“…After subcutaneous injection, host scavenging of damaged adipocytes and healing with fibrosis account for modest fat reduction and skin retraction, respectively 11,46 . Deoxycholate lyses fat in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo in isolation from phosphatidylcholine, 18,44,45,50,51 with which it is conventionally combined. According to recent experimental data, phosphatidylcholine appears inert with respect to fat reduction because it produces neither adipolytic (ablative) nor lipolytic (nonablative) effects, 18,45 although it may buffer the effects of deoxycholate 10,13,18 .…”