Cryolipolysis: Info, Prices, Photos, Reviews, Q&A

If you have a tendency to store fat in certain areas, the new fat will build there.

If those areas have been treated, the reduced number of fat cells will enlarge. It is also possible that new areas get deposits of fat as what happens in liposuction.

The key is to maintain you weight after treatment to get the optimal results. (Steven F. Weiner, MD, Panama City Facial Plastic Surgeon)

The number of fat cells in your body is set during adolescence and continues to be constant during adulthood.

As you gain weight, the size in the fat cells increase in size and as you lose weight the size decreases.

CoolSculpting targets fat cells and eliminates them permanently. There is no evidence that the fat loss after the treatment could regenerate. (Robert G. Aycock, MD, FACS, Bay Area Plastic Surgeon)

Coolsculpting does what its name intends, it sculpts the body. If you don’t like your love handles and tummy, Coolsculpting can minimize the fat in those locations, making your mid-section narrower thus sculpting the body.

Your whole body has some fat under the skin. And, the area that was treated with Coolsculpting will still have some fat, though much less. So, your body fat will still act like body fat.

In the future, with any weight gain, you won’t end up getting an accumulation of fat in one particular area, so the sculpting effect will last. (Andrew Campbell, MD, Milwaukee Facial Plastic Surgeon)

Fat distribution after Non-Surgical Fat Reduction with CoolSculpting

Surgical and non-surgical procedure reduce the fat cells in that area, thus giving you the benefit on a nice contour. You’re only born with a certain number of fat cells, so if you maintain a healthy lifestyle and burn more calories than you take in, you’ll likely keep those nice results long-term and won’t have issues in other areas.

Some people, however don’t follow a healthy lifestyle and eat too many calories and thus their bodies store the excess food energy in fat cells throughout their body. (Douglas Halliday, PhD, MD , Syracuse Facial Plastic Surgeon)

Coolsculpting treatment will only reduce the fat in the area of treatment, however it won’t prevent from fat accumulation in other areas. (Joseph Doumit, MD, Montreal Dermatologist)

CoolSculpting Does Not Transfer Fat to Other Areas

CoolSculpting in one area does not mean that the destroyed fat cells will move to another area of your body. Once treated and destroyed, these cells are gone forever. With that being said, maintaining your weight and a proper diet are essential to ensuring that existing fat cells do not grow larger.

Also, for the best results we recommend a healthy diet and exercise regimen. (Stanley Kovak, MD, Oak Brook Physician)

Weight Gain/Maintenance after Zeltiq

Zeltiq Cool-sculpting was not intended for weight loss, it really is a body contouring device… Love handles, flanks, abdomen, etc. Once these areas are treated the fat does not return in those areas (like liposuction).

That being said, if you do gain weight or fluctuate quite a bit, that weight gain must go somewhere so it may end up in places you didn’t previously have issues. Cool-sculpting is great for someone who has stubborn areas and is relatively consistent and stable in their weight. (Grant Stevens, MD, Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon)

Coolsculpting is not for weight loss Coolsculpting is designed to reduce small bulges of fat Areas that respond well to treatment include lower abdomen, bra fat and love handles If you maintain your weight after treatment, the fat should not return. (William Groff, DO, San Diego Dermatologist)

Coolsculpting by Zeltiq will not cause weight loss. It is a reshaping procedure and reduces very effectively fat bulges by 20% on average. If you maintain your dietary habits after coolsculpting you will should not regain the bulge lost. (Steven Hacker, MD, West Palm Beach Dermatologic Surgeon)