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Looking Forward to Results - Stubborn Tummy - New York

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After much consideration, I decided to try cool...

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After much consideration, I decided to try cool sculpting today. I previously explored a tummy tuck and Lipo. Several friends have had both procedures and everyone has been happy with the results but they all spoke of extreme pain. In addition to it being quite costly. After doing my research I decided to go with cool sculpting.

Unfortunately, I kept reading all of the reviews on here and got anxiety abut my appointment today. I realize that everyone is different but my experience was really good. I didn't have any pain. It feels weird but no pain.

Once you go in they take photos and mark the area. They apply a gel pad to the area and the weird part is the vacuum of the machine sucking in and locking on to the fat. They turn on the cooling part and the machine does its job. I sat there for 60 minutes and there wasn't any pain only the weird feeling of my fat being in this machine. When the time was up they pull the machine off and my stomach looked like frozen lard. The area was massaged and still no pain it just felt weird. That's my best description. After that the second area was done and I was out of there.

I left took the subway home without feeling a thing. I have swelling and a little tingling but I am out and about. My worries of pain were for nothing but based on today I would recommend the procedure.

I will give weekly updates!

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November 16, 2016
I just had mine done too. And I also had some anxiety after reading all the reviews and the tremendous pain people were in. The procedure wasn't painful at all. The massaging after didn't feel great, but nothing unbearable. I'm a couple hours out now and it's swollen and sore...well worth it if it works!
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November 17, 2016
Swelling will start going away, you maybe tender for awhile. I'm on week 4 today. Not seeing much as far as results. But the numbness and swelling is not as bad. Good luck. Keep posting
November 17, 2016
Thanks for the comment. The swelling is driving me crazy.
November 27, 2016
Friday was the one-week mark for me. I had a lot of pain during the procedure and afterwards. It still hurts and my tummy is numb. With all that said, I would do it again because the pain and numbness tells me that the fat cells are dying. lol! I haven't worked out since that morning and need to get back on top of it. I managed to somehow not gain any weight over a week's vacation and Thanksgiving, so I'm hoping to continue working out soon and to see results around Christmas/New Year's. It's really good to see your updates, please continue to post!
November 27, 2016
Thanks for reading! Yes I kept thinking the pain meant it was working. I am definitely focused on eating and weight loss.
UPDATED FROM ymcnair27
2 days post

48 Hours later

ymcnair27
I haven't had any pain at all. My stomach is really swollen, more than I anticipated. I don't have any bruising either. So aside from the swelling, which is normal I am happy with everything so far. I am patient and understand it will take weeks before I see anything.

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December 8, 2016
Liking forward to hearing about your results
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4 days post

Day 4

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It is day 4 and I am still really swollen and my stomach feels hard. I called the Dr.'s office today to make sure that was normal and she said it was and the swelling would go down soon. I haven't had any pain until this evening. It just feels like cramps but nothing major or anything that I can't deal with. I haven't taken any meds at all. I am not having any regrets about the procedure but I am definitely looking for the swelling to go down to at least fit in my clothes. I will update on day 7 with photos.

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