Forget bikini boot camp—an arduous six-week cardio-blast designed to get your body beach-ready. Instead, growing numbers of people are nipping, tucking, sucking and zapping their way to bodacious beach bods.

It may be cheating, but it works—sometimes and in some people. While there is no substitute to a healthy diet and regular exercise, sometimes we all need a little extra help. Leading plastic surgeons and dermatologists sound off on what you should and should not be doing to get trim and toned for summer.

Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD

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