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They say, "No pain, no gain," but a new weight-loss method turns that old saying on its head.
Marlene Beltran weighed 169 pounds because, she told ABC News' Cecilia Vega, of her out-of-control appetite.
"I'm willing to do anything at this point," Beltran said. "I'm so desperate to lose the weight."
Lysander Lanuza was 200 pounds of all-you-can-eat.
"I love eating everything," she said. "American food, Filipino food, Korean. ... It's heaven."
These two women were about to have a hard plastic mesh sewn onto their tongues that would inflict pain if they tried to eat any solid food. Their goal was to lose 20 pounds in one month. Beltran wanted to begin dating. Lanuza had a bikini and a trip to Hawaii planned.
Cosmetic surgeon Dr. Nikolas Chugay, of Long Beach, Calif., introduced the procedure in the U.S. four years ago after seeing it in Latin America.
Chugay said Lanuza was his 81st patient. One clinic in Caracas, Venezuela, said it had stitched patches on more than 800 tongues.
Asked if sewing a foreign object into somebody's mouth was healthy, Chugay said, "Well, it's not unhealthy."
Pain = Weight Loss: The Tongue Patch Diet - ABC News
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They say, "No pain, no gain," but a new weight-loss method turns that old saying on its head.
Marlene Beltran weighed 169 pounds because, she told ABC News' Cecilia Vega, of her out-of-control appetite.
"I'm willing to do anything at this point," Beltran said. "I'm so desperate to lose the weight."
Lysander Lanuza was 200 pounds of all-you-can-eat.
"I love eating everything," she said. "American food, Filipino food, Korean. ... It's heaven."
These two women were about to have a hard plastic mesh sewn onto their tongues that would inflict pain if they tried to eat any solid food. Their goal was to lose 20 pounds in one month. Beltran wanted to begin dating. Lanuza had a bikini and a trip to Hawaii planned.
Cosmetic surgeon Dr. Nikolas Chugay, of Long Beach, Calif., introduced the procedure in the U.S. four years ago after seeing it in Latin America.
Chugay said Lanuza was his 81st patient. One clinic in Caracas, Venezuela, said it had stitched patches on more than 800 tongues.
Asked if sewing a foreign object into somebody's mouth was healthy, Chugay said, "Well, it's not unhealthy."
Pain = Weight Loss: The Tongue Patch Diet - ABC News
