If you gain weight after Cool sculpting, can you look lumpy?

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Since you have fewer fat cells, if you gain weight will it look lumpy? My dad made an analogy refering to cottage cheese. If you get small curdes, you have more curses so it looks smoother, but if you get large curdes you have less curdes, but they are bigger, so it looks lumpy. So what if I so happen to gain weight, will I look like cottage cheese?

Jason Emer, MD · Answer

Any weight gain after liposuction or non invasive contouring can look irregular if only small areas were treated before.  if full areas were treated it would look normal.  Best, Dr. emer.

Shanthala Shivananjappa, MD · Answer

Thank you for your question. Fat distribution following weight gain depends upon age, genetic factors, hormones and environmental factors like diet and exercise. If an individual gains weight after Coolsculpting to a particular area, excess fat is more globally distributed rather than restricted to the treated area. Coolsculpting should be viewed as a body contouring technology which is most effective when complemented with stable weight and healthy life style.

Jeffrey M. Hartog, DMD, MD · Answer

No, you will not normally look lumpy after CoolSculpting if you gain weight.  The remaining fat cells in the area you had the CoolSculpting treatment will compress.  So, when you gain weight, you will gain it in the remaining fat cells and/or other fat cells in your body.  It will be just like gaining weight without CoolSculpting.  That being said, with CoolSculpting and other fat reduction treatments, you want to be at a stable weight you can maintain to keep the results you get from the treatment.  You still need to maintain a healthy lifestyle after doing any type of cosmetic procedure.

Jeff Birchall, MD · Answer

That is not what is normally seen.  When you gain weight after CoolSculpting or any fat reduction procedure the new fat you gain will be stored in other fat deposits in your body in a normal, smooth fashion.  CoolSculpting does not eliminate the need for healthy choice and weight maintenance.

Sheryl D. Clark, MD, FAAD · Answer

Dear laceylynnnn:  You will NOT look lumpy if you gain weight after CoolSculpting. If you gain weight, all of the fat cells in your body will get just a little bit bigger, but since you have 30 BILLION fat cells in your body, each one being only about  0.1 mm (0.004 inches) in diameter,  the larger size of the remaining fat cells will not be noticeable.  All the best,  Dr. Clark

If you gain weight after Cool sculpting, can you look lumpy?

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