Is There Any Weight or Size Limitation to Get Coolsculpting for Inner Thighs?

asked 6 months ago by anon
Latest answer by Tom J. Pousti, MD
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Tags: 230-249 lbs, candidate, duration, frequency, results, session, treatment

Is it possible for patients weighing more than 200 lbs participate in coolsculpting? Will it just take more session to see results?

5 answers to Is There Any Weight or Size Limitation to Get Coolsculpting for Inner Thighs?

Coolsculpting for inner thighs

Greetings~ The results from Coolsculpting are dependent on a few factors. The areas treated should be large enough, but also pliable enough to fit into the Coolsculpting applicator well. It is not just a question of attaching to a site but also being able to get a sufficient amount of fat drawn into the chamber. Secondly, Coolsculpting has its best results with patients that have specific areas of stubborn fat and are close to their goal weight. If a patient is... more

Grant Stevens, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon

marinaplasticsurgery.com

CoolSculpting for pt more than 200 pounds

Thank you for your question. CoolSculpting is a procedure for patients with isolated areas of fat that are diet / exercise resistant - not for patients who have to loose a significant amount of weight. I wouldn't recommend this procedure for anyone who is over 200 pounds. I hope this helps. see video

Tom J. Pousti, MD
San Diego Plastic Surgeon

www.poustiplasticsurgery.com

Obesity does not respond well to Zeltiq CoolSculpting

Similar to liposuction, CoolSculpting is not indicated for the obese. The ideal candidate is one who exercises and eats a healthy diet but can't lose a certain bulge. CoolSculpting only removes about 20% of the volume of fat in one treatment so there would have to be too many treatments and you would still not get a good result. In addition, you can't treat all the areas of the body. So if you started to reduce one area in an obese patient, the adjoining areas... more

Ronald Shelton, MD
Manhattan Dermatologist

www.thenyac.com

Coolsculpting for over weight patients

Patient selection is critical to the success of Coolsculpting. The patients that get the best results are not obese and are not excessively overweight. Coolsculpting works great to reduce fat bulges but should be done on properly selected patients.

Steven Hacker, MD
West Palm Beach Dermatologic Surgeon

www.palmbeachdermasurgery.com

Save your money

The results from Zeltiq in a patient such as yourself would be very minimal at best so I would suggest that you save your hard earned money and put it more toward a diet modification and exercise program where you will certainly see benefits, not just in the thighs, but over your entire body.

Richard P. Rand, MD, FACS
Seattle Plastic Surgeon

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