| A surge in demand for the product — which has been reported to reduce the circumference of women’s thighs by almost two centimetres — has meant the anti-cellulite cream has been flying off the shelves.
Beauty counters throughout the city have been struggling to meet requests since it was reported last week by a group of independent French scientists that the L’Oreal Perfectslim contouring and firming gel works.
A spokesperson in the Broughty Ferry Boots shop said, “The shelves are empty.
“We are waiting for more to come in but there appears to be a real shortage and a supply problem because it is so popular.”
In Lochee, there were no bottles of Perfectslim on the shelves and in the Dundee store even staff in a different department were aware of the problem — because they were hunting for it for themselves.
A spokesperson in the high street said, “There is no guarantee when the next stock will be delivered but we can confirm that we have absolutely none here in the shop.
“A constant stream of people has been looking for the cream but the last ones were sold on Saturday.
“Since then, we’ve just had to tell people that we’ll get hold of it as soon as possible.”
Even Internet shoppers are having trouble getting hold of the popular product as a message on the Boots website says the 200ml bottles, priced at £10.59 are “out of stock”.
In the Overgate shopping centre, the chain store Superdrug has also sold out of the slimming cream, although a spokesperson said this was not solely due to the survey, as they had been running a promotion at the same time.
However, in Superdrug’s Lochee shop, the shelves were not completely bare — there were less than half a dozen bottles on display, but they did not have a full stock.
A member of staff said, “I’m not surprised there are so few of them as it has been on offer all week but it really has been surprisingly popular.”
Some personal trainers have warned though, that “quick-fix” products such as this rarely produced lasting results. |
