Generally, if you are within 30 pounds of your goal weight, you are able to get CoolSculpting.

Some clients use CoolSculpting to eliminate stubborn pockets of fat after implementing healthy lifestyle changes. Other clients use CoolSculpting as a means to see immediate change and motivate themselves to keep it up.

CoolSculpting is not a weight loss treatment, but rather a destruction of fat cells. When fat cells are destroyed they are no longer available to store excess energy in the form of fat. CoolSculpting reduces fat that is resistant to diet and exercise and the amount of reduction you achieve will depend on the number of treatments received.

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. There is a feeling of pulling, tugging, and mild pinching, but these effects typically subside within 10 minutes as the area becomes numb. After treatment, the area may be tender to the touch with minor bruising for up to five days.

During a CoolSculpting treatment, we put a gel pad and applicator on the targeted area. The applicator uses controlled cooling to freeze the fat cells, which causes them to die. This technology works because the fat cells freeze faster than the surrounding tissue. Over the next one to three months, your body naturally processes the fat and eliminate the dead cells to remove them from your body permanently.

Results vary for each client based on the number of treatment cycles received. Within one to three months after treatment, the area’s fat cells are reduced by 20-25%. It is possible to gain weight after a CoolSculpting treatment. We cannot kill all fat cells. Part of a successful CoolSculpting result 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. When you lose weight, your fat cells get 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 reduces by 20% – 25% with each treatment cycle.

Both EMsculpt and CoolSculpting can help you drop inches but these treatments target different things. EMsculpt tones and strengthens muscles – which can often result in some loss of fat and a reduction in inches. CoolSculpting destroys fat cells and as a result, the amount of fat that can be stored in the treated area is reduced and the pocket of fat is decreased.