CoolSculpting vs. Lipo: what are the differences between these treatments? (Photo)

Great question! The non invasive "CoolSculpting" offers a series of treatments at an hour or less each that allows the sub dermal to subcutaneous fat to be frozen. Frezzing does allow the contents of each fat cell to be released. BUT the cells are still there, so gaining weight can cause the fat to re occur. Also this is not one visit to the office but at least 5 to 6 even up to 10. Therefore a time factor vs results must be considered. As for fees, here in Miami each session is $700. Thus if you had 7 sessions = $4,900 + garments + massages + pills. Now invasive lipo is 99% one time operation. Healing usually 3 weeks. Yes anesthesia is needed but the fees range from $3,000 to $5,000 (includes massages, garments) so YOU need to decide which course is better for you. I personally have seen failed icing experiences that are easily helped by lipo surgery. Just one observers opinion. 

Cool Sculpting is one of the few modalities (of non-invasive fat reduction) that I am aware of that actually work. The other one that I personally have confidence in is Liposonix. The big difference in my opinion between the noninvasive options and liposuction (besides the obvious surgery vs. non surgery) is with liposuction the surgeon has the ability to control the amount of fat removed, and tailor that to the patient. With the noninvasive options, you get what you get: while it is typically a real difference, it may not be as much as you were looking for. The tough part is defining and predicting how much you will achieve with the noninvasive option, and deciding if that will be enough to make you happy. If your surgeon offers some sort of guarantee with the CoolSculpt (I have heard of this, and we do this with Liposonix) then that may give you some degree of confidence to go in that direction. Good luck!