Skeptical but Taking the Plunge - Alabama, AL

I have decided to go ahead and get the cool sculpting procedure done. I am getting one large one in my lower abs. I am 44 years old. I am 5'9. I have weighed bw 135-140 my whole life. Within last 5 years I have begun going through perimenopause and I have gained almost 10 pounds- and it seems like it's all in my lower tummy. I am hoping that this helps take away that lower tummy bulge so my clothes fit right again! I know there is no weight loss with the procedure, which is fine. I just want the bulge gone! I've attached my before photos. I will add afters on Friday!

Well today went fine. I was worried about the pain of the machine being put on- really fine. Some initial discomfort but then after a minute it was nothing. I worked on my laptop the whole time. Second I was worried about the massage part- that was really not painful at all. In fact- I hope she did it right bc it kind if felt good- like it was thawing out. I went to work after- no problems all day. Here are my day 1 photos.

So far so good. No problems. Still somewhat numb, which feels kind of strange, but no discomfort. I think I'm a little swollen but hard to tell. I went zip lining today- so now problems at all being active. I will update again around 6 days out- since that's the time people say they get pain if they are going to get it. Or if anything changes before then- I will post sooner.

Just updating that everything continues to be fine. I'm still numb so that feels odd. Some minor itching, some tenderness to the touch. The swelling is down. So good to go. Can anyone tell me when the numbing goes away?

Ok- so today was the dreaded day 6, which was the third thing on my worry list (after procedure itself and then the after massage). Today was fine- I still have some swelling and it's tender to the touch. Also some numbing but no pain, so I consider myself lucky. I will continue to update w photos when the swelling goes down.

So far so good... I have a little bit of numbing still; no swelling since the first week. I've never really had any pain at all. Now it's just the waiting game. I don't think there are any changes yet. Maybe more of a lose skin feel than a fat feel? I don't know. I will take pictures at then end of this week (three weeks out).

So it's been one month. I think there might be minor changes?? I can't tell. I actually still have some mild numbness around my belly button. I think I also lost a couple of pounds but I definitely haven't changed my eating habits. So we will see... I wish I would have taken measurements ahead of time bc I think that would be a better way to measure changes as opposed to pictures. I'm hoping that there will be more changes during this month.