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The Honest Truth: Does Fat Freezing Remove Cellulites?
Fat freezing treatment does not reduce cellulite. However, it does effectively remove fat bulges in the outer, back and inner thighs to give you a slimmer thigh.
Whether you should do fat freeze would ultimately depend on your goal. If it is to solely treat cellulite, then fat freeze is not suitable. But, if you would like a more defined thigh, you can do fat freeze alongside other cellulite reduction procedures to get rid of cellulite.
How does cellulite form?
Cellulite refers to the visible lumpy, dimpled flesh on the thighs, hips and buttocks. It is a non-serious medical condition that is common in adult women. It is not necessary to seek treatment, but many look for alternatives as cellulite can affect one's self-confidence.
Cellulite forms when fibrous bands connecting your skin to the underlying muscle tighten irregularly. This tightening pulls down on your skin, and the normal layer of fat beneath the skin pushes upward, resulting in a bumpy appearance of the skin.
What is fat freeze and what does it do?
Fat freezing treatments are effective in reducing subcutaneous fat in body areas such as love handles, upper arms and thighs.
During this fat reduction treatment, cold temperatures are used to freeze fat cells causing fat cell death in the treated area. As fatty tissue is more sensitive to cold temperatures compared to other cells, the freezing temperature would destroy fat cells causing cell death without harming other cells. The stubborn fat cells destroyed by the extreme cold temperature will be naturally removed from your body system within a few weeks. The death and removal of unwanted fat cells are what causes weight loss.
Most coolsculpting patients would lose weight and notice results within 4 weeks of their first treatment. Fat freezing can reduce the fat deposit near the connective tissues, leaving you with a slimmer-looking leg.
Common body parts for fat freeze
As there are many different applicator sizes, it is possible to treat a wide array of body parts in a single treatment session. The treatment results vary, but on average, each one to two sessions can reduce body fat by about 25% in the targeted area.
Commonly treated areas include:
Double chin
Lower arm flab
Upper arms
Armpit pooch
Upper and lower abdomen
Love handles or flanks
Saddlebags
Banana roll
Inner thigh
Knee chub
How soon can I expect to see results?
It takes approximately a month before results start to appear. This is due to the nature of how the fat-freezing technology works. After the fat cells are frozen and dead, your body's lymphatic system will take a while to naturally get rid of these dead fat cells.
Multiple sessions are needed in larger areas such as the thighs. Within 3 to 4 sessions, coolsculpting patients would notice a decrease in size and reduced fatty deposits on treated areas.
Treatments suitable for cellulite reduction
Other non-invasive treatments such as Radiofrequency and Ultrasound treatments are effective cellulite treatment options. These treatments have skin-tightening effects which help reduce the appearance of cellulite.
You can go for these treatments alongside fat freezing, as long as the treatments are not on the same day. By doing both simultaneously, you will get a slimmer thigh with smooth and tight skin.
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