So sorry it didn't work for you either. Comments like yours can really help those considering plunking down 2-3 months' mortgage payments in hopes of dramatic changes. That is why I included so many details and pictures. This procedure is truly buyer-beware
Like you, the clinician told me I had the "best/right" kind of fat in the treatment area. And like you I have a very healthy/active lifestyle. I have great muscle tone and definition everywhere but on my midsection. The curse of a family of obese women. All the other women in my family are apple-shaped. I have been fortunate enough to keep relatively trim all my life through exercise and healthy eating habits. I just want my midsection to reflect that the way my muscular legs and arms do.
I quite litterally feel your pain. Hope you find something that DOES work for you. I'm still working on it myself. I just continue working out and eating well daily until I can find something to deal with this genetic curse of abdominal fat.
So I am wondering how you are liking it, because I am now 7 weeks post-procedure and I can't see any difference at all. My measuring tape shows no change either. The pain was extreme and I was so angry that I was led to believe that this was not going to interrupt my life. Their materials even say "no down time." I have actually considered a small claims suit to recoup some of what I lost in visits to my doctor, prescriptions, and lost time at work due to the fact that my skin was so sensitive for two weeks I could barely put on clothing. Their brochures are misleading at best, and false advertising for sure. The office where I had this done keeps blowing it off as an isolated incident due to what they called "hyper-aggressive" treatment. Don't know what was "hyper-aggressive" about doing 4 areas for 1 hour each in a No. 8? They keep saying they overlapped, but I was there, and there was no overlapping. Each area was done separately.
I did get an RX for neurontin on day 5 when I couldn't stand it any longer. On pill didn't help at all. Two made barely and difference by day 8, I went to my regular doc, who had me go up to 3 and add Vicodin. Finally, some relief to the razor blades in my stomach and chest. Still so sore around my belly that I can't wear pants. Thank God I wear a lot of dresses, so I had a lot of loose, flowing ones to choose from. But even just the fabric touching my skin was hurting. I had to leave work after three hours every day this week. I'm really regretting this. When my doc called Le Med Spa to find out more about what they did during the procedure, she told them they obviously needed to be more up front with their clients because "this isn't one of my frequent fliers. I mean, this lady drove herself to the hospital in labor, and drove herself home after the baby was born, then last year had a complete hysterectomy with ovaries removed and was back at work 5 days later and off RX pain meds by the end of the week." That made me feel better to hear I wasn't just being a whiner.
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