Most area applications require 35 minutes. During treatment many clients read, check email or watch a TV show. Afterwards, clients are able to return to their normal activities.

Clients usually report feeling a cold sensation when treatment begins. You may feel pulling, tugging, and mild pinching, but these effects typically subside within 10 minutes as the area becomes numb. After treatment you may be tender to the touch with minor bruising for up to five days.

During your CoolSculpting treatment, a gel pad and applicator are applied to the targeted area. Controlled cooling is delivered to the targeted area where the fat cells are frozen and then die. Over the next one to three months, your body naturally processes the fat and eliminates the dead cells to permanently remove them from your body.

Results vary for each client based on the number of treatment cycles received. Within one to three months after one treatment, clients can expect a 20-25% reduction of fat cells in the treated area. Part of seeing successful CoolSculpting results is maintaining or implementing healthy lifestyle habits. New Image and Dr. Madsen have no financial agreement with any weight loss or lifestyle program.

It might be a little confusing to learn that fat reduction is not the same as losing weight. The difference is what happens to your fat cells.

Fat Cells After Weight Loss:
When you gain weight, your fat cells get larger. After diet and exercise, and as a result weight loss, your fat cells have gotten smaller, but the number of fat cells you have stays the same.

Fat Cells After CoolSculpting:
When you have CoolSculpting treatments, the number of fat cells you have is reduced by 20% – 25% in the treated areas.