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What EXACTLY happen to the fat and how is it "eliminated" after CoolSculpting?

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Nutripea888Sep 25, 2014

I understand cells are "destroyed & "eliminated naturally" but that doesn't answer the question:) HOW exactly ? Research revealed fat is reabsorbed into the bloodstream, but unless one decreases calories or goes for a run - won't that fat then be reabsorbed & (horror!) relocated, to let's say: my thighs, if I don't burn it off? I'm worried I'll end up w/ a fat neck! If I now have to run miles to prevent reabsorption of "released fat"... isn't that what I should have done to begin with? Groan....

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