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Old 13th October 2007, 02:45 PM   #1 (permalink)
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A few people have said this to me. Any thoughts? How does the infrared work? It emits from the pads? Is there a right and wrong side of the pads? I assumed that the cord side faced out but is there really a difference? I would really like to be confident in this if I am going to be selling it for $75.
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Old 13th October 2007, 02:46 PM   #2 (permalink)
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go to their website and watch the video.....you're a little late to be asking this after you buy the unit, aren't you? LOL......

There is a right way and wrong way to wrap the pads....watch the video.
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Old 13th October 2007, 02:50 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Ya I did and I did it right. What if you use it backwards or the opposite side? Does it not work because it is actually infrared rays emitting from one side of the pad?
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Old 13th October 2007, 08:29 PM   #4 (permalink)
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If you wrap the client with the wrong side (reverse), they gain weight.
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Old 15th October 2007, 01:35 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Gain weight, experience pains they never had before AND instant cellulite!
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It also puts toxins back inside of you.
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Old 15th October 2007, 04:20 PM   #7 (permalink)
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That explains why the right side of my body is fat, hurts, and has hail damage today after laying next to my girlfriend when she tried it again last night. And I do feel sicker to.
Seriously, she used it again at 80% last night and was more comfortable and is beginning to think it may work, but not convinced yet. Does anyone have any links to studies or facts that state how this thing actually works? Not what does i do for you, but how does the infrared heat work? I just emits from the pad in one direction, so that there is a right and wrong side? Seems to me like it really is expensive heating pads hooked up to a time machine.(ha ha, that's what my girlfriend calls it)
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Old 15th October 2007, 06:10 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Are all of you who promote this product in the tanning industry or the over crowded weight loss industry??? just checking..
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That explains why the right side of my body is fat, hurts, and has hail damage today after laying next to my girlfriend when she tried it again last night. And I do feel sicker to.
Seriously, she used it again at 80% last night and was more comfortable and is beginning to think it may work, but not convinced yet. Does anyone have any links to studies or facts that state how this thing actually works? Not what does i do for you, but how does the infrared heat work? I just emits from the pad in one direction, so that there is a right and wrong side? Seems to me like it really is expensive heating pads hooked up to a time machine.(ha ha, that's what my girlfriend calls it)
If you watched the CORRECT video on the right website....you wouldn't be asking. It shows you how it works, how the pads work, what it does in your body, bloodflow, how it reduces cellulite, how to wrap the pads correctly as well as case studies and medical studies.

www.formostardirect.com

it answers all your questions about how it works....to the point of not needed to keep asking anymore.

watch it....read it......AGAIN and AGAIN......
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Old 15th October 2007, 06:17 PM   #10 (permalink)
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What? I am opening a salon soon and am trying to decide how to promote it.
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Old 15th October 2007, 06:21 PM   #11 (permalink)
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I understand the concept. I just don't get how it produces infrared heat.
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Old 15th October 2007, 06:25 PM   #12 (permalink)
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same way an infrared sauna works and incubaters for babies....
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Tiny infaredites fart on command, thus producing the desired effects.
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Old 15th October 2007, 10:36 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Some of you try too hard to be funny, and in the wrong threads.
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Infrared heat for the Thermojet is the longest wave of infrared heat, the same heat that your body would feel from the sun. My machine is digital and the pads have heat coils in them, the pulses of infrared heat are emitted and go through the cable that is attached to the pad. This heats the pad that is wrapped around the customer. It pulses heat for 40 minutes heating up the body internally. Your inner core temperature only increses by a few degrees, you then start sweating, and lose about 80- 90% water, the rest are toxins. When doing this over a preiod of time you increase your metabolism so you are able to burn fat more effecientally. The bonus is body contouring, inch loss, pain relief, detoxifying and cellulite deminisher.
Formostar claims to burn up 1200 calories per session, Thermojet makes no claim on calorie burn but it is essentially the same thing. I just think they aren't making such a claim because most physicians are scepitical of that much in such a short time frame. How you market this is key to your success. Did you pick this unit up used or did you buy from a rep. Honestly, from their website (either machine) you get all the info you need to educate yourself on the process.
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The one thing I keep hearing about thermojet is its too quick, the formostar is more of a gradual heat. I want to get it in ASAP, but I too am a skeptic. No one locally has one
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It's a 40 minute session, not too quick, it is just as gradual.
There is a 5 minute preheat, which by the time you wrap your client it is ready for the 40 minute session. There are 4 heat settings for weightloss, and 2 for pain.
I love it, love my results and will continue to market it for my clients. I have only had one client not repeat sessions and that is because she is in between jobs.
I am almost a size four, from a 10, in 2 months, my fat is just disappearing, I am still curvey and have all my muscle that I have worked so hard to get.
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dbl-a just sell it to me and you wont have to worry about it anymore
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Old 16th October 2007, 10:41 AM   #19 (permalink)
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dbl-a, PM me and I will help you with marketing ideas for your Formostar and also helpful tips.

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Old 16th October 2007, 11:34 AM   #20 (permalink)
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dbl-A.....i dont' think anyone was being funny. Not me at least. All the info that is being typed up to you here is in the video and their writeup on their website. the EXACT same thing. So if you understood it, you wouldn't be asking or questioning the science of it, but if it actually works, which many on here have stated already that it has.

The only decision you have to make now is if you can afford to buy it, if it's in your budget....which you already have.

So, now all that's left is personalized marketing material. PM me if you are interested and i'll show you what i've got.
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