Cryolipolysis/Fat Freeze

Cryolipolysis/Fat Freezing Treatment: 

Cryolipolysis uses extreme cold on targeted areas in order to to freeze fat cells in which will cause some of them to die. The intent is not weight loss; rather, it is to reduce areas of fat that have not responded to diet or exercise. The goal is to reduce stubborn fat in trouble areas. 

Fat Freeze aims to freeze fat and promote natural fat metabolism. Cryolipolysis, commonly referred to as fat freezing, is a nonsurgical fat reduction procedure that uses cold temperature to reduce fat deposits in certain areas of the body. The procedure is designed to reduce localized fat deposits or bulges that do not respond to diet and exercise.

Transformation

Over the next 4 to 6 months, your body will naturally promote fat motabolism and eliminates fat cells, leaving a more sculpted you.

Who Should not Get Fat Freeze 

Conditions that will not allow you to undergo cryolipolysis treatment. 

* Cryoglobulinemia

* Cold Agglutinin Disease

* Paroxysmal Cold Hemoglobinuria

It’s important to be honest during consultation about your medical history to ensure your safety and proper treatment. 

Menstruation: increased sensitivity and propensity to bloating may make you consider rescheduling. Common side effects of the treatment are tenderness, swelling and bruising, which may cause more discomfort if you are already suffering from menstrual cramps.

During your consultation, we will discuss your goals and tailor a treatment plan that aligns with your needs. Once we have completed your consultation, you will be asked to relax on a comfortable bed while a gel pad and cooling applicator is placed on the target area.

The applicator uses suction to pull the fat into the applicator cup, you will feel a slight pulling or tugging on the area, but this is completely normal.

Next, the applicator will freeze the fat. You will likely feel a cooling sensation, but typically, this does not cause any pain.

 Once the applicator is settled, it will stay on the area for approxemately 45 mins to one hour. Any slight discomfort will typically last no more than 5 minutes. After treatment is completed, the applicator is taken off and the area is massaged in order to break down the crystals. 

Benefits Include:

• Non-surgical
• No downtime
• No painful recovery period
• No scars
• 100% safe and effective

Cryolipolysis/Fat Freeze treatment is a non-invasive body contouring treatment that can help promote natural fat motabolism for fat reduction and overall reduce unwanted fat cells.. The idea came from the observation of a child’s temporarily loss of cheek fat (a phenomenon called cold-panniculitis) after sucking on an ice-popsicle. The first fat freeze machine was first introduced in 2007.  It is now used for body contouring and is an alternative to liposuction and surgical fat resection (commonly known as “tummy tuck”).

Because fat cells are vulnerable to cold it causes the fat to die over time (a process called apoptosis). Apoptosis causes the release of inflammatory molecules (cytokines) around the treatment area; this is our body’s way of “cleaning up” dead debris. 

For mechanisms not entirely clear, it is hypothesized that over 5-6 months following treatment, our body naturally processes the dead cells, transporting them through the lymphatic system and eventually eliminating them. 

The end result is a reduction in the thickness of the fat layer. During this period when fat cells (adipocytes) gradually disappear, there is typically no increase in blood levels of fat (lipid) or change in liver enzymes. This makes researchers believe that cryolipolysis is a safe process of metabolism.