How Many Inches Can You Lose With CoolSculpting

Coolsculpting is a way of removing fat by freezing it in certain areas of your body. The method of fat freezing used in cool sculpting is known as cryolipolysis. Cryolipolysis is the process of cooling your fat to a temperature that freezes it while leaving the skin unharmed.

Over time, usually somewhere between one to two months, the frozen fat leaves your body and reveals a slimmer physique. Causing you to lose inches off your body. Coolsculpting is a non-surgical procedure that takes anywhere from 35 minutes to over an hour and 15 minutes. Coolsculpting can be done on the chin, jawline, thighs, abdomen, back, butt, and arms.

While the device is in place, it freezes 20-25% of the fat cells in the targeted area. Coolsculpting does not cause you to lose substantial weight; it removes stubborn fat.

How Many Inches Can You Lose With Cool Sculpting?

Coolsculpting removes anywhere from 20-25% of the fat cells in the targeted area. The number of inches your body will lose after treatment depends on various factors. These include the size of the targeted area, how many treatment sessions you receive, and other factors specific to your body. During your initial consultation, you’ll get a better estimate of how many inches you’ll likely lose. Smaller areas of the body tend to lose around ½ inch of fat, while larger areas often lose more (up to three inches).

The Importance of Setting Realistic Treatment Expectations

When considering CoolSculpting, it’s very important to maintain realistic treatment expectations. Plenty of science and real-life testimonials back up CoolSculpting’s fat-freezing effectiveness. However, it’s not a weight-loss treatment. It can’t duplicate the results of weight-loss surgery, nor is it designed to do so. Instead, it helps remove isolated pockets of fat you can’t eliminate with exercise and diet alone. It can make a huge difference in the shape of your physique but likely won’t tip the scale much at all.

CoolSculpting is an exceptional treatment for anyone at or near a healthy weight who wants to reduce fat in specific areas. It’s a great alternative to surgery and comes with much less risk or downtime. However, despite its versatile and gentle nature, CoolSculpting may not work well for those who are more interested in losing a significant amount of weight versus reducing specific fat pockets.

Furthermore, you may not be the best treatment option in the following situations:

If you have loose skin
If you have poor skin tone
You suffer from raynaurd’s phenomenon
You have cryoglubenemia
You have cold urticaria
If you are pregnant or nursing

What to Expect During Your CoolSculpting Treatment

A single CoolSculpting session usually lasts between 35 and 45 minutes. Of course, you can expect your session to last longer if you’re treating multiple areas in the same appointment. When you arrive at your appointment, you’ll receive an overview of how the treatment will go. You’ll likely receive special treatment clothes to wear during your appointment.

When your provider places the CoolSculpting device on the treatment area and turns it on, you’ll feel an increasing sensation of coldness. The temperature can become intense, but you shouldn’t feel pain. The CoolSculpting device must cool the fat cells to a low enough temperature to freeze and kill them. Don’t worry; the temperature isn’t cold enough to kill your other tissues.

You can immediately resume your normal daily activities after your CoolSculpting treatment. You may feel a bit sore after your session, and your treatment sites may be slightly red. But other than that, you shouldn’t feel too uncomfortable.

You should start noticing a change in your body shape within three weeks of your appointment. By six months after treatment, your final outcome should be apparent. Your results aren’t instantaneous because the body can’t get rid of the fat cells overnight. It must slowly metabolize or flush them out, which can take some time. Many providers recommend taking photos of your body before your treatment and a few months afterward. That way, you’ll see the subtle changes your body goes through in the weeks and months after CoolSculpting.

How to Maximize Your CoolSculpting Fat Loss Results

Since CoolSculpting is viewed as an investment, it is natural for you to want to know how to make the most of this treatment. The fat cells your body eliminates after CoolSculpting can’t grow back. Once they’re gone, they’re permanently separated from your body. However, that doesn’t mean the other fat cells in your body can’t enlarge. If you stop taking care of your body and don’t follow a healthy exercise or diet regimen, you could put on excess weight. This is true after any body sculpting procedure. Here are a few things you can do to prevent weight regain and maximize your inches lost after CoolSculpting:

Exercise regularly (aim for at least 30 minutes of physical activity daily).
Eat a healthy diet and avoid heavily processed, fatty, or sugary foods.
Reduce stress in your life. Excess stress can raise cortisol, a hormone associated with weight gain.
Maintain realistic treatment recommendations. Remember that it takes time to see the final outcome of each CoolSculpting treatment. Be patient with your body as it works to eliminate the frozen cells.
Only trust experienced professionals with your body contouring needs. Look for a CoolSculpting provider with excellent reviews and a high patient satisfaction rating.
Get at least seven hours of quality sleep each night. When you’re sleep-deprived, you’re more likely to make poor dietary choices.

In addition to these suggestions, make sure you follow your provider’s treatment recommendations. They may suggest getting multiple treatments to help you get the best treatment outcome. Every body is different, but most people need up to three total CoolSculpting sessions to optimize their fat loss. You may need up to eight weeks between follow-up treatments to let your body entirely remove the dead fat cells from the previous session.

Get CoolSculpting Near You on Long Island

Cool Contouring New York is proud to offer CoolSculpting on Long Island. Our facility is conveniently located in Wantagh, NY, where we serve the people living in and around Suffolk County and Long Island. If you want to try this revolutionary fat reduction treatment, call us at (516) 986-4900 to schedule your consultation.

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About Safoora Obergh

Safoora grew up in Yonkers, NY, and pursued her education at St. John’s University in Queens. She began her career in the medspa industry in 2019 at CoolContouring and has been performing CoolSculpting, microneedling, and CoolTone treatments since 2020. Safoora has received advanced training in techniques from Allergan and was recognized as the number one CoolSculpting provider on Long Island in 2024. She is passionate about helping her clients achieve their health and beauty goals. In her free time, she enjoys gardening, reading, and exploring new cultures and cuisines while traveling throughout Europe and beyond.