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Better Results for Love Handles, Coolsculpting or Liposuction?

What are the pros and cons of liposuction and coolsculpting when used for love handles?

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Liposuction is more effective for one treatment than CoolSculpting for love handles

There is no doubt that liposuction removes more fat cells in one treatment than the amount of fat cells that are destroyed in one treatment, and even a few, with Zeltiq's CoolSculpting. Liposuction involves local anesthetic, and some other medicaton often, to help you relax and there are surgical risks, although it is a very safe procedure when done according to the standard appraoach. Zeltiq has virtually no down time. You can go out to dinner that night, and often, with... more

Liposuction or Cool sculpting (Zeltiq)?

Thank you for the question. Liposuction surgery involves incisions and an invasive procedure to directly remove adipose tissue. Some form of anesthesia is necessary. The procedure is effective with approximately 60 to 80% of adipose tissue removed from the treated area. Like any surgical procedure some recovery time (time off work etc.) it is necessary. It generally takes several months after the procedure to see the end results. However, cool sculpting is a noninvasive (... more

Coolsculpting and Liposuction: Both Great for Different Purposes

When it comes to choosing a method for fat reduction, the amount of unwanted fat a patient desires to remove is a major consideration. Coolsculpting® is great for very small amounts of undesired, diet- and exercise- resistant fat. Liposuction works better on more substantial amounts of fat. However, there are many additional factors to consider like results and recovery. While Coolsculpting® is non-invasive and doesn’t require down time, two treatments are necessary for optimal... more

CoolSculpting vs Liposuction for love handles

Liposuction is a surgical procedure that requires local or iv anesthesia. There is more downtime due to the more invasive nature of this procedure. Patients have to wear compression garments for several weeks and exercise is prohibited for an amount of time following the procedure. If a patient has very large amounts of fat and wants to undergo a single procedure, liposuction is likely the best choice. Cool Sculpting is a non-invasive. non-surgical procedure that is... more

Coolsculpting results can be very disappointing.

Hi. Our impression is that patient expectations are not often met because this technique removes only small amounts of fat. Liposuction of the love handles does require some anesthesia,and a few days of recovery, but the results are dramatic. see video