CoolSculpting, also known as cryolipolysis, is a fat-freezing treatment that helps eliminate stubborn fat in certain body areas. The procedure is FDA-approved. CoolSculpting freezes unwanted fat cells, leaving your skin unharmed. Your doctor Mrs. Leslie Forrester Naperville, may recommend cryolipolysis if diet and exercise do not eliminate fat bulges in certain body parts. You may have CoolSculpting under your chin and jawline, thighs, belly, back and sides, under your butt, and upper arm. To help maintain your cryolipolysis outcomes, your doctor may suggest you exercise and eat healthily.
What makes you a good candidate for CoolSculpting?
You are a good candidate for CoolSculpting if diet and exercise do not help eliminate unwanted fat in certain areas. Avoid the treatment if you have loose skin, poor skin tone, cold urticaria, or anemia that destroys the red blood cells in cold temperatures. Cryolipolysis is also unsuitable if you are pregnant, obese, or cannot handle cold temperatures. Avoid CoolSculpting in areas with varicose veins, nerve problems, and rashes or lesions.
What happens during the CoolSculpting process?
CoolSculpting does not involve needles or surgery. Your doctor holds the affected body part with the CoolSculpting device between two paddles. The paddles cool rapidly, and the doctor leaves them in place for about thirty-five to seventy-five minutes. During this period, the device destroys about twenty to twenty-five percent of fat cells in the targeted region. You may experience a feeling of pulling or tugging on your skin and extreme cold during the process.
Fat requires higher temperatures to freeze than your skin. So the cryolipolysis device freezes the fat cells to a temperature that damages them, leaving your skin unharmed. Over time, your immune system eliminates the dead fat cells gradually.
What happens after the CoolSculpting process?
CoolSculpting does not need a recovery period. You can drive yourself home after the treatment. You may experience side effects like soreness and slight swelling after the procedure, but they often fade within a few days. Very few patients experience mild to moderate pain. Nerve pain may happen but rarely. Your skin may also appear less smooth after the treatment.
Although rare, some patients get paradoxical fat hyperplasia (PAH). This complication is where fat cells in the treated area increase instead of reduce. PAH can be characterized by a large, firm, and normally painless mass under your skin in the treated region. The issue often occurs about two to three months after treatment. You are more likely to get PAH if you are a male, had the procedure on your abdominal area, or your doctor used a large handpiece during treatment.
How effective is CoolSculpting?
Research shows that CoolSculpting is safe and effective. Side effects are few, and complications are rare. CoolSculpting reduces about ten to twenty-five percent of fat cells in targeted areas. The final results of CoolSculpting show up after a few months, but you may notice some changes within a few weeks after treatment.
CoolSculpting helps eliminate fat bulges in unwanted areas like the belly, under the butt, upper arms, and back. Schedule an appointment at Wrinkle Fairy for CoolSculpting to eliminate fat in unwanted body areas.
