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BEWARE! Coolsculpting Ruined My Abdomen
UPDATED FROM SammyJoIndie
8 months post
BEWARE! CoolSculpting Ruined My Abdomen-Cont’d
$4,800
I didn’t realize I could write more in my initial review so here is a follow up. This is the review I wish I’d seen before I agreed to getting CoolSculpting.
First, **I do not recommend this procedure to anyone.** The risk of PAH (Paradoxical Adipose Hyperplasia) is not worth taking.
I am flummoxed at the doctors (answering queries on this site) who are still insisting that PAH is a “rare” side effect. Recent studies show it’s alarmingly more common than previously thought: 1 in 138 patients (look up the article from Wolters Kluwer Health on the subject). I am one of those unlucky patients. Despite vigorous exercise, weight loss and clean eating I am toning up everywhere **except** where I received the CoolSculpting treatment. My abdomen is now impervious to improvement; it’s bigger, lumpier and has a hard ridge of protruding fat right up the middle.
If you are undeterred, make sure to meet the doctor in charge of the practice/center where CoolScuplting is offered. I went to a Dr.’s office to get my treatment but inexplicably never met her. My consultation and treatments were done by her employees. (I have since met with another doctor who let me know that based on what my goals were, CoolSculpting wasn’t a good idea).
You should know the pain and numbness you may experience after a CoolSculpting session can last for weeks. In my case, it was very painful for a week after. It was so uncomfortable it was difficult to sleep. The numbness persisted for a month. It’s literally like touching your skin and it feels like a frozen stick of butter.
If you get CoolSculpting on your abdomen you may also experience constipation/inability to have a BM. Again, I have seen doctors on this site say that doesn’t happen. I am shocked because it is most assuredly is a real side effect. After each CoolSculpting session on my abdomen my bowel movements slowed significantly. And by slowed I mean I went from going regularly (at least 2x a day) to not being able to go for a few days.
Another potential side effect is skin darkening/hyperpigmentation where the cold touches your skin. After my second session I was left with four dark patches on my abdomen (2 upper and 2 lower). I thought maybe it was a “freeze burn” which would dissipate over time, but the discoloration persists nine months later.
In summation, I’m out $4800 and in worse condition than when I started. I consulted with another doctor this week who quoted $8100 to fix the PAH with liposuction. YMMV, but I wish for all the world I had never done this.
First, **I do not recommend this procedure to anyone.** The risk of PAH (Paradoxical Adipose Hyperplasia) is not worth taking.
I am flummoxed at the doctors (answering queries on this site) who are still insisting that PAH is a “rare” side effect. Recent studies show it’s alarmingly more common than previously thought: 1 in 138 patients (look up the article from Wolters Kluwer Health on the subject). I am one of those unlucky patients. Despite vigorous exercise, weight loss and clean eating I am toning up everywhere **except** where I received the CoolSculpting treatment. My abdomen is now impervious to improvement; it’s bigger, lumpier and has a hard ridge of protruding fat right up the middle.
If you are undeterred, make sure to meet the doctor in charge of the practice/center where CoolScuplting is offered. I went to a Dr.’s office to get my treatment but inexplicably never met her. My consultation and treatments were done by her employees. (I have since met with another doctor who let me know that based on what my goals were, CoolSculpting wasn’t a good idea).
You should know the pain and numbness you may experience after a CoolSculpting session can last for weeks. In my case, it was very painful for a week after. It was so uncomfortable it was difficult to sleep. The numbness persisted for a month. It’s literally like touching your skin and it feels like a frozen stick of butter.
If you get CoolSculpting on your abdomen you may also experience constipation/inability to have a BM. Again, I have seen doctors on this site say that doesn’t happen. I am shocked because it is most assuredly is a real side effect. After each CoolSculpting session on my abdomen my bowel movements slowed significantly. And by slowed I mean I went from going regularly (at least 2x a day) to not being able to go for a few days.
Another potential side effect is skin darkening/hyperpigmentation where the cold touches your skin. After my second session I was left with four dark patches on my abdomen (2 upper and 2 lower). I thought maybe it was a “freeze burn” which would dissipate over time, but the discoloration persists nine months later.
In summation, I’m out $4800 and in worse condition than when I started. I consulted with another doctor this week who quoted $8100 to fix the PAH with liposuction. YMMV, but I wish for all the world I had never done this.
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I agree - “rare!” Give me a break. I personally know one than one person who has developed this side effect - it’s not rare at all
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BEWARE! Coolsculpting Ruined My Abdomen
I wish I’d never done Coolsculpting. It cost me $4800, 2 sessions. It left me with hyperpigmentation & a lumpy, uneven abdomen (hard ridge of fat) that a Dr. says can only be removed with liposuction.
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Liposuction wont work - email me if you want a link to websites where people talk about having signed documents to absolved zeltic of responsibility, got liposuction and had the problem come right back again!
Thank you for sharing your experience, I hope you find some support from the community.