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Original Article By Liz Ritter. Miami dermatologist S. Manjula Jegasothy, MD, is a big fan of Kybella. While the injection is “the first and only FDA-approved injectable treatment” to reduce fat under the specific area of the chin, she’s seeing it do some amazing things in other areas of the body—including upper arms, saddlebags of the thighs, knees, bra line, abdomen, love handles, “muffin tops,” posterior upper thighs and even the inner thighs. “Kybella, which is deoxycholate [a bile-derived salt similar to what the gallbladder naturally produces] works by emulsifying, and therefore, destroying fat cells in the areas where it is injected,” she says. “The body’s immune system then resorbs the fat cell remnants over a period of one-to-three months.” As Dr. Jegasothy explains, Kybella emulsifies fat cells permanently, so the results are “permanent.” “However, there are always residual fat cells remaining in any treatment area, so if you gain…