CoolSculpting: Stories

Yesterday I went ahead with my procedure. I am 5'9" 169 lbs 38 yo. i had my upper and lower abdominal area done. The upper abdominal was VERY painful (felt like a vice grip) at first but lower were easy and pain free. Thankfully the upper was done last or I may not have had any other areas done. The person who performed my procedure had the procedure herself and warned me in advance of the upper. I thought she was over embellishing but she was just honest. Anyway, First day a little bruised and sore not bad though. Hopefully everything will go smooth. The person who did my procedure was GREAT and gave me her personal cell for any emergency or questions. Which I did not expect. I will update as I progress....

So I am about a week into the procedure. I am happy to report that I have not had really any pain. I took two Tylenol on the fourth day before bed just because I felt a little soreness and was worried it might get worse in the night. However, I have not changed my life in the least. I am still going to the gym and working every day. I am also sleeping through the night. I am glad that I have not had the pain others have described.

I have not seen any results yet but again I am only a week into this and they did tell me up from that it would be at least a month to four months before I would see the results of the process. So I am still hopeful and will update as more happens.

I am just over a month now. Unfortunately, I do not see any difference yet. I have not had any pain like other, however, I also don't see a difference. So we will see what happens with my second month under way. I did weigh myself again today and I am still 169 lbs so there has not been any weight loss as a result. I still have some minor numbness in my stomach area. Hopefully results are soon?!? I hope this wasn't a waste of $1800.

Well I am about 7 weeks in. I actually put the jeans back on that I had in the photo. They do actually fit better and I seem to have less "over hang". So the results seem to be coming... just slow. So I am not 100% excited about my results yet but at least there is progress! I will update in a few weeks.

Okay, so it has been some weeks since I posted. I am sorry I haven't updated but I wanted to wait until I had good news to share. Well, I have waited the full length of time that they said to see my results. So what were the results? Well, honestly it is nothing to really get excited over. In fact, the progress I saw at 7 weeks is pretty much all I got. Which as I said I wasn't excited then and I sure am not now. I even had the gym I go to calculate out my body mass prior to the procedure and then again today which has been almost 4 months since the procedure. Unfortunately, there was little change which is about what I thought as I looked in the mirror.

So basically, I still have the same troubled areas. Maybe slightly smaller but not noticeable. Of course, they say I should do it all again and I would see more results the second time through... but at 2k I just can't justify it in my head given the results from round 1. I mean had I seen something significant or if there was some type of guarantee maybe. However, to put another 2k into something with the real possibility of the same results just isn't something I am interested in taking the chance on.

I am happy for those that saw results from their procedures, however, in my opinion it was a waste of money.