Is SculpSure safe? What are the risks associated with this procedure?

Thank you for your question. Because SculpSure is non-invasive and non-surgical, risks are practically non-existent for good candidates. Always work with a board certified facial plastic surgeon.
Best wishes,

Performed correctly, Sculpsure is a safe procedure. However, Sculpsure isn't nearly as good as Coolsculpting. However, any of the non invasive options need to be combined with radiofrequency treatments to get the best outcomes. I recommend combining Sculpsure or Coolsculpting with Vanquish and Venus Legacy/Exilis Ultra treatments. However, a VASER hi definition procedure would give you the best results with fat removal and body shaping but would require more downtime. Best, Dr. Emer

SculpSure is completely safe and FDA approved. Even with diet and exercise, most people have stubborn pockets of fat that seem impossible to lose. SculpSure targets and permanently destroys these fat cells without surgery, downtime, redness or pain. SculpSure is the newest non-surgical 25 minute procedure that uses light-based technology to permanently destroy up to 24% of fat per treatment. Each treatment goes deeper into the fat layer for additive results. The laser uses heat at high temperatures to destroy fat and most patients do not experience pain during the treatment and the applicators can be adjusted if any discomfort is felt.

It would be hard to find a cosmetic procedure that has a better safety profile, because it is NON-invasive and healing occurs over 6-12 weeks rather than days. This inherently means it would be less traumatic from an overall point of view. There are individual variations on effectiveness due to how we handle inflammation (I believe the non-reactors:elderly, steroid users etc (anecdotal) are slower and more blunted in their response, but not worse.) Many of the recommendations on this procedure and its warnings seem based on common sense rather than any real evidence (e.g. not for breast feeding mothers.) Safety is always a concern, but I do not see any issues in my patients except the treat-to-complete now involves 2 treatments when we thought one would originally suffice.