Diet patches, creams, wraps for weight loss

Red Flag Claim 7

Diet patches, creams, wraps, earrings and other products worn on the body or rubbed into the skin cause substantial weight loss.

Reality Check

This is a product category. It includes diet patches, topical creams and lotions, body wraps, special clothing, rings, earrings, body belts and shoe inserts, among others. These products do not cause substantial weight loss. A claim that people can lose even a pound or more a week using one of these devices is false.

Variations

“Lose two to four pounds daily with the Neptune Diet Patch.”
“Neptune Reducing Cream drops pounds and inches from your thighs.”

A claim is too good to be true if it says the product will...

Cause weight loss of two pounds or more a week for a month or more without dieting or exercise

Cause substantial weight loss no matter what or how much the consumer eats

Cause permanent weight loss (even when the consumer stops using product)

Block the absorption of fat or calories to enable consumers to lose substantial weight

Safely enable consumers to lose more than three pounds per week for more than four weeks

Cause substantial weight loss for all users

Cause substantial weight loss by wearing diet patches on the body or rubbing it into the skin

Credits: Federal Trade Commission

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