I recently had my first Vanquish treatment on my thighs. A day later I started feeling extremely tender in the areas. It feels like extreme bruising but without the discoloration. I don't have any lumps or nodules, just the tenderness and pain. I can't lie on my side or sit a certain way without it being very painful. During treatment it got pretty uncomfortable for a short while, hot spots etc, but the discomfort eventually eased. It is much worse on my right leg than my left.
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Vanquish uses heat generated by invisible, radio frequency waves of energy to cause injury to fat cells in a similar manner that coolsculpting uses cold to injure fat cells. Both technologies affect 20-25% of the fat cells in the area of treatment but generally the area is much larger with the...
Thank you for your question. It is not true that Vanquish only diminishes the size of fat cells while CoolSculpting kills them. We have both devices in our office. We use Vanquish which uses the heat of radio frequency to destroy fat cells in a generalized way, followed by CoolSculpting to sp...
Both Vanquish and Sculpsure permanently destroy fat cells. Vanquish ME requires a series of 4-6 weekly painless treatments to destroy fat cells in the range of 60-70%. Sculpsure treatments are performed every 6-8 weeks with each treatment destroying up to 24% of fat...
