Manufacturers of slimming patches promise that customers will get a slimmer waistline within a limited period of time.
The product looks like a bandage that you stick on yourself.
It contains certain substances that are intended to help reduce excess weight.
This category includes capsaicin, plant extracts and essential oils.
How effective are these patches?
On the one hand, the components that these patches are soaked with can really help you lose weight.
These supplements speed up your metabolism, which increases weight loss in the long term.
But there is one significant but - there is no evidence that these substances can be quickly and effectively absorbed through the skin. No one knows whether caffeine or green tea extract is transmitted transdermally.
And even if you take such substances in the usual way, without physical exercise and consultation with a nutritionist, you are unlikely to achieve success.
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