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Thank you for the question. &nbsp; This is curious and could be something concerning. &nbsp;Swollen lymph nodes are more&nbsp;commonly caused by infection and inflammation. &nbsp;Most serious causes like tumors or cancer can also cause swollen lymph nodes. This certainly requires further evaluation by your physician. &nbsp;
CoolSculpting is not known to cause lymphadenopathy, or swelling of lymph nodes, and certainly not during a treatment. &nbsp;Lymph nodes noted during a treatment came from something else that occurred beforehand. &nbsp;And honestly,&nbsp;without knowing the details of your treatment, it is very difficult to attempt to correlate your lymph nodes with your CoolSculpting. &nbsp;
In general lymph nodes become swollen based on anatomical areas of lymph drainage. &nbsp;For example, infection or inflammation in the arm can cause swollen lymph odes in the axial or armpit. &nbsp;Infection or inflammation of the lungs or&nbsp;abdomen can cause swollen lymph nodes in the supraclavicular area, that is, just above the collarbone. &nbsp;And the best example is&nbsp;a throat infection that&nbsp;causes swollen lymph nodes on the sides of the neck. &nbsp;
Again, please get this checked out by a physician and based on your question,&nbsp;I do not suspect this is related to CoolSculpting.&nbsp;

Do lymph nodes get swollen during CoolSculpting? What should I do?

No problem! &nbsp;You can use standard cryotherapy after CoolSculpting. &nbsp;With little&nbsp;to no downtime, most CoolSculpting clients can return to their normal daily routines right after a treatment. &nbsp;That means work,&nbsp;play,&nbsp;exercise&nbsp;and recover, or whatever it is you do. &nbsp;If your recovery routine&nbsp;includes cryotherapy, including whole body cryotherapy,&nbsp;that will&nbsp;not augment&nbsp;your CoolSculpting results or the ability of your body to complete&nbsp;the&nbsp;cryolipolysis process.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Thank you&nbsp;for your question and best of luck with your CoolSculpting results!&nbsp;&nbsp;
For those not familiar with cryotherapy:&nbsp;basic or standard cryotherapy for post workout recovery and injury treatment include ice packs, ice water baths/ cold water&nbsp;immersion, cold gel packs, and&nbsp;ice massage. &nbsp;There are countless other&nbsp;cryotherapy devices available&nbsp;on the market. &nbsp;Always consult a reputable advisor or physician&nbsp;before purchasing or using one of those products. &nbsp;
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Is it OK to use cryotherapy after having CoolSculpting done? I use it as recovery from sports injuries/workouts/etc.

Great question and thank you for posting! &nbsp;This is very important topic. &nbsp;
Regarding a&nbsp;diet plan after CoolSculpting,&nbsp;I would love to be able to give you specific advice. In order to get some specific advice, I would require to know&nbsp;a lot more information about you. Because&nbsp;unfortunately, there is no one size fits all when it comes to diet. &nbsp;
We all have a different basal metabolic rate, lifestyle, genetics and a long list of individual factors that influence the way we process and store calories. &nbsp;Some basic information to consider is age, your height and your current weight. &nbsp;What is your current diet like? &nbsp;It would be important to have a general idea of your current calorie needs and intake. Additionally, what kind of foods do you like to eat?&nbsp; What kind of foods will you not consider eating at all? This is one of the most under-considered factors when giving diet&nbsp;advice. &nbsp;
Do you exercise and if so, how much?&nbsp;For people that are inactive, low calorie plans may be helpful to lose or maintain weight. For active people, it is important to get plenty of calories to meet your daily needs and avoid rebounding weight gain effects from low metabolism due to inadequate calories.&nbsp;
I&nbsp;think the most important general advice I&nbsp;can give&nbsp;you is that if you are able to maintain a stable weight, you do not necessarily need any specific diet after CoolSculpting to appreciate the potential&nbsp;results. Rely on what you know about yourself, your eating habits and be honest with yourself about how many extra calories you may or may not burn in a day due to physical activity. &nbsp;
Thank you again for posting your question.&nbsp;&nbsp;Do not hesitate to comment or reply. &nbsp;And best of luck with your CoolSculpting results!

Diet after CoolSculpting? Please provide details of maintenance post CoolSculpting.

Great questions and I hope my&nbsp;answers are&nbsp;helpful. &nbsp;&nbsp;The answer to your first question I think is no, the amount of body fat you have&nbsp;will not be major factor in&nbsp;how long the physiologic&nbsp;process takes. &nbsp;Although everyone will experience different rates of apoptosis, or programmed cell death&nbsp;after CoolSculpting, I don't think total body fat is going to influence this process. &nbsp;The range of time it takes to see results is anywhere from 2 up to 4 months. &nbsp;The limiting factor of how much fat can be treated&nbsp;though,&nbsp;is dependent on the size of the CoolSculpting applicator(s), that is how much tissue will fit inside of it. &nbsp;In order to tell you specifically if you are a candidate and what areas can be treated, you do need to have a consultation and evaluation. &nbsp;During an evaluation, your CoolSculpting provider will measure areas on your body and determine&nbsp;which applicators will&nbsp;be used. &nbsp;Depending on your desired outcome and expectations, your provider may recommend more than one treatment. &nbsp;And so, to answer your second question, multiple treatments will cost&nbsp;more. &nbsp;Multiple treatments may also be done over a period of time, which would take longer to see effects. &nbsp;So, to answer your question from that perspective, it could take longer to treat, if you have more body fat&nbsp;requiring a staged approached with multiple sessions. &nbsp;Again, I hope this helpful and best of luck to you!

Does it work slower for really fat people since they have more fat to get rid of? Would it cost much more?

Good question! And the good news is that there is not any contraindication to CoolSculpting with metal in your back. To find out if you are a candidate for&nbsp;fat treatment with&nbsp;CoolSculpting, you will need to have a consultation.&nbsp; I&nbsp;would recommend being seen by a provider that is certified, experienced and well-qualified. Many people do&nbsp;end up being good candidates for&nbsp;CoolSculpting and most are&nbsp;happy with their results.&nbsp;

Can I get CoolSculpting if I have metal fusions in my back?

Sounds like you were treated with CoolAdvantage applicators.&nbsp;&nbsp;Not to worry!&nbsp;I&nbsp;would guess and that you received an appropriate CoolAdvantage treatment and cycle.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The CoolAdvantage applicators have a newer shape and design that allows for shortened&nbsp;duration of treatments.&nbsp; These cycles last 35 minutes which I why I&nbsp;would guess when you say 30 minutes, it was probably 35.&nbsp; These&nbsp;new&nbsp;applicators are promoted to not only&nbsp;shorten treatment times, but also to cover more area (treat more fat), and do it with less discomfort.&nbsp; When studied, most patients prefer the CoolAdvantage applicators over the first generation ones.&nbsp;&nbsp;Finally and most importantly,&nbsp;you probably get better&nbsp;treatment results when you compare 35 minute&nbsp;CoolAdvantage treatments&nbsp;to&nbsp;older 60 minute&nbsp;CoolScultping applicators and&nbsp;60 minute cycles, due to more tissue being&nbsp;covered and treated. I&nbsp;hope this was helpful and that&nbsp;you end up with great results!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

I had CoolSculpting done, on my stomach and flanks, are Elase in Salt Lake City. I keep seeing people say sessions should last 60 minutes per treated area, but I only got 30 minutes on each area when they did mine. Is there a reason for this? Will I still get good results?

Was my CoolSculpting session too short?

Thanks for the question Romie! Anyone who gets CoolSculpting should really consider maximizing their results. &nbsp;There a few things you can do and I would certainly recommend them. &nbsp;First and foremost your provider should immediately massage your treatment area for 5 minutes following the treatment. &nbsp;This is being studied and&nbsp;appears to make a difference. &nbsp;Secondly, appreciate that as fat cells undergo apoptosis or "programmed cell death" they&nbsp;have to go somewhere. &nbsp;They end up slowly getting digested by your body's&nbsp;inflammatory cells and then get&nbsp;released into your&nbsp;lymphatic system. &nbsp;This occurs over the course of a few months. &nbsp;From the lymphatic system, fat&nbsp;gets released into your&nbsp;circulatory system. And luckily this slow release&nbsp;does not have any significant effect on lipid levels in your blood! &nbsp;So, dropping your total body&nbsp;fat percentage during this timeframe would certainly help out. &nbsp;How?&nbsp;Exercise! &nbsp;Burning body fat through aerobic exercise will improve fat loss throughout and potentially around&nbsp;your treatment area(s) and in doing so will hopefully&nbsp;make the results more dramatic. &nbsp;Many people are motivated by&nbsp;CoolScultping to start up or get into a better exercise regimen. Diet! Keep in mind the advice&nbsp;"you can't out&nbsp;exercise a bad diet". &nbsp;Be sure to eat clean, green and&nbsp;healthy. &nbsp;And do not use CoolSculpting as an excuse to overeat. &nbsp;Finally, appreciate that once the procedure is over, and&nbsp;the&nbsp;massage to the area&nbsp;has been completed, the temperature of&nbsp;your tissues will begin to quickly&nbsp;normalize. &nbsp;The window of opportunity at this point&nbsp;for any other immediate&nbsp;interventions is gone. &nbsp;Overtime, I&nbsp;would bet that we will&nbsp;find that there are other modalities to improve results. &nbsp;But currently&nbsp;I am not aware of any. &nbsp;Good luck with your CoolSculpting and I hope you see great&nbsp;results!

Immediately following a Coolsculpt treatment and in the days following (during the fat cell apoptosis phase), if more fat can be removed if I: - take a fat-burning supplement? - infrared sauna? - wear compression garment? - massage or use a vibration exercise machine?

How Can I Maximize/Improve my Coolsculpting Results?

If you are motivated by results and really want to get rid of specific pockets of fat, then the best time&nbsp;to get CoolSculpting is when you really want it done! &nbsp;For most of us, that might be&nbsp;right now. &nbsp;&nbsp;First, ask yourself why are you&nbsp;considering CoolSculpting?&nbsp;&nbsp;Do you&nbsp;want to look good at the beach or for a an upcoming&nbsp;event, like a&nbsp;wedding?&nbsp; Are you simply tired of continuing to diet and exercise without being able to lose fat in certain areas?&nbsp; These are all very important aspects to not only consider but also discuss with your provider. &nbsp;Second, understand and appreciate the medicine behind the technology. Freezing fat and destroying&nbsp;those&nbsp;cells will occur when you&nbsp;get the procedure, but it will take time for your body to move all of that tissue (fat) in order to see the&nbsp;results. &nbsp;This can take up to&nbsp;30-60 days. &nbsp;So, if you are planning an event or season like summer to get&nbsp;your results, be aware that it&nbsp;will take time. Along these same lines, and as I eluded to upfront, make sure you are motivated. &nbsp;If you are someone that easily gains and loses weight, getting&nbsp;CoolSculpting is not a free pass to eat what you like and haphazardly put on weight. &nbsp;If this is the case, you may not end up happy with your results. &nbsp;Finally and it can not be&nbsp;stressed enough, you must have a proper consultation to determine&nbsp;if CoolSculpting is right for you. &nbsp;During your consultation, ask lots of questions. &nbsp;Be sure you are choosing a physician that is well-qualified to help you make a decision if CoolSculpting is not only&nbsp;right for you, but also if now is right the time. &nbsp;

I am happy with my weight, but not my love handles. When I put on a few pounds it seems to go right to my love handles. I am considering coolsculpting. Do you know if the procedure is more effective when my love handles are plumped up, or is it more effective if I slim down first? Or maybe it doesn't matter. thanks

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