How long after CoolSculpting can you have radio frequency treatments?

Thank you for your question. Radiofrequency skin tightening, such as the technology used with the ThermiTight device, is an effective way to firm the skin after CoolSculpting and put the finishing touches on your body contouring. While it is safe to have shortly after your CoolSculpting treatment, keep in mind you will see additional slimming for a few months after your treatment session. You might want to wait until the full effect is seen in order to tighten the skin over the new contour. Make sure you work with a board-certified dermatologist who is experienced in non-surgical body contouring to ensure the best possible results. 

The answer to this question depends on the specific RF treatment you want. If you are looking for a skin tightening procedure to put the finishing touches on your body contouring, you can have this procedure as soon as you like. If you are doing a deeper treatment for additional body contouring, I would wait until you have fully healed before you undergo another procedure. Keep in mind that it can take a few months to see the full outcome of your CoolSculpting treatment. It might be best to wait until then to have additional treatments to ensure the results of the procedures work together to provide the best possible outcome.

Thanks for the question. If you are scheduling radiofrequency treatments to tighten skin after your CoolSculpting procedure, you can do so soon after your session. However, keep in mind that fat reduction will continue for up to six months after your procedure, which can continue to alter the body contour. For best results from both procedures, you might want to wait to have skin tightening until the contour has stabilized. Make sure you work with a board-certified dermatologist who has extensive experience with radiofrequency treatments to ensure an optimal outcome.

There are several different types of radio frequency treatments and they can go to different depths.  Some of these will only treat the surface of the skin and others can go deeper, under the skin.  If you were going to have a treatment to just treat the surface of the skin over an area that was treated with CoolSculpting, I would say to wait about a week.  If you were going to have a deeper radio frequency treatment, I would recommend waiting at least a month.  

I admire the ambition with which your are pursuing your aesthetic goals! CoolSculpting and RF treatments are two procedures with different ends in mind, though there is some overlap in the results of each. First and foremost, make sure that both procedures are attended to by a physician—ideally the same one. CoolSculpting freezes fat cells so that the body can excrete them naturally in the weeks following the procedure. The aim of CoolSculpting is to rid the body of these cells. RF treatments, on the other hand, are mostly aimed at tightening the skin. RF accomplishes this by sending radio frequency energy deep into the dermal tissue to heat and liquify adipose fat. This produces a "shrink wrap" effect in which your skin is pulled tight over the target area. A bonus effect of this technique is that there is fat reduction in RF's target areas. As long as your skin and fat tissues have fully recovered from the CoolSculpting procedure, then you should be ok to go ahead with your RF treatments. Recovery from CoolSculpting roughly takes a week or less, although you will not see the final results until a few weeks later. Again, I would recommend having both procedures performed under the supervision of the same medical professional.