NOT RECOMMENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING PATIENTS:
✔ Pregnant or breastfeeding women.
✔ Patients with a hernia or history of hernia.
✔ Patients who had abdominal surgery.
✔ Patients with any active implanted devices such as a pacemaker or defibrillator.
✔ Patients with a history of Raynaud’s phenomenon, cryoglobulinemia, cold urticaria, cold agglutinin disease, or paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria.
✔ Those with active disease states, a hemorrhagic disorder, or are on anticoagulant treatments.
✔ Men who are treating the submental area should shave prior to appointment
✔ Someone experiencing an active or local skin disease that may alter wound healing or someone who has an autoimmune disease.
✔ Patients with a neuropathic disease such as post-herpetic neuralgia, diabetic neuropathy, or impaired skin sensation.
✔ Patients with diabetes, epilepsy or bell’s palsy.
WHAT TO EXPECT DURING
THE TREATMENT
✔ Treatment can take between 35-75 minutes per body area.
✔ There may be a sensation of pulling, tugging, and mild pinching in the area being treated.
✔ Intense cold, tingling, stinging, aching, and cramping can be common but these sensations subside as the area becomes numb.
✔ There is a 2-minute massage after the applicator comes off that feels like massaging a bruise.
PRE-TREATMENT PREP
✔ Do not have any vaccines for a minimum of 2 weeks before or after your treatment
✔ To combat bruising, avoid blood thinning over-the-counter medications for 72hrs days, such as Aspirin, Advil, Motrin, Ibuprofen, and Aleve unless prescribed by a physician
24 hours prior to treatment
✔ Avoid prolonged sun exposure. Any sunburn to the area needs to be fully treated up to 24 hours before treatment. Arrive for your appointment in comfortable clothing. Bring a book, magazine, and snack, as needed, for the time of your procedure.
✔ We will provide you with appropriate clothing during your treatment.
✔ Please remove any type of piercing in the treatment area.
POST-SKINCARE REGIMEN
- Firm and Tone
- Addresses uneven skin tone and improves the
appearance of firmness and tone.
- Addresses uneven skin tone and improves the
- Transform Alastin
- Addresses skin laxity, crepey skin, supports
production of collagen and elastin.
- Addresses skin laxity, crepey skin, supports
POST-TREATMENT CARE
What to expect immediately after the treatment:
✔ The treated area may look firm or feel stiff, but this generally subsides within 24hrs.
✔ You may experience bruising, numbness, swelling (sometimes up to a dress or pant size), and soreness. These side effects can last up to 3 weeks.
What to do:
✔ If you are experiencing tenderness or soreness in the affected area, take Tylenol, and apply a warm compress or heating pad.
✔ If you are itchy in the treated area, you may take Benadryl at night to help.
✔ 10% of patients experience a rare but normal phenomenon called “late-onset pain” that can occur 3-5 days post-treatment. This can be an intermittent stabbing pain that is due to the regeneration of nerve endings. If you experience this, call your provider immediately, as further care may be necessary.
✔ It is safe to resume normal activity the day after treatment.
✔ It takes 3 months to see the full result from coolsculpting. Multiple treatments may be necessary for the desired outcome.
COOLSCULPTING GUARANTEE:
Opt into the GMS Coolsculpting Guarantee and if you do not see a visible results from your Coolsculpting treatment, we will retreat the area once more for FREE.
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