Is There a Weight Requirment Max and Min?

Question

does the coolscupture work for people that are over weight?

Steven H. Williams, MD · Answer

CoolSculpting is ideal for patients who are within 15-20lbs of their ideal weight and who maintain diet and exercise. It is designed to target pockets of stubborn fat. CoolSculpting is not designed to be a weight loss procedure.

Joe Gryskiewicz, MD, FACS · Answer

Basically, if you are between 0-15 pounds within your ideal weight you should just need one treatment.  If you are 15-25 pounds you may need 2 treatments and then over that you may need 3 treatments. This is a good way to judge how many treatments you may need to get optimum results. The pinch test that is used is anywhere from 1 inch to a softball size amount of fat in the area that you want to treat. Hope this helps.

	                                                                                       All the best "Dr Joe" Gryskiewicz

Ron Shelton, MD · Answer

Diet and exercise are important to decrease fatty accumulation and healthier than do treatments to artificially reduce the fat while maintaining excessive calorie consumption and not exercising. However, there are many patients who do try to exercise and watch their diet but can't reduce a bulge. CoolSculpting can help reduce the fat in certain areas but will not provide as good a result as liposuction. LIposuction usually is not be done on obese patients because of the medical risk and if CoolSculpting is done, even a series of treatments a few months apart, the 20% reduction in volume that can be seen in many patients by ultrasound examination at the four month time, may not be seen clinically as a significant reduction in someone who is dramatically overweight. The safety profile of CoolSculpting is excellent.

Daniel Shapiro, MD · Answer

CoolSculpting is not a weight loss solution for people who are obese, or a substitute for surgical methods such as liposuction. Good candidates have noticeable bulges in certain areas they’d like to get rid of. Your doctor will determine if treatment is right for you during a one-on-one consultation.

Tom J. Pousti, MD · Answer

Thank you for your question.

	For any procedure to give you the "best" results, it is ideal to be at your lowest, most stable weight. That being said, the coolsculpting procedure is a non-invasive procedure to reduce the areas treated by 20-25%. Sometimes needing multiple treatments of the same area.  You will still see a difference if you are overweight.

	I hope this helps.

Is There a Weight Requirment Max and Min?

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