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My Coolsculpting Experience - Tampa, FL
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Hello, well after reading everyone's reviews on...
sparrow73June 21, 2015
$4,500
Hello, well after reading everyone's reviews on cool sculpting, that I'm so grateful for all yawls info, of course I wanted to post mine, to hopefully help others! Im 41 and have 3 adult daughters now, I've had my mommy pouch forever, so when I learned about this and it being non-invasive I thought this is great, and of course they say the ideal candidate should be within 15 lbs of their ideal weight. Im 136 and want to be around 120 but mostly my concern a flatter stomach.
So on June 20th 2015 I had 6 treatments done at once!! yes 6 treatments ouchie!!
I had one on each side/lovehandle/flanks, and 4 on the stomach to create what they called a diamond shape. The nurse was so great! , she did one flank and one lower ab at the same time which was for one hour, then the next flank and the other lower ab that was the second hour, then one upper ab for the third hour, then the second upper ab for the last fourth hour, I was there from 9am to about 4pm. The pull of the skin into the device was kinda painful, it took about 5 minutes before it got numb for me to tolerate better, the cold I didn't feel so much as I did the pull that hurt me, when the cold was started after a few minutes id get a strong tingling and slight burning then after those few minutes past I was at a point I could tolerate to wait the hour, not much choice at that point, the massaging after the device is removed hurts pretty dam bad, I was holding onto rail, squirming and singing and talking with the nurse to get me thru it, then after the 2 minutes of massaging, as the skin comes to room temperature there's a weird tingling kinda painful feeling, not nearly as bad as the pulling into the device n the massage, but it passes in a few minutes n you feel normal again, to then have to start again. I would not suggest more then two at a time to anyone honestly, 6 was trying and painful. My weight is 136 as of day of procedures which I know this does not cause weight loss, I'm just sharing my measurements n weight to help, my waist when I used a tape measure was 36" around, above bellybutton 35" around, and way below belly button 33" around. Im going to post pictures and share as much as I can, I feel compelled to do this to help others like you all have helped me prior to doing this. feel free to ask me questions. they sold me on a package of 8 treatments I held off on the last two, they suggested inner thighs, but I figured id save those two in case I want to do a second treatment on the abs. Today is the after the procedure and its been since I left and all night and today hard to sit up and the pain is a feeling like u don't wanna let your stomach go, but I found breathing out n NOT holding in is what made it tolerable for me to move around, leaning forward hurts bad, almost like the pull fwd is separating n hurts, I wanted to just stay in bed, but I forced myself to slide out of bed and stand reach hands up n stand on balls of feet and go up n down with alternating feet helped a lot, the nurse showed me this move. But good Lord sitting not a do-able thing at the moment, im worried about work Monday morning...tomorrow!! yikes I plan to sit on the edge of my chair at my desk, I honestly think if your job is NOT sitting your better off!!! My stomach and flanks very very sore to touch, like tapping it or anything touching it is bad!! Im definitely hugely swollen and look very bloated, which is understandable after my stomach being pulled in so many directions all in one day with such force. so having to find something loose to wear to work is going to be a huge challenge but a must!.
So on June 20th 2015 I had 6 treatments done at once!! yes 6 treatments ouchie!!
I had one on each side/lovehandle/flanks, and 4 on the stomach to create what they called a diamond shape. The nurse was so great! , she did one flank and one lower ab at the same time which was for one hour, then the next flank and the other lower ab that was the second hour, then one upper ab for the third hour, then the second upper ab for the last fourth hour, I was there from 9am to about 4pm. The pull of the skin into the device was kinda painful, it took about 5 minutes before it got numb for me to tolerate better, the cold I didn't feel so much as I did the pull that hurt me, when the cold was started after a few minutes id get a strong tingling and slight burning then after those few minutes past I was at a point I could tolerate to wait the hour, not much choice at that point, the massaging after the device is removed hurts pretty dam bad, I was holding onto rail, squirming and singing and talking with the nurse to get me thru it, then after the 2 minutes of massaging, as the skin comes to room temperature there's a weird tingling kinda painful feeling, not nearly as bad as the pulling into the device n the massage, but it passes in a few minutes n you feel normal again, to then have to start again. I would not suggest more then two at a time to anyone honestly, 6 was trying and painful. My weight is 136 as of day of procedures which I know this does not cause weight loss, I'm just sharing my measurements n weight to help, my waist when I used a tape measure was 36" around, above bellybutton 35" around, and way below belly button 33" around. Im going to post pictures and share as much as I can, I feel compelled to do this to help others like you all have helped me prior to doing this. feel free to ask me questions. they sold me on a package of 8 treatments I held off on the last two, they suggested inner thighs, but I figured id save those two in case I want to do a second treatment on the abs. Today is the after the procedure and its been since I left and all night and today hard to sit up and the pain is a feeling like u don't wanna let your stomach go, but I found breathing out n NOT holding in is what made it tolerable for me to move around, leaning forward hurts bad, almost like the pull fwd is separating n hurts, I wanted to just stay in bed, but I forced myself to slide out of bed and stand reach hands up n stand on balls of feet and go up n down with alternating feet helped a lot, the nurse showed me this move. But good Lord sitting not a do-able thing at the moment, im worried about work Monday morning...tomorrow!! yikes I plan to sit on the edge of my chair at my desk, I honestly think if your job is NOT sitting your better off!!! My stomach and flanks very very sore to touch, like tapping it or anything touching it is bad!! Im definitely hugely swollen and look very bloated, which is understandable after my stomach being pulled in so many directions all in one day with such force. so having to find something loose to wear to work is going to be a huge challenge but a must!.
Replies (8)
June 28, 2015
thank you for your post. i live in tampa and wonder how you chose your particular doctor. many years ago, i had the old type total body lipo-suction. i'm 63, and in my lifetime i've had numerous surgeries, including plastic. in my experience NOTHING has EVER been so painful as the lipo! I felt like i'd been hit twice and backover by a Mack truck! I couldn't move for a week; plus since it's done blindly, a blood was struck and I bled equivalent to a unit of blood into my foot. Before finding out the truth, I thought they'd dropped me from the table when I was turned! I hope you post again in 6 mos. and say whether or not you are happy with the results. I bike at least 10 miles a day and go to water aerobics twice a week and nothing reduces this menapause fat.
July 1, 2015
July 3, 2015
How are you now? Seriously considering this.. Super nervous. Is it worth it?!? Thanks for sharing!
UPDATED FROM sparrow73
3 days post
Day 3 at work
sparrow73June 23, 2015
Well it wasn't easy at work, I wore a cincher I bought from soma for 41. To mildly hold stuff in with my black store boats n a loose black vneck shirt, so daily clothes choices r ruff I'm having to wear these pants probably all week, but anyhow pain wise I was walking a little slow n sitting carefully cannot bend forward, but I made it thru the day, couldn't wait to get home to get the cincher off n relax
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June 23, 2015
I'm sthnervous now reading all the comments about what happens while your doing the cool Sculpting And the after. I'm reading mixed responses. I'm not sure if I still want to do this, because I'm not telling my husband and I have a 2 year that is very active. So I will want to still do my everyday duties like usually without any issues.
June 23, 2015
I feel bad ive added to your being nervous about it, they claim you can go back to normal activity, and you can with some exceptions, and discomfort, when i say this, um a 2 year old well that's gonna be a little ruff, I have 3 grown daughters so, I know all too well 2 years old are busy bees, and the hard part is your not gonna want your 2 year old to even grab, or touch your stomach or whatever area you get treated, its way to sensitive to the touch, I don't wanna discourage you cause they results could be great, im still waiting for mine, but if you were able to get a little help, that would be great, ive been a single parent all my life, so God knows that's a foreign word to me, but anyhow, if you did this with no help, you'd have to try to avoid ur 2 yr old touching that area at all, and im finding I have to stoop down not bend over, and kinda roll up outta bed, but also realize I got 6 treatments at once!!!!!!!! total insanity right lol, so if you only get one to start you may find you will survive just fine. if you have any questions feel free to ask me, good luck
June 24, 2015
OK awesome u made me feel a little better. I forgot u said in your post that, u had six treatments. I'm only getting 2. The front of my stomach area and my love handles. They said it will be about 2 hours maybe three depending if I wanna have a break in between. As far as my 2 yr old. She's a mommy's girl so she loves being held and babied, she also sleeps with my hubby and I so she loves snuggling under me as well. My hubby doesn't think I need anything done, but he wouldn't understand. Lol after reading your response to my last post, my question is should I just get one done then go back for the other treatment after I see how the after effects will be, or just go hard or go home lol?
June 24, 2015
well honestly id say get them both over with at same time only because im not sure if id return to do it again, im still dealing with sharp pains and they got worse last nite and today, so id say get them both over with at once, but your not gonna want your little angel hugging you after this pain and sensitivity passes.
UPDATED FROM sparrow73
4 days post
Day 4
sparrow73June 24, 2015
Last nite and today sharp pains got worse, this is not pleasant trying to sit at a desk at work like this, the pain sucks and I wish this would hurry and pass!!!
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June 25, 2015
I feel your pain I'm 6 days post and still feel the pain on my stomach. OUCH!!
June 26, 2015
yeah im sorry your feeling it too, ive been in severe pain the last 3 days, I had to call and get a script for something to help with the nerves unfortunately they cant prescribe muscle relaxers so im still feeling the pain badly!! I couldn't make it to work today, and I barely made it thru the two days prior. how are you now?
June 27, 2015
I am sorry you went and are going through so much pain....As a nurse I can give you my opinion .....and as one whom is considering this procedure...Way way too much done to your body at one time.... the fatty tissue is pulled into machine and in order to kill the fat cells they are frozen into crystals.....Blocks of frozen dead crystallized fat cells have now temporarily taken the place of the fat that was present prior to the procedure.....
Here is how the process is meant to work and why it does.....The act of pulling the fat into the machine damages your cells it has to because you need to kill off the fat cells but not only ....When this occurs White Blood Cells flood the area in order to produce an inflammatory response....You need this response in order to rid your body of the fat cells...but also repair any damaged good cells....so inflammation starts to develop as a natural response to all those foreign invaders... Initially this is not only good but necessary. Th natural inflammatory response is the function of the immune system rid the body of harmful cells and to restore any damage to the tissues.
The white cells go to work eating as many as the the damaged i. e. fat cells as they can...but this is a process that takes time......The problem is that if you create too many damaged cells at once there will be too many white cells in the area and the ANTI INFLAMMATORY process will not have a chance to begin....The Inflammatory process will just keep going and can become chronic.....This is very dangerous.... you can create chronic inflammatory problem... hospital. I am glad you are feeling a little better
But at the very least go to your doctor on Monday and have blood work done.....zIf the pain continues do not hesitate to seek treatment at your local E.R. This is an example of someone not fully understanding the human body......Ridiculous!! So sorry you went through all this. Keep us posted...., ali
Here is how the process is meant to work and why it does.....The act of pulling the fat into the machine damages your cells it has to because you need to kill off the fat cells but not only ....When this occurs White Blood Cells flood the area in order to produce an inflammatory response....You need this response in order to rid your body of the fat cells...but also repair any damaged good cells....so inflammation starts to develop as a natural response to all those foreign invaders... Initially this is not only good but necessary. Th natural inflammatory response is the function of the immune system rid the body of harmful cells and to restore any damage to the tissues.
The white cells go to work eating as many as the the damaged i. e. fat cells as they can...but this is a process that takes time......The problem is that if you create too many damaged cells at once there will be too many white cells in the area and the ANTI INFLAMMATORY process will not have a chance to begin....The Inflammatory process will just keep going and can become chronic.....This is very dangerous.... you can create chronic inflammatory problem... hospital. I am glad you are feeling a little better
But at the very least go to your doctor on Monday and have blood work done.....zIf the pain continues do not hesitate to seek treatment at your local E.R. This is an example of someone not fully understanding the human body......Ridiculous!! So sorry you went through all this. Keep us posted...., ali
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