I Just Had CoolSculpting on Lower Tummy & "Love Handles"! - Mandeville, LA
Hi! I am a 34 female. I am 5'10 & 145 lbs....
Hi! I am a 34 female. I am 5'10 & 145 lbs. I jog 2 miles a day, 6x per week but can never get rid of my stubborn muffin or poochy lower belly after 2 precious children and 2 c-sections! I finally did CoolSculpt yesterday!
The hips/muffin only hurt for a few seconds when the vacuum sucked the fat in. She put it on the HIGHEST level because I am on the thin side and we wanted the best results! I did bruise, but after the initial pain of the vaccum, there was no more pain during the one hour per side. Only other pain on the hip was the "massage" afterwards and then the bruises are a touch sore *just like any bruise would be* today. It's a little numb but does not bother me a bit. Taking advil before and after helped...
The STOMACH area is a whole other story. When I tell you the vacuum HURT LIKE HELL, that would be an understatement. It was on FULL STRENGTH. It was almost unbearable and I was about to tell her to get it off! BUT, she said in 5 minutes it would be over. I cried through it and it stopped! It felt like my belly button was being detached and sucked into this machine! I have a sensitive belly button- like when you poke inside your belly button and it is tender x 1000. Then, I just felt intense cooling that felt like a sunburn/frost bite but no real pain anymore for the rest of the hour treatment. UNTIL, she removed the machine. OUCH! It was like a sunburn stuck to a leather seat or something! The massage afterwards was awful, but only 1 minute. I almost fainted...I was dizzy so I layed there for a few minutes. Then, like magic, the pain disappeared and I walked out of there 10 minutes later feeling great. I have NO bruising on my belly which shocked me since my hips are black and blue!
I SURE hope it's worth it! I doubt I will EVER do the belly again, but the hips were very tolerable. My intense pain may have had to do with the fact I had two previous c-sections, but I think it just hurt like hell because skin is being pulled into a super strong vacuum. I will post results in 3 weeks! Takes 3 weeks up to 6 months.
Don't forget a book!!! And to pee before! A book made the time go by fast because each treatment area is a whole hour and you cannot move. One time I had to pee and hold it. That sucked. So pee...a lot. I read several chapters of Fifty shades of Grey which was a plus :)
On a scale of 1-10 I rated my ab pain at a 9...but just for a few minutes :)
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48 Hours After: No pain except for if I bump the...
No pain except for if I bump the bruised flanks.My bruises on the flanks are exactly the shape of where the vacuum sucked. Two perfect rectangles! Everything treated is still numb, but it doesn't bother me. I am going to try to jog today! I was scared to go yesterday because I worried the bouncing would hurt.
I hope I won't need a second treatment...cost & comfort-wise. I would do the flanks (muffin) again, but would it be worth the excrutiating pain on the tummy again? Even if I knew it would give me a perfectly flat stomach with a 6 pack, I wouldn't do the stomach area again only because of the 5 minutes of AGONY. I can't believe some people said it was painless! Right now I feel like I went through torture just for 25% fat reduction. But what will 25% look like on me? I have no idea. I have read some doctors say they have had up to 40% with one treatment. I hope that is me!!! Since she turned the vacuum up to the highest setting (hence the pain), maybe I have a shot... I was weighed before and I just measured myself since the swelling is gone.
Not sure exactly where to measure, but here's my baseline & I will post updates at 3 weeks!
Waist: 28"
Flank/Muffin Area: 38"
Lower Tummy (Over belly button): 35"
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