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kgb_ Special Agents are tireless and relentless in their search for the answers to America’s questions. And what does America want to know, you ask? Well, today’s buzz centers on America’s never ending quest to lose weight:

What’s a tongue patch?

Know more:

Not Medical Advice:

The Chugay Tongue Patch is touted by its inventor as a means of weight loss never before offered by weight loss physicians around the country.

Take a look at the tongue patch here.

Dr. Nikolas Chugay, a plastic surgeon in private practice in Beverly Hills, Long Beach and Irvine, California, developed the tongue patch as a temporary way to lose “20 to 40 pounds.”

The patch is a postage stamp size mesh square that is surgically attached to the tongue. The result – a really unpleasant experience when dining. Chowing down is very difficult and painful with the patch.

Some weight loss medical professionals are not amused, like the following MD:

“I’d say the Chugay Tongue Patch is a daily reminder of how just because your physician has an MD behind their name it doesn’t mean they’re bright.”  ~Canadian obesity doctor Yoni Freedhoff

The key to the tongue patch is that it limits patients to a liquid diet resulting in weight loss up to 28 pounds in the month long program. The liquid diet is reported to meet the nutritional needs of the patient.

Ten adventurous souls have undergone the treatment and were typically able to return to work the following day after surgery.

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Source: Weight-loss fad using tongue patches makes eating painful

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