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Have Hated My Outer Thighs Since Age 13 - Let's See If This Helps! - Scottsdale, AZ

UPDATED FROM dianesef
1 year post

Worthless

$4,000
So in the consultation for the procedure they tell you that the fat cells are gone in that region, much like lipo. Progressively, without gaining more weight, my weight has now distributed BACK to my thighs - I am devastated and SO pissed - $4K later...... DON'T do this!!!!! It is NOT lipo and my experience was terrible.

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Daniel Shapiro, MD

Daniel Shapiro, MD

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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The gal who did my procedure was very professional, no complaints, but the office clearly hadn't done many of the new outer thigh procedures yet and the right leg had the applicator situated a different way than the left... someone came in to help her adjust.

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I'm so sorry about your experience. I've heard sculpture is more effective, however I haven't tried it yet. Many people seem to be disappointed with the cool sculpt. Thank you for posting and sharing.
Sculpsure extremely painful. Warning!!!! Really bad, so hot. Feels like an iron on your skin. I had inner thighs done. Won't go back"..too afraid.
It's not - all the weight redistributed to my legs
Did Dr Shipiro do the procedure? My understanding is the anesthetist does the laser at the office.
It's not laser - it's cool sculping. One of the assistants does it who is very nice but it doesn't work AT ALL
So sorry to hear. So annoying to go through all that with no results!!!!! I was told that Coolsculpting is not very effective on outer thighs as is on abdomen and inner thighs in that order.Not sure how true this is but from after fotos seen so far , I am inclined to believe .
Thanks for the honest review!
Hi ..I certainly agree... I don't think it works that well. I had multiple areas treated. I spend in excess of $15,000. I can only see marginal Improvememt. I've also had lipo ten years ago.... And it left unevenness and lumps which is why I had the coolsculpting to fix those problems. I've also tried Sculpsure on my inner thighs only a few weeks ago. I can't see a very noticeable change yet.. Maybe a little. But I honestly don't think there is a guaranteed easy way around getting rid of fat. I think you need to live with your shape...(if you can't achieve it with diet and exercise)... Or look for a very good. Surgeon who does targeted fat removal... Like vaser lipo.... Shop around and spend the extra on lipo rather than quick fixes.
UPDATED FROM dianesef
8 months post

Well ....not the best news

In November 2015 - they gave me new HRT - they wanted to adjust it. In 3 1/2 weeks I gained 10 pounds. There is not way to tell how much this helped or not with the weight on. I like to think my saddlebags and inner thigh fat would be more prominent without having done this, especially after the expense. Pretty disheartening. No pics.

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UPDATED FROM dianesef
4 months post

Worth it - It Works - But Need Multiple Treatments and it Gets Expensive

This works, but you really do need to do multiple treatments, so it gets expensive, seriously. I had my outer thighs done, and in 6 weeks there was improvement, but still a bulge above where the pads were, so I had to have a second treatment (just yesterday) to address the saddlebags because they were actually more prominent. Then I had an inner thigh treatment. It works, but it is expensive and you will most certainly need multiple treatments. Will post pics in about 6 weeks. Still, there are no surgical complications like lumps or blood clots you might have with lipo, so there is that HUGE plus. Just takes waiting for sure....The inner thigh fat melted in only two weeks, FYI - just completely gone.

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thanks so much for you candid and honest description. I will go as I am an avid worker outer and there are a few pockets of fat on my legs. They aren't bad, but could use a tweak. So thank you. Good luck. (Post a pic soon!).
so are you glad you had it done? since the saddlebags became more prominent? Keep us posted please.
thanks for all the information. Really appreciated.
thank you for keeping so up to date on everything. my brother-in-law had coolsculpting done to his abdomen and love handles but even after a year he really didn't see improvements. maybe more than one session may have given him results he would be more happy with. I always wondered on the thigh area and your before pictures were lovely but we are our own critics. I hope you do share final results soon. and congratulations.
I have no idea - see my most recent post
Inner thighs sounds like it would be painful, ouch! ?
My experience was that when they place the head on the inner thigh it pinched like a mammogram would, but then as it cools, the pain goes away. Afterwards the defrosting is very unpleasant, but only lasts 10 min or so. After that I never noticed anything.
Inner thighs were painless for me - and a MUCH better result than outer and far faster
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