Looking Forward to See the Results of my Coolsculpting - Vienna, VA
My experience with coolsculpting: I had...
My experience with coolsculpting: I had coolscultping on Weds the 27th of april on my belly and lovehandles. This equals 4 zones: left and right lovehandle and left and right side belly. They charged 500$ per zone. Each zone took 1 hour to treat.
When they put the machine (some sort of big vacuum cleaner) on my body it hurted like hell for 5-10 minutes. Knowing that it only lasts for a short while is good. The rest of the time (50min) were painless. I slept most of the time. 5 Minutes after they took "the thing" of my body I got an excrutiating pain in the treated area, I thought I was going to faint. This pain lasted for 5-8 minutes and after that I was good to go. :-)
After the treatment my belly was completely swollen, so I looked even fatter then before and this lastest for about 7-8 days. I was and still am unable to wear jeans and only wear dresses. I also have a tingling, numb, uncomfortable feeling, very annoying the first week but a lot better now. And it is just mostly uncomfortable, I never needed any painkillers. One more week and I'm probably back to wearing skinny jeans. When I touch my belly or bump into something it hurts. It takes a couple of months to see the results so, so far I can't tell if it was worth doing it. Since I'm wearing dresses every day I get a lot of compliments on my looks though :-)
JUST DON'T THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE COMPLETELY PAINLESS. FAT CELLS ARE A PART OF YOUR BODY AND REMOVING BODY PARTS ALWAYS HURTS!! :-)
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A week ago I had lots of itches. I scratched like...
Well. It worked. Although I can't mesure the...
So yes, coolsculpting in combination with the right work outs might actually give you the belly you've always wanted. So yes, if you only have a little belly, stay away from lipo and go for coolsculpting.
Thanks for writing about your experience so far, MissesT. I hope it works out well for you. I'll be following your updates, so please keep us posted! :)
On the upside, it DOES work if you have little fat pockets you'd like to get rid off. But I would NEVER got through "Coolscuplting" again -- I had a few major cosmetic surgeries, and this is by far (though not a surgery) the worst I've ever felt.
If I were to do it again, I'd choose "Sculpture" -- a much gentler approach, which yields the same results (30% fat cells destroyed in one procedure) without the pain.
If you have more than 5-10 pounds to loose, you will NOT be happy with Coolsculpting, unless you repeat the process every 2 months, again and again.
From my personal experience: I'd rather be fat than go through the Coolsculpting EVER again. I was in so much pain I thought I was dying. Once again: it does work if you've got small resistant pockets of fat. But I'd look into Sculpture first (and I have absolutely no incentive in recommending it)