We treat large numbers of both men and women in the clinic. Most say that the discomfort is about 5-6/10 when the device is first applied. The suction pulling in the fat tissue is one of a strong pulling sensation. At 5 minutes this discomfort is a 3-4/10 and most people say that is a 1-2/10 at 10 minutes.

After the treatment, the device is removed leaving a hard lump of frozen fat. For best results, this is then vigorously massaged until all the fat is broken down.
At this stage the skin will look red, this is just from the cooling sensation and normal colour will return within an hour.

The treatment also freezes the ends of some of the sensory nerves so the skin will be numb for 8-14 days post treatment- this will always full recovery. When the sensation is recovering it is common to experience a prickling sensation across the treated area.

During the next few weeks, some of our patients have reported that the area can feel a little swollen and trousers can feel a little tighter than normal. This is due to the bodies response to the frozen fat cells and a temporary increase in lymph in this area as the fat is removed.

90% of our clients have a single treatment session of 1-2 hours per area that is being treated. We have a small number of people who want to remove a very high percentage of fat in a region and they may have a second session in that region.

Coolsculpting is the leading treatment device for fat freezing, however, this does not mean that all clinics will provide the same result.

The assessment of the fat is best done by a Doctor who has a lot of experience in liposuction. All our Doctors have been trained to assess fat type, skin quality, optimal placements under the supervision of Cosmetics Surgeon Mr. Geoffrey Mullan.

It is essential to understand what a contour will look like when fat is removed to avoid an unflattering contour or indentation.

Any fat removal treatment;  liposuction, laser liposuction or fat freezing should be looked at as a sculpting treatment not just fat removal.

A typical treatment will remove up to 40% off the fat from the area so the remaining 60% must be left in such a way as to provide smoother contours and an improved shape both in and out of clothes.

At Medicetics our Doctors have hundreds of hours of experience in liposuction as well as coolsculpting so our pre-treatment assessment is rigorous and we probably turn away more patients than most other clinics if we feel we cannot get a good result.

If you maintain your weight through the first 12 weeks and stay hydrated to help the fat to be removed you will get good results.

If the skin is loose in the area then treatment may not be advised, like in any liposuction treatment, or a skin tightening treatment may be recommended.

If you maintain a stable weight the fat cells will not come back. However if you put over 10% of your weight it is possible to get new fat cell development.

If you weigh 70kg at the treatment the fat will not return to those areas unless you start getting up to 77-78kg and then there is a risk of new fat cell development. Stay within 5% and this will not happen.

If you put on weight during pregnancy and then lose this again post pregnancy your coolsculpting results (with regards to fat) will be as if you were never pregnant as long as the skin recovers normally.

The easiest thing to do is to come in and have a chat with one of our team. As a general rule if you feel that you can easily lose this fat with diet or some exercise then we would encourage you to do this.

“All body sculpting treatments such as coolsculpting or liposuction should be for stubborn fat, it is not a substitute for weight loss”

Ideal candidates for fat freezing:

• If you are at a stable weight but have a pocket of fat that refuses to go
• There is not too much loose skin the area being treated.
• You are able to grab the fat, the mesenteric fat is the fat that is inside the muscle wall is not an area that can be treated.
• You do not want the downtime and need to wear compression garments with liposuction treatments.

Also a very common area to treat and similarly to the lower abdomen is usually 2-3 hours to treat.

To treat the abdomen as a guide is usually between 3-6 hours is all been done at a single treatment session.

Another very common treatment area requiring 2-4 hours on average to treat.

Coolsculpting works very well with inner thighs however it is technically a more difficult region to treat.

Although a generalised flattening of the lower and upper Abdo is beneficial we do not want to flatten the inner thighs. Our Doctors have a history in liposuction and so understand the importance of only removing certain fat.

It is not a case of removing as much fat as possible- it is actually the fat that is left behind is the most important fat.

• Back
• Breast (in men) “man boobs”