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My Body from Head to Toe: Skinny, Skinny Skinny, FAT, Skinny, Skinny Skinny. Santa Barbara, CA
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I'll try to get right to the "meat" here. Not...
Addie PoseSeptember 5, 2015
$2,500
I'll try to get right to the "meat" here. Not worth it (for me). The procedure had no perceivable effect on my abdomen. I purchased body fat calipers so that I could quantify the change. What can I say, I'm a numbers girl. Over $2K for 0% change does not make this girl happy.
Consult: Great. Doctor was really kind, approachable, and knowledgeable. Staff were all lovely.
Procedure: Treated lower abdomen to reduce the pooch, and bilateral flanks to carve out a slimmer waist. Very little pain. Definitely a sensation, but nothing I'd qualify as "painful". The treatment heads (I'm sorry I don't know what they're actually called) were placed unevenly on my flanks. One about and 1.5" higher than the other. My waistline is already asymmetrical, so had it worked, the placement of the device would have exaggerated that difference.
Recovery: lots of dark bruising on one side and not on the other. Slight numbness/itchiness for months to come. Now all completely resolved.
Outcome: No change. I measured body fat with calipers before treatment and recently (now over 4 months post-treatment). If Coolsculpting was hundreds of dollars rather than thousands, I might be compelled to see if I just need to stack another treatment in order to see results. At the current price, it's just not worth it. I'm glad to see others have has success with Coolsculpting. Some pictures are really impressive. Unfortunately, I just didn't see any results with mine. I may end up biting the bullet and opting for liposuction when I can find recovery time.
Consult: Great. Doctor was really kind, approachable, and knowledgeable. Staff were all lovely.
Procedure: Treated lower abdomen to reduce the pooch, and bilateral flanks to carve out a slimmer waist. Very little pain. Definitely a sensation, but nothing I'd qualify as "painful". The treatment heads (I'm sorry I don't know what they're actually called) were placed unevenly on my flanks. One about and 1.5" higher than the other. My waistline is already asymmetrical, so had it worked, the placement of the device would have exaggerated that difference.
Recovery: lots of dark bruising on one side and not on the other. Slight numbness/itchiness for months to come. Now all completely resolved.
Outcome: No change. I measured body fat with calipers before treatment and recently (now over 4 months post-treatment). If Coolsculpting was hundreds of dollars rather than thousands, I might be compelled to see if I just need to stack another treatment in order to see results. At the current price, it's just not worth it. I'm glad to see others have has success with Coolsculpting. Some pictures are really impressive. Unfortunately, I just didn't see any results with mine. I may end up biting the bullet and opting for liposuction when I can find recovery time.
Addie Pose's provider
Replies (2)
September 8, 2015
Addie- Firstly, let me say that I love the play on your alias name! Secondly, though I'm not sure who you are, I really encourage you to come back and see me at the office so I can see your results. Also remember that I guarantee the CoolSculpting results in that we will apply 50% of the money that you paid for a given area of your body towards liposuction on that body region. In four years I have never been taken up on that guarantee as patients do seem to consistently see great results with CoolSculpting, but perhaps you will be the first! My patients' satisfaction is extremely important to me, so please call the office and make an appointment to see me. Thanks for all of the very nice things you said about my staff and I, and please let me have a chance to make sure you are happy with your results as well!
Best wishes,
Dr. L
Best wishes,
Dr. L
I'm sorry to hear you didn't get the results you were hoping for. Please keep us updated.