Is CoolSculpting Permanent?

Unwanted body fat can be difficult to deal with. If you’re tired of sweating buckets at the gym without seeing your desired body goals, it may be time to use a treatment such as CoolSculpting to remove unwanted fat. This unique fat-freezing treatment can be used on virtually all areas of the body to significantly reduce body fat. Learn more about this treatment before you schedule your first appointment at MacMed Spa in Milford, MA.

The results of CoolSculpting are generally permanent. The reason this treatment can last your lifetime is that fat cells that are frozen by this unique treatment will be completely removed by the body. When fat cells are frozen and destroyed, your body will gradually remove these destroyed fat cells through natural processes, and you will be able to enjoy long-lasting results.

Of course, the longevity of your results may also depend on how well you can maintain your desired weight and look after your health. Although fat cells that are destroyed cannot grow back, any fat cells that remain in your body can expand to store more fat, which could result in more weight gain in the future if you don’t maintain a healthy lifestyle.

In general, you can expect to reduce your unwanted fat by at least 25% when you use this treatment. Because CoolSculpting can only reduce a moderate amount of fat, it’s recommended that people using this treatment be within 15 pounds of their goal body weight. That said, most people can lose five to 10 pounds of unwanted fat after treating multiple areas of the body, which is equal to several inches around the waist, hips, and thighs.

Sometimes, the area of the body being treated can also determine how much fat can be reduced with this treatment. While treating larger areas of the body, such as the stomach, can typically result in 25% fat loss in that area, treating small areas of the body can reduce fat by as much as 80%. Smaller areas of the body include the neck, chin, underarms, and knees. 

Fat cells are unlike most other cells in the body. While skin cells can regenerate, the number of fat cells adults have is predetermined during childhood and adolescence. The human body can only grow fat cells during the formative years, so by the time you are an adult, your body will be unable to make new fat cells. 

This is so effective because fat cells are extremely vulnerable to low temperatures. Unlike skin tissues, fat cells can be easily destroyed when exposed to cold. This means that while this treatment freezes fat cells beneath the layer of your skin, your skin will not be harmed or frozen by the treatment.

Appointments for CoolSculpting can take as long as 30 to 60 minutes, depending on how many areas of the body you’re treating and the size of these areas. If you’re only treating smaller areas of the body, your treatment can take only a half hour, whereas treating multiple large areas can result in a longer appointment. Many patients like to treat multiple areas of the body at once if they have complex fat reduction and body sculpting goals.

Although CoolSculpting is a very powerful fat reduction treatment, you will likely need multiple treatments to achieve your desired results. While some people may only need one to two treatment sessions to remove a mild amount of unwanted fat, other people may need two to three sessions to address multiple areas or reduce moderate fat. 

Some patients may feel a noticeable change in areas of the body that have been exposed to the fat-freezing device. Fat cells respond to this treatment by immediately taking up less volume in the body because the walls of the cells are destroyed. Usually, this results in treated areas feeling flatter than they did before.

However, although you may be able to feel noticeable results after this treatment, it will still take several weeks or months to see any visual results. This is because it takes several weeks for your body to naturally flush out fat cells that have been destroyed. Some patients may need as long as six months to see optimal results after their final treatment session.

If you want to enjoy the results of your fat reduction treatment more quickly, there are several things you can do to speed up your results. For one thing, you may be directed to massage treatment areas multiple times a day to encourage faster lymphatic drainage. When you massage treatment areas, your body has an easier time flushing out fat cells that have been destroyed, which can help results develop more quickly. Other methods to speed up your results include:

Regular exercise is key to reducing unwanted fat in the body. Many people have the misconception that exercise burns fat or speeds up the metabolism, but while cardio is good for your cardiovascular health and weight training can help you build more muscles, the true key to weight reduction exercise is movement. When your body moves more throughout the day, your basal metabolic rate increases, which means that your body ends up burning more fat more quickly to maintain homeostasis. 

The best exercise to reduce unwanted fat is walking. Walking as much as two to five miles a day can be enough to increase your metabolic rate and speed up both weight and fat loss. You may also be able to burn more calories at rest when you focus on building more muscle in the body, since muscles burn more calories.

You may also be able to speed up the results of your fat reduction treatment if you are mindful of your diet. Dieting doesn’t have to be extreme to be effective. You don’t need to cut out carbs or only eat foods on an approved diet menu. However, for effective fat reduction, you do need to eat in a deficit. 

The ideal calorie deficit for you is determined by your age, gender, height, current weight, and activity level, which means you may need to use an online calculator to determine the ideal number of calories you need to consume every day to lose weight or maintain weight. Most of the time, reducing your calorie intake by 200 to 500 calories is effective enough to lose one to four pounds of unwanted fat a month.

Water consumption is also important to speed up your results after CoolSculpting. In order to flush the destroyed fat cells out of your body, your body will need an adequate store of water to assist with lymphatic drainage. When you drink enough water for your activity level, age, and gender, your body can flush out the destroyed fat cells much more quickly. Most active adults should aim to consume between 48 and 72 ounces of water each day.

Some people have more difficulty losing weight and reducing unwanted fat than others. If you’re only exercising to get rid of fat, but aren’t building muscle, this can make it harder to get rid of fat. However, women may also have difficulty reducing unwanted fat because of hormones. Sometimes, it can be hard to see the improvements in your body if you are only relying on a scale because of the water storage in your body. 

Your body weight is approximately 60% to 70% water, and if you’re eating a lot of high-sodium foods or more carbs than usual, your body will store more water for several days. This is why, when you are focusing on weight reduction and body fat reduction, looking at the scale isn’t always the best method. Instead, you should focus on measurements and how your clothes fit to track progress.

Good candidates for this fat reduction technique include people who are within 15 to 30 pounds of their goal body weight, as well as people who are not considered overweight on the BMI scale. The best candidates have a mild to moderate amount of unwanted fat and elastic skin.

If you want to destroy unwanted fat cells and keep them off for good, then a fat reduction treatment that freezes away fat cells may be ideal for you. Reach out to MacMed Spa in Milford, MA to schedule a consultation today.