Since CoolSculpting Freezes Fat to Kill It, Why Not Just Repeatedly Apply Ice Bags?

You are obviously a curious and thoughtful person, and ask a question that the original creators of the CoolSculpting device had to consider carefully.There is a misconception that has been widely circulated, perhaps for the sake of simplicity, that Coolsculpting freezes fat. This is not actually the case. The device has been carefully and cleverly designed to extract heat from the tissues via the application to the skin of cold, but not freezing, plates.  The temperature of the skin in contact with the plates is continuously monitored throughout the entire procedure, and the temperature of the plates altered according to that feedback such that the skin and fat will never freeze but rather be chilled.  If you were to apply something frozen to the skin, you might reach temperatures that would injure fat cells, but you would also get frostbite in the overlying skin. If you were to apply something not quite frozen to the skin, it would rapidly warm up and you would never reach a temperature cold enough in the the fat layer to injure the fat cells.The reason the device, and only a device such as this, can injure fat cells without damaging the overlying skin, is because of a  simple but wonderful difference in a physical property of water and fat: the freezing temperature.  The temperature at which fat freezes is higher than the temperature at which water freezes.  Since skin has a lot of water and fat doesn't, you can applying below-freezing plates to the skin that are not cold enough to freeze the skin, but cold enough to chill the fat cells just enough that they are gently shifted into a process called apoptosis, or programmed cell death, and therefore die off slowly, one by one, during the months after treatment.i hope this answers your excellent question.

Hello and Thank you for your question.  The coolsculpting machine is designed to destroy the fat cells but not damage the skin.  If applying ice for any length of time, it most likely will cause damage to the skin and not destroy fat cells.  No, ice packs on the skin will not help with stubborn areas of fat.  If wanting, get an in person consult with a certified coolsculpting , cosmetic doctor to go over what will work best for you.  Good luck to you!

Thank you for your question! The CoolSculpting device is engineered to provide controlled and accurate cooling at a consistent temperature for a period of time necessary to cause a natural death of the fat cells without damaging the surrounded skin, nerves, blood vessels, tissues, etc. This is what makes the treatment so safe. Do it your self treatments are dangerous and unpredictable and there is no way that this can be accomplished by applying ice bags.