Should I Wait Until I Lose the Excess Pounds to Do Cool Sculpting?

Question

I am 5'6" and 139. My ideal weight is 135. I exercise regularly (spinning, pilates, yoga) and a lot of that weight is muscle weight. Should I wait until I get down to my ideal weight to do cool sculpting?

Ron Shelton, MD · Answer

When the fat accumulations do not respond to exercise and diet, then liposuction or Zeltiq's CoolSculpting are appropriate. If you're truly muscular providing much of the 139 pounds at 5'6" then CoolSculpting can help love handles or the abdomen.  If I determine in consultation by examination that the prominence of the abdomen, however, is a distended muscle wall that needs a tummy tuck, I tell my patients that Zeltiq would not be beneficial unless there also is a local depot of excess fat under the skin and above the muscle wall ( fat around the intestines causing a "beer belly" is not amenable to reduction with CoolSculpting.

Ali Sajjadian, MD, FACS · Answer

Dear Sally,

	 

	Ideally, it is recommended that a patient looses and burns as much fat as possible following a religious exercise schedule and a healthy diet to reach a plateau where the "stubborn" fat pads remain. At that point, the cool sculpting will provide the patient with the optimal results.

	 

	That said, it does not mean that every patient will have to follow the ideal route since every body is different and most of the time patients achieve acceptable weight and fat loss enabling them to fall within the optimal operating range of the device used in cool sculpting hence achieving optimal results.

	I hope this helps.

	Best of luck to you.

	Dr. Sajjadian

Tom J. Pousti, MD · Answer

Thank you for your question.

	Coolsculpting works best on patients who are at their target weight (or within 5-10 pounds) - which it sounds like you are - so you do not need to wait to proceed with the Coolsculpting treatment on the areas that are diet and exercise resistant.

	Our patients are loving this treatment.

	Best Wishes.

Dennis Kotelko, MD · Answer

An ideal CoolSculpting candidate is within about 5-10 pounds of their goal weight. You do not have to wait to book a consultation for treatment. CoolSculpting treats those diet and exercise resistant fat bulges that exist even at a healthy weight and lifestyle. Often times with the reduction of those areas patients get a new wave of motivation to develop better diet habits to shed those extra few pounds they were trying to lose. Hope this helps!

Michele S. Green, MD · Answer

I would encourage you to wait for this procedure until you are at your ideal weight and diet and exercise regularly. You will be most happy with your results when you are treating problem areas. Zeliq is not a weight loss device. It is better to wait to you are an ideal candidate and that way you will be happy with your results.

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