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Coolsculpting and breastfeeding: Is it possible to frozen cells can make there way into the milk?

dessertwine24Mar 3, 2014
Potential damage done to a breastfed baby (9 mo old who is breastfed only at night) coming from coolsculpting (abdomen). Is there any possibility that the freeze cells are directed towards the milk, or the lymphatic system over-charged or any residual bad cells enter the "milk system"? Many thanks

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Dr. Michael I. Echavez, MD
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Dr. Michael I. Echavez, MD
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Dr. Kris M. Reddy, MD, FACS
Dr. Kris M. Reddy, MD, FACS
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Dr. Michele S. Green, MD
Dr. Michele S. Green, MD
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Dr. Daniel Shapiro, MD
Dr. Daniel Shapiro, MD
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Dr. Suzanne Kim Doud Galli, MD, PhD, FACS
Dr. Suzanne Kim Doud Galli, MD, PhD, FACS
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