results