Patients are set alight in this daring weight loss treatment in Vietnam.

Footage from January 23 recorded at a clinic in Ho Chi Minh City shows a female patient wrapped in several towels.

Alcohol is then poured onto the towel before being set alight.

The method which lasts around 10 to 15 minutes is believed to burn excess fat to lose weight.

The video records the scene of a woman using a towel to wrap a man's entire body, poured alcohol on the towel and burned the customer's entire body with fire. Flames burn throughout the body, while the client remains motionless.

After the flames are extinguished, the massage then begins. The footage was shot on January 23 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

This is a strange and dangerous beauty method. But it is so effective that many women in Vietnam like to use this therapy to burn excess fat to lose weight and cure.

Time for a treatment session is about 10 to 15 minutes. The Customer must have the courage and tolerance to high temperatures to be successful with this treatment.