Will the Fat Move to a Different Area That Isn't Treated After Using CoolSculping by Zeltiq?

CoolSculpt was developed by Harvard Scientists and is a clinically proven procedure with thousands of happy patients that involves freezing fat cells without damage to your skin. A Vacuum pressure is used to pull targeted areas between cooling plates that over a period of an hour cause fat cells to begin a process called cryolipolysis. This breakdown of the fat cells is complete over a period of 2 to 4 months, during and after you will see a reduction in the size of the treated areas.

Hi,

I get this question several times a day!  I recently met with the head research engineers at Zeltiq the manufacturers of Coolsculpting and discussed this question in depth.  Essentially you have a set amount of fat cells in your body.  With Coolsculpting you are permanently removing a percentage of the fat cells in the treated area.  As long as you maintain a healthy weight, you will not see fat return to treated areas.  If you overeat, the fat will got to whichever fat cells are remaining in your body but it doesn't cause migration of fat from your treated areas.  In fact, we have seen clinically in the office and confirmed in the lab, that patients that have gained weight have shown that the area of Coolsculpting has not gotten bigger.

 

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Dr. Liu