People who took tesamorelin felt better about how their belly looked, and doctors also thought their belly looked better — even though their outer fat didn’t change, just the inside fat.

Patients who got the real injection felt better about how their belly looked, while those who got the fake shot didn’t.

Doctors who didn’t know who got the real drug thought patients’ bellies looked better after treatment.

The drug doesn’t make you lose fat from your skin or your arms and legs — it only targets the fat deep inside your belly, which is the kind that’s most dangerous.

The drug shrinks the fat around the torso and makes the waist smaller, but doesn’t change the fat on the arms, legs, or just under the skin — meaning it targets only the dangerous internal fat.

A daily injection called tesamorelin helps HIV patients with a big belly lose nearly 11% of their dangerous internal belly fat in six months, while those getting a fake shot don’t lose any.