The Hollywood Patch is a slimming patch that makes a bold statement: that you can lose up to two dress sizes in two weeks. That seems unlikely depending on how many pounds it would take you to drop a dress size. Can you drop a dress size in a week? This piqued my interest and I decided to review this patch so see if it lives up to this unlikely bold claim.
What is the Hollywood Patch
The Hollywood Patch is like any other weight loss patch in that you stick it on a discreet area of skin and the ingredients are delivered trans-dermally. Unlike other patches, each patch is replaced after two days, unlike the usual 24 hours.
It contains green tea as the main ingredient, and also contains a type of algae extract that I could not find specified but it is probably Bladderwrack.
Bladderwrack has a wealth of scientific evidence behind it and has been used in herbal medicine for many years as a way to support your thyroid gland with iodine. Your thyroid gland is responsible for regulating your metabolism, so supporting it with this ingredient is thought to give your body's natural metabolism a boost.
Does the Hollywood Patch work
Firstly let's look at the ingredients. There is no doubt that green tea works for weight loss, but all the studies have been carried out on Green Tea that has been drunk. No studies exist for trans-dermal green tea absorption. So this ingredient may not even be absorbed.
Next, let's look at the pack size. You get 15 patches for a 30 day supply, but I would rather have a patch that you change daily because who knows how little is left of ingredients in the second day. There have also been reports of the patch peeling off after the first day which isn't ideal.
Then let's examine the claim that you can drop two dress sizes in two weeks. This seems like a ridiculous claim to me as it takes roughly a seven-pound weight loss to drop a dress size, so you would need to lose a pound a day to drop two dress sizes in two weeks. Not only is this unhealthy it seems pretty impossible considering the average rate of weight loss is 1-2 pounds a week.
What is the best alternative?
I know of a diet patch that contains Bladderwrack, gives you a patch a day, and offers realistic and effective weight loss. It is called the Slim Diet Patch and is rapidly becoming one of the most popular slimming patches around.
When I used the patch myself I dropped 5 pounds in my first week which tapered off to a healthy 3 pounds a week after that, without changing my diet or exercising more.
It is normal to lose more in your first week of a weight loss journey as it is not all pure fat that comes off your body, some water weight is lost too which means you are less bloated.
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Author: Aileen Boyd
Hi, I'm Aileen Boyd, the owner of Diet Pill Judge. I have personally tried loads of diet pills over the years and found that only a few of them really work.
My background is in science, so I set out to find supplements that have scientific evidence behind them and which I can confidently recommend.
Last Updated on May 5, 2020 by Aileen Boyd