About Cryolipolysis (Coolsculpting)

[Lady_Sarah30]

Hello dear doctors,

I have a very speicific question about the results of Cryolipolysis (CoolSculpting):

What will happen to fat coming from a high-carbs diet after having undergone a total body (all body parts including the face, neck... etc) Cryolipolysis procedure?

I mean, suppose I go back to overeating after having done a total body Cryolipolysis/CoolSculpting and seen results, will my body generate ANY NEW fat cells in any of my treated areas?

I just want to be in the clear before I start this promising procedure.

Thank you very much.

Sarah

[AnnieBrooke]

Hi, Sarah, are you asking if the body is unable to make new fat cells in an area where the procedure has worked on old fat cells?

[AnnieBrooke]

As I understand it, cryolipolysis kills about 25% of the fat cells in the area targeted. This doesn't prevent the other 75% of fat cells in the area from increasing in size, if a person were to continue to eat in the way that gave them an issue with their weight in the first place.

[Lady_Sarah30]

Hello there,

Yes, I'm asking whether the body will be unable to generate new fat cells in the targeted area if the person were to continue to eat in the wa that gave them obesity in the firs place.

So, I understand from your reply that the 25% of removed fat cells will never be back even the patient is to continue eating unhealthfully, correct?

Also, I've read that in case one undergoes more treatment sessions for the same area (let's say the abdomen, for example), they'd be able to get rid of even more fat cells than 25%. Is this correct?

Thank you very much for your great answer! I do appreciate it.

[AnnieBrooke]

I actually don't know more about the procedure than I've read online (and in articles about Linda Evangelista's bad results). But there is a lot of information available online. The main point seems to be that the freezing process causes some fat cells lose their function, but a large number remain unaffected, and what a fat cell does, is store fat. If a person did the procedure but didn't stop the habits that made them plump in the first place, they could definitely get just as fat again. I've never read anything that says there is a limit on how much fat the remaining, working fat cells can store.

If the problem is bad habits or being unable to exercise, it seems like hiring a personal diet and exercise coach could be cheaper, safer, and more emotionally satisfying. But if you want to try any procedure for changing your body shape, just be sure you are up on what negative things can happen as well as what you hope will happen. It doesn't sound as simple as, if you gain weight where you don't want it after the procedure, just go back again and again, and finally somehow you will reach a point where no fat cells work in the targeted areas. It's even possible the clinic wouldn't do it again and again, or that there would be undesirable side results from repeating the process over and over. (At the very least, it might leave a person lumpy. A young woman I know who had liposuction say she was disappointed that her stomach wasn't smooth. And there are other complications that can happen from repeated physical intervention in the body.)

It sounds like I'm down on external help to get thinner, and I'm really not. A pal of mine did the stomach surgery (I don't know if it was gastric bypass or stomach stapling) because she was very overweight, and it worked successfully for her, she dropped more than 200 lbs. and is much more healthy. But if you think it's difficult to develop the ability to eat differently and exercise without any kind of surgery or other intervention, think of the kind of changes she had to make. She eats by the thimbleful, now. And if it was gastric bypass, it's not reversible, so she's got to eat that way from now on.

Anyway, good luck with your procedures. Find what you can online, but if your questions are still unanswered, ask the doctor or clinic director about your concerns before you go.