Stomach Pain After Zeltiq (CoolSculpting)

If you have a pot belly, that means the fat is behind the stomach wall, around the intestinal tract, and as you say you had little fat in the abdomen, meaning above the muscle wall, then the Zeltiq was pulling harder on the deeper tissues, and although the muscle is not pulled into the machine, the nerve endings or collagen attachments to the muscle from teh subcutaneous tissues might have pulled harder and it hurts now.  This should go away in a few weeks.  Follow up with your doctor.  You should be concerned about your diet as increasing your calories will make you gain weight and some will go back to the residual 80% of fat cells that don't die from the Zeltiq in that area.

It is common to have some soreness/tenderness to the area treated for a few days to a few weeks after the procedure.  If you are having a significant amount of pain, then you may want to return to the practice for reevaluation.  Some home remedies are heating pad, ice, NSAIDS, Benadryl and some practices may prescribe a medication such as Gabapentin or Lyrica for a short time after the procedure.  As far as your diet, people who maintain a healthy diet and exercise regimen tend to see the best results.  There is no need to go on a diet to assist the procedure, but you should have a consistent healthy diet plan to see the best results.  The results will take some time to appear, so be patient.  Most people see the biggest changes about 2-3 months after their last treatment.

Common side effects of CoolSculpting are swelling, numbness, tenderness, and bruising to the treated area, though these typically subside in a few days, but can last as long as a few weeks. For people who don’t want surgery CoolSculpting is a very effective option to help reduce fat in selective areas. The CoolSculpting fat-freezing procedure is the only FDA-cleared, non-surgical fat-reduction treatment that uses controlled cooling to eliminate stubborn fat that resists all efforts through diet and exercise. After CoolSculpting, treated fat cells that die are naturally eliminated from the body. This process is not as rapid as invasive procedures, such as liposuction. Typically, the most dramatic results are seen in 1-3 months after treatment.