News of artist Viet Anh lost 9kg, customers went to Americare clinic to lose weight but then… still big belly

Exchange with Youth On April 4, leaders of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health said that they are directing the inspection force to complete the conclusion of handling the violating cosmetic facilities after the series of “Truth of super slimming technology” published by the newspaper˳ Youth (from March 27 to 29)˳

“It is expected that this week the Department Inspector will complete the inspection and handling of violations related to the Americare clinic high-tech slimming center”, the leader of the Department of Health confirmed˳

Two injections of “Enzyme” cost VND 50 million

On the same day, Mr˳ NPL (64 years old, living in Thu Duc City) said that he had just submitted an application to the Phu Nhuan District Police and the Inspector of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health denouncing the Americare clinic high-tech slimming center (54B and 54C street)˳ Nguyen Van Troi, Ward 15, Phu Nhuan District) deceiving customers˳

According to Mr˳ L˳, through Facebook, he watched many high-tech slimming advertising videos of Americare clinic˳ “In particular, I pay special attention to the clip of artist Viet Anh, also about my age˳ Mr˳ Viet Anh said that after going to the Americare clinic for treatment for about a month, he lost 9kg of belly fat, stable blood pressure, and good health˳ good improvement… I am very confident”, Mr˳ L˳ said˳

Believing in the artist’s words, at the end of October 2022, he went to Americare clinic to register for treatment to reduce belly fat˳ Here, Mr˳ L was examined by a “doctor” and said that he had visceral fat, so he needed a Le shape machine with “American technology” powered by a laser that penetrates deep inside to dissolve visceral fat˳

He was informed by the Americare clinic staff that he had received a “promotion package” and advised a fat treatment package of 9˳5 million VND with a commitment of 4-5 treatments to reduce his waist circumference by 20cm˳

He agreed to a package of 9˳5 million VND for five treatments, one treatment per week˳

“After each treatment, I was given a small plastic bag, inside were blue pills, they assigned me to take three pills a day, three times a day˳ Initially, I went to the toilet with signs of fat spots, I thought that visceral fat was eliminated as advised˳ But by the third course, I had severe diarrhea, my belly was still big “- Mr˳ L˳ pressing˳

According to Mr˳ L˳, when he brought the medicine to the hospital, he was told by the doctor that it was Orlistat 120mg˳ This drug is not for everyone to take, has many dangerous side effects such as diarrhea, dehydration˳ And was asked by the doctor to stop taking the medicine, and at the same time, Mr˳ L˳ also stopped the slimming process at the Americare clinic˳

Similarly, Ms˳ NTCT (34 years old, living in Thu Duc city) said that she spent more than 78 million VND to lose weight at Americare clinic but the effect was not as advertised˳

In addition to the “Le Shape” technology slimming process costing 28˳5 million VND, Ms˳ T said that she was also prescribed two injections of “Enzyme” at the center for 50 million VND˳ “After each treatment, I was given a 120mg Orlistat pill to drink˳ I lost weight compared to before but not much, mainly because I exercised,” said Ms˳ T˳

What does Americare clinic say to customers?

Many customers participating in the slimming process at Americare clinic reflected after reporting Youth Posting series of articles, website platforms, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube … which are active because the videos posted continuously have stopped working, the slimming videos have been removed˳

Americare clinic informed customers to “reschedule treatment” with the reason: “The company is having a power outage, it takes 3-4 days to repair”˳ However, when some customers questioned reporting Youth Reflecting on the staged slimming video, the staff of this center said: “The current slimming companies are all competing with each other, so some information is wrong”˳

In particular, according to Mr˳ NPL (64 years old, living in Thu Duc City), the Americare clinic also said that the videos of slimming artists were “speech cut, artists don’t say that”˳ Not to mention, it also announced that all comments about Americare clinic will be removed!?

In addition to hiring a video maker, there are a number of issues that need clarification about Americare clinic’s operations, including violations of signs, personnel directly examining and treating patients, and prescribed drugs for customers to take˳ …

At the same time, the feedback from readers is that Americare clinic’s customers do not achieve the desired slimming, Youth transferred to the Inspector of the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City for verification and handling˳

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