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CoolSculpting Done on Abdomen After Previous Successful Treatment on Back, but It's Totally Different! - Melbourne, AU
UPDATED FROM krock
3 years post
3 months post last treatment
krockFebruary 2, 2018
WORTH IT$1,350
I think I got my usual result. it's now Feb 2 and there's definitely been a reduction in the treated areas. I can tell because I had been trialling corsets and shapewear for under my wedding dress. Before the CS, I had major muffin top under my arms and my back and now, there's very little. I still want to treat a few more areas but that'll have to wait until later this year when all these wedding expenses pass.
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UPDATED FROM krock
3 years post
6 weeks post last treatment
krockDecember 8, 2017
So it's been 6 weeks since I had 3 more treatments, 2 on my upper flanks/back and 1 on a stubborn spot over my navel on my left side that had 2 previous treatments. Usually with CoolSculpting I find it looks no different until exactly the 2 month mark, so I still have a few weeks to go in that regard. But I think it's already made a difference. It feels and looks like there's been some reduction. I will keep watching it. The two month mark will be Christmas Day, so here's to hoping Santa brings me a skinnier body.
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January 8, 2018
Hi I just found out about CS I'm thinking about doing. I lose weight but the fat around my tummy and back will not. I appreciate all your posting. I scared I'm anxious, but I don't know what else to do. I keep reading all the reviews and one minute I'm like yes do it. Then I'm like no it's so costly for me not to see any results. I'm I decide to do it I have a big day coming up in June and Aug of this year when would you recommend me doing it???
February 2, 2018
honestly, everyone reacts so differently to it. unfortunately the only way to know if it'll work for you is to just do it. if you can't afford to spare the $$ on the chance it doesn't work, then I'd say get ye some Rago shapewear for your big day. i'm doing the same for my untreated areas. good luck!
February 2, 2018
also if your big day is in June, you'd want to do it no later than march. it takes about 3 months to show results. and one go is not usually enough, unless it's just a tiny reduction you want. I've had some areas done 4 times
January 12, 2018
How did it look on christmas day?
February 2, 2018
Hi tjshipe. well I think I got my usual result. it's now Feb 2 and there's definitely been a reduction in the treated areas. I can tell because I have been trialling corsets and shapewear for under my wedding dress. Before the CS, I had major muffin top under my arms and my back and now, there's very little. I still want to treat a few more areas but that'll have to wait until later this year when all these wedding expenses pass. Hope that helps!
UPDATED FROM krock
3 years post
Cool Sculpting - 3 years later
krockOctober 9, 2017
Hi all. I obviously haven't been on here in a few years but wanted to update my older posts. After my lower abdomen session, it finally settled down - IMMENSELY. my lower abdomen went flatter than it's been since I was a teenager. I was loving it. Except that because I didn't treat the area over my belly button, it had a weird hang over muffin top. It was so weird, like a wall shelf. So I had that bit done and that smoothed that out. Then I had a variety of sessions around the rest of my flanks and a few touch ups to the abdomen. For about 2.5 years, I had the body of a 20 year old again. I was loving it. Everything was fitting me and I was wearing clothes I couldn't have dreamed of before. I was feeling really good about my body.
Now, 3 years later, my middle has puffed out to the biggest it's ever been and is super flabby and misshapen. I'm 43 and had an extremely stressful year with a divorce and change to a really stressful desk job. So I thought, it's just middle age kicking in. I've been tested for thyroid, hormones, pre-menopause and all of that and it's none of those things. Absolutely none of my clothes fit, not even the ones from before my first ever cool sculpting treatment. And my flab has shifted locations. Perhaps because of the coolsculpting, I don't get it on my lower abdomen now, though that area is solid and puffy now. I get it between my underbust and my navel. So I have like a weird block shape in the middle of my body. If I wear high waisted pants, I end up having a crazy looking muffin top 3-4" higher than it would normally be, closer to my underbust. It looks weird and deformed.
It's depressing the daylights out of me, especially because I'm getting remarried and can fit NOTHING. So I'm on the fence if I should get more cool sculpting. Before venturing into this, I was advised that multiple sessions would be needed on each area and that makes sense if it can only reduce 20-25% at a time. If you want to lose all of the fat in one area, you'd need to do it 4 times by that measure.
In the areas I've had treated, I can't pinch nearly as much fat as I could have before, but now I can pinch heaps in areas were I couldn't before. It's just moved. And I supposed middle age spread is kicking in. I don't know if I should venture it again. I should note both mild & hardcore dieting and working out 3-4 times/week has not helped at all.
Should I or shouldn't I?
Now, 3 years later, my middle has puffed out to the biggest it's ever been and is super flabby and misshapen. I'm 43 and had an extremely stressful year with a divorce and change to a really stressful desk job. So I thought, it's just middle age kicking in. I've been tested for thyroid, hormones, pre-menopause and all of that and it's none of those things. Absolutely none of my clothes fit, not even the ones from before my first ever cool sculpting treatment. And my flab has shifted locations. Perhaps because of the coolsculpting, I don't get it on my lower abdomen now, though that area is solid and puffy now. I get it between my underbust and my navel. So I have like a weird block shape in the middle of my body. If I wear high waisted pants, I end up having a crazy looking muffin top 3-4" higher than it would normally be, closer to my underbust. It looks weird and deformed.
It's depressing the daylights out of me, especially because I'm getting remarried and can fit NOTHING. So I'm on the fence if I should get more cool sculpting. Before venturing into this, I was advised that multiple sessions would be needed on each area and that makes sense if it can only reduce 20-25% at a time. If you want to lose all of the fat in one area, you'd need to do it 4 times by that measure.
In the areas I've had treated, I can't pinch nearly as much fat as I could have before, but now I can pinch heaps in areas were I couldn't before. It's just moved. And I supposed middle age spread is kicking in. I don't know if I should venture it again. I should note both mild & hardcore dieting and working out 3-4 times/week has not helped at all.
Should I or shouldn't I?
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October 9, 2017
Oh wow! That is some scary [RS bleep]... so sorry about that.
I haven’t done it yet, still researching, so Thank you much for your post!
But while I was reading your post, my thoughts were: i’d make appointment with a plastic surgeon to see if it is possible to even everything out in one go and perhaps in futer should it come back (as you say it’s hard to fight nature and age) at least it would come proportionally. Of course, what do I know....
Good luck!
And keep us posted, X
I haven’t done it yet, still researching, so Thank you much for your post!
But while I was reading your post, my thoughts were: i’d make appointment with a plastic surgeon to see if it is possible to even everything out in one go and perhaps in futer should it come back (as you say it’s hard to fight nature and age) at least it would come proportionally. Of course, what do I know....
Good luck!
And keep us posted, X
October 15, 2017
Hey Ribasoma. I had it done at the same plastic surgeon who did my lipo. they always say lipo is the best for just getting it all out, but you do end up lumpy and uneven with lipo and there's a lot of risk to it. the recovery is awful. honestly, having done both, i'd still stick with the coolsculpting out of the two. i've booked in to see them again the week after next to see what we can do to even it all up, but it'll take at least another 4 treatments, that i'm sure of. still cheaper than lipo though...
October 15, 2017
Hi,
Thank you so much for your replay! i hope it will work out for you in the best possible and painless way.
Thank you so much for your replay! i hope it will work out for you in the best possible and painless way.
October 19, 2017
I was a super skinny until post menopause. Being in my 60's now, I can tell you that putting on weight across the upper abdomen and across the back seems to be age and low/no hormone related. With only one exception (probably anorexic) I can think of everyone my age seems to have it regardless of weight/exercise level...just to varying degrees. Despite cutting calories and exercising, seems like the lower ab goes fatty, thighs and then you're looking in the mirror wondering how the heck weight got underbust/upper abdomen and on your back. Yes, middle age spread is real and rampant even with exercise and reduced caloric intake. Don't be so hard on yourself! I'm thinking about Coolsculpting too but older skin doesn't snap back as quick and I haven't made a decision. SculpSure was a complete waste of time and money. If you do decide to do Coolsculpting again, please keep posting. It really helps to read other peoples experiences. Thank you.
October 27, 2017
ok so i took the plunge and had more done. we did three spots this time. two were the upper "flanks" along my side and going around towards my back. this area had never been treated before. when pinching the fat here, the best way to describe it was that i had one of those old fashioned inflatable pool rings resting just under my arms, curved down under my bust in the front. so we treated each side. also, there is one area on my left side just over my navel that i've had two treatments on previously. we hit that one again as well. for some reason that one spot will not reduce.
as i've been going to the same place/girl the whole time, she remembers all of the treatments i've had. we did "pinch" tests of all of the previous areas and really, other than the one i mentioned, we can still pinch little to nothing there. it seems to have worked in those areas. the areas i'm doing now have never been treated before and as "Thank you" said in response to this, it appears to be middle age spread. So in a few months I'll know how this all went. I have some pretty intense bruising on the back in the clear shape of the applicator. That might take a couple of weeks to reduce. I'm trying to hide it from my man cuz he thinks all this stuff is stupid. fortunately he's had a flu so he hasn't been wanting to come near me at the mo.
Though I appreciate the sentiment that I should accept my changing body, i largely have, but I want to fit into a wedding dress by March. after that, we'll see how I feel.
as i've been going to the same place/girl the whole time, she remembers all of the treatments i've had. we did "pinch" tests of all of the previous areas and really, other than the one i mentioned, we can still pinch little to nothing there. it seems to have worked in those areas. the areas i'm doing now have never been treated before and as "Thank you" said in response to this, it appears to be middle age spread. So in a few months I'll know how this all went. I have some pretty intense bruising on the back in the clear shape of the applicator. That might take a couple of weeks to reduce. I'm trying to hide it from my man cuz he thinks all this stuff is stupid. fortunately he's had a flu so he hasn't been wanting to come near me at the mo.
Though I appreciate the sentiment that I should accept my changing body, i largely have, but I want to fit into a wedding dress by March. after that, we'll see how I feel.
October 27, 2017
I'm so grateful for reviewers like yourself. I've had my abdomen and arms done about 3 weeks ago and wasn't sure if this was worth it but seems like you had a great amount of fat cells eliminated to where it's barely pinchable. My stomach...ehhh but my arms... still looks fat. I'm trying to be more patient with my stomach but I'm assuming I'm still going to be dissatisfied with one treatment so I schedule another treatment on both areas. I'm hoping to get results like you and I'm kind of prepared to know that I may gain more weight in untreated areas since there aren't many fat cells in the treated areas. Makes sense as I was actually thinking about this theory last week. You've just confirmed it. So it's good that you decided to go ahead with the treatments. I would seriously coolsculpt that and then if I gain more weight in other areas, I'd coolsculpt those too if I had the money. Hell, I'd coolsculpt my entire body if I could lol I hope you get great results and look amazing on your wedding day!
November 1, 2017
hey sreysamay, i'm probably up to my 10th treatment now, I've lost count. But every time it's the same. The first week it's just red and weird feeling. Then it subsides and I feel huge and bloated and remind myself it's swelling. Then for weeks afterwards I think, why did I do this? It's made no difference. Then nearly exactly at the 2 months mark, the results will suddenly be there. So in about 7-8 weeks I'll see how this round came up. It's true that my previously treated areas have little pinchable fat now, but I'm still bigger overall than when I started as I'm now seemingly perpetually bloated. My belly is distended, but hard. It's possible it's IBS, or some digestive thing or just getting older. This darn desk job doesn't help. Except it allows me to pay for Coolsculpting.
November 1, 2017
omg I'm so glad you explained how it felt because I kept expressing to my friends the same feelings you were having. I had treatments done on Oct. 3rd and now almost a month after, I kept saying I see no change and that I feel so much fatter than I was before the procedure. I really started to think twice about getting the second treatment. But of course I still have faith in this procedure and scheduled my next treatment on Nov 15th. Now you have me wondering if I should've waited a good 2 months before I pay another $2,000 to get the second round of treatments. Hmmm... decisions decisions
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