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I Need More CoolSculpting! (A Review/Giveaway)

1 Comment 12 January 2012

If you’re a frequent reader of my blog you know that last year I tried the Coolsculpting® treatment for the first time.  Even though the procedure is totally safe and non-invasive, I was terrified (I’m a big baby).  I was in a room, with not too much on in the way of clothing (do paper bras and panties count?) and this giant machine with what looked like an elephant’s snout was in the room with me.  And it was cold.

Thankfully though, the procedure itself was easy and I saw incredible results with Coolsculpting® after just one visit.  After a consultation with the doctor to choose my problem areas, I scheduled my appointment and went back to have the “procedure” done.  They lay a cool gel pad over the area to be sculpted, line up the machine, and then they turn it on.  It sort of pulls your skin tight and sucks in all of the…ahem…loose areas of your body.

Coolsculpting literally traps the fat between two freezing plates for a certain amount of time, freezing the fat cells and allowing them to die off and eventually leave your body.  What I’ve noticed is that after the procedure you don’t feel anything (except a little numb in that area – almost like you had Novocain in your stomach – you don’t feel anything!) except a little tingling.  A few days later I was in some pain, but nothing that kept me from doing my everyday activities.  I told myself that the pain that I was feeling were the fat cells shriveling up and dying, so that pretty much made me feel better.

The machine looks like the photo below.  I was set up on a comfy table with lots of pillows, and they even covered me with a warm blanket during the procedure.  For a busy mom, it was actually kind of peaceful!

CoolSculpting-System

I had the procedure on my bra rolls, my tummy, and my thighs.  I saw the greatest change in my tummy and I wish I had the opportunity to go back for a few more treatments before my honeymoon.  The areas on my back and my thighs did not hurt during the procedure at all, though I did feel some (bearable) pain a few days later.  However, when they put the machine on my tummy for the first time I felt like someone had knocked the wind out of me.  I’m so thankful to the amazing nurse in the room with me, Ashley, who kept telling me that after 5 minutes it would stop.  She literally stayed in the room with me and helped to distract me during those rather uncomfortable 5 minutes and at 4 minutes and 45 seconds the pain completely disappeared.  I sat through the rest of the treatment sipping on a diet coke and watching the Bachelor on Hulu.

Not bad, right?

If you want to find out more about Coolsculpting you can check out their Facebook page – where I’m sure other patients who are very happy with their results are posting as well.

Want a chance to win a Coolsculpting treatment for yourself?  (The answer is YES, I promise!)  Fill out the form below to enter – and the folks at Coolsculpting will choose one lucky gal (or guy, I suppose!) from across the 14 blogs on this blog tour to win a treatment! I’ll cross my fingers that it’s you!

 

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  1. Jeannie Dolby says:

    YES,I WILL, I PROMISE!


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