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I wanted to get this done but wasn't sure if I...

I wanted to get this done but wasn't sure if I wanted Sono Bello, Cool Sculpting, etc. so I asked my girlfriend to call the plastic surgeon that enhanced her breasts and he recommended Cool Sculpting and said he had it his done there. I was sold.... So made a consultation appointment (outside of Charlotte NC), agreed, paid for half and made my appointment. Had the procedure done 2 days ago. I had a tire around my mid section since I was a kid so they had to do 3 sections x 2 (one suck section at a time, this thing sucks your skin in, and freezes it at -11 degrees C which is 12 degrees F, not painful just uncomfortable so 6 different parts): Very front/Love Handles/Back. So that is 3 different sections x 2 and they charge per section. Anyway my GF set up a consultation while I was getting this done (so 6 x 35 minutes is how long it takes plus prep) and she was quoted like $4500 for 4 sections x 2 and cause women have to have this Venus treatment to tighten the skin afterwards which is an additional cost (kind of like a mans Rolex is bigger than a womans but a womans Rolex cost more than a mans). So she said she would think about it (she just needs to lose like 5 lbs). So she was window shopping while I was getting this done and this is where I got pissed... So in between the nurse moving this suck device around she told me the next appointment got cancelled and they could do 3 of the 4 sections on my GF after me. So when she left the room I called my girlfriend and we talked about it and she said she thought hers would be less expensive than mine (she is like 106 lbs soaking wet) and said she just needs to lose a little weight. Nurse comes back in and is on my ass to get my GF in there. Very pushy. Told her my GF has a 4pm showing (Realtor) so the nurse says tell her to reschedule. I nearly [RS bleep] myself. So she leaves after moving the suck thing then comes back 35 minutes later to move to another area. She asks me to call my GF and have her come in, I said she was eating lunch across the street. Nurse says tell her to box up her lunch and bring it over, she can eat during her treatment. I said she just ordered. Nurse said ' I know the waiters and waitresses, I'll call and tell them box up her lunch' and she tells me to call her and have her come over here now. Now I'm scared that they will screw up my treatment. By this time it was my last section and I haven't peed for like 5 hours. Nurse takes off the suck thing, doesn't ask if I need to use the bathroom and I start putting my clothes back on. While doing so, she tells me to leave my things there (I brought my laptop in originally thinking I'd do some work but believe me, you can't when they do this procedure and when my GF came in after her consultation I gave her my laptop to put in our truck). After I hurriedly put my clothes on, the nurse walks me to the side door and points to the restaurant and says that's where she is at, go get her and bring her back. Sore as a MFer I went inside and ordered a Vodka Tonic. Told my GF to hurry up her lunch and let's get the F out of here. Told her the story and she was like 'WTF'. While driving home both our phones were blowing up from them asking where we were. Anyway my point is I wanted to get this done and don't regret it, I have bought and haggled many vehicles, homes, boats, etc. over the years and this was the worse/most pressured sales experience I ever had to deal with.

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The pushy nurse - but she was good other than that
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The practitioner was very good. The nurse was very good but should have been a Sales Rep at IBM.