Would you get a patch sewn into your tongue for a month rendering you incapable of eating?
Beverly Hills, California plastic surgeon Dr. Nikolas Chugay has developed a plastic "miracle patch," which is sewn onto the tongue and makes it very difficult to eat.
After the tongue patch surgery, eating solid food is so painful that the patient must follow a liquid diet of 800 calories a day.
According to Dr. Chugay's website, the diet "fulfills nutritional needs" and "maximizes weight loss results."
The unusual procedure, which has yet to be approved by the FDA, can supposedly help people lose up to thirty pounds a month.
Some people have trouble sleeping and moving their tongue after the patch is sewn in, reports Time magazine.
The patch can only be worn for one month because the tongue's tissue grows back, and the patch could become part of the tongue, if not removed.
The patch is made from marlex, a plastic that is normally used to repair hernias.
The procedure costs $2,000 at Dr. Chugay's clinic, where 60 women have had it done since 2009.
The procedure is even more popular in Venezuela, where it only costs $150 and women flock to get patched.
SourceWho in their right mind would do that? Is it really that hard to exercise and eat right that you would go to this sort of extreme just to lose weight? And $2000? Please. I think I could have someone punch me in the jaw and get my jaw wired shut resulting in an all liquid diet for much less than two grand. Have we seriously become so lazy that we'll put ourselves through torture like this just to avoid physical exercise and restraint when eating?