--- title: This Popular Product Promises to Eliminate Cellulite. But Women Say It's Injuring Them description: A number of women say the product caused severe bruises authors: - name: Mahita Gajanan url: https://money.com/author/mahita-gajanan/ at_money_since: 2017 articles: 53 covers: - Shopping - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Housing - Identity Theft - Investing - Lifestyle - Personal Finance - Taxes social: - https://x.com/mahitagajanan former_staff: true published: '2017-07-26T19:38:04.000Z' modified: '2017-07-26T19:38:04.000Z' section: Shopping tags: - health - onetime word_count: 386 canonical: https://money.com/fasciablaster-cellulite-women-injured/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![This Popular Product Promises to Eliminate Cellulite. But Women Say It's Injuring Them](https://img.money.com/2017/07/ashley-black.png?w=1012&h=569&crop=1) A number of women have said a product that promises to get rid of [cellulite](http://motto.time.com/4650038/ashley-graham-cellulite-instagram-photo/) on the body has caused them serious injuries. [FasciaBlaster](https://www.fasciablaster.com/collections/all/products/fasciablaster), a product designed to eliminate cellulite as well as reduce pain and improve flexibility, muscle definition, circulation and joint function, has become something of a viral phenomenon in recent weeks, gaining coverage on places like *Today* and *Goop*, and raking in Facebook followers. The product's inventor, Ashely Black, has said the FasciaBlaster can help to break up fat cells. But some women who saw the FasciaBlaster as a magic wand to rid themselves of cellulite say the product has caused long-lasting bruises, according to a [report from BuzzFeed](https://www.buzzfeed.com/leticiamiranda/no-pain-no-gain-fasciablaster?utm_term=.cm4pyekxK&bftwnews#.jnKNqmA69). More than 60 people have reported cases of injuries and product malfunctions to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, BuzzFeed reports. In one [report](https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfMAUDE/Detail.CFM?MDRFOI__ID=6647156&pc=IOD), a patient said the FasciaBlaster caused bruising, inflammation and changes to her menstrual cycle. ![](https://img.money.com/2017/07/ashley-black2.png) The FasciaBlaster device itself is a stick adorned with four claw-like massagers that press against the body to "break up fascial adhesions," according to the company website. It costs $89. "Women are so self-conscious of their bodies it's almost instant gratification you get when you drag that claw across your skin and you get bruises," Julia Lefebvre, a former FasciaBlaster customer, [told BuzzFeed](https://www.buzzfeed.com/leticiamiranda/no-pain-no-gain-fasciablaster?utm_term=.cm4pyekxK&bftwnews#.jnKNqmA69). Lefebvre, 49, still has bruises on her body after using the device six months ago. "It's almost like feedback, but in our heads it's like why would women — extremely intelligent women — buy into this? I don't know how I bought into it." More than 4,000 people have joined a closed Facebook group to discuss the negative effects of the FasciaBlaster. In a statement to *Money*, the Ashley Black Company said it was "disheartened" to see the BuzzFeed report. "Oscar winning actors, hall-of-fame athletes, and runway models have been using Ashely's products and methods for over a decade," the company said. "We get testimonials every day from women and men all over the world whose lives the FasciaBlaster has changed." In a follow-up statement to *Money*, a representative for the Ashley Black Company claimed that Lefebvre is "an activist working with Ashley Black’s embittered ex-husband to smear the company” and the FDA complaints filed against the company were "part of an orchestrated campaign . . . led in part by Ashley’s embittered ex-husband.” ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/fasciablaster-cellulite-women-injured/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Shopping", "item": "https://money.com/shopping/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Health Products", "item": "https://money.com/health-products/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "This Popular Product Promises to Eliminate Cellulite. 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