Everything you need to know before freezing your fat

Thousands of treatments are being performed worldwide (over 650,000 so far!), yet new important updates have surfaced since CoolSculpting first launched. Here’s everything you need to know before freezing your fat:

1. Fat cells self-destruct when the skin gets cold enough. The FDA-cleared procedure suctions in the skin surrounding the area of fat you want to freeze, then uses controlled cooling (aka cryolipolysis) to drop the temperature of the skin down to where the fat cells die. The body then eliminates the cells in the following weeks.

2.There is a tendency for uneven removal. It’s not skill-dependent, since a vacuum-like head suctions the skin in to freeze it, so there is a risk of uneven removal.

3. One treatment has been said to be enough, but that isn’t always the case. So in the end, it might not be the most cost-effective option to get the results you’re looking for. Be sure to talk to your doctor before going in for the treatment to see if you’re the perfect candidate for this procedure.

4. It takes an hour to treat each section. So it could take a long time, depending on how many areas you want to treat.

5. You might experience cryolipolysis-induced numbness that can last for weeks. “It does something to the superficial nerves when the skin is frozen that can leave you without feeling for hours.

6.Full results take weeks or months to show up. This depends on how well your body reacts to the treatment. You should expect to full results by the second or third month.