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Lose love handles by feeling the freeze instead of the burn

Lose love handles by feeling the freeze instead of the burn
Coolsculpting removes fat cells through targeted cooling
Coolsculpting removes fat cells through targeted cooling
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Coolsculpting removes fat cells through targeted cooling
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Medical device company ZELTIQ has developed a safe procedure that could potentially say goodbye to “love handles." Developed at the Wellman Center of Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Coolsculpting is a method that freezes unwanted fat cells and removes them permanently without invasive surgery. After a series of clinical trials and evidence from ultrasound and histological results, Coolsculpting has recently been approved by the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is targeted for those who are not considered to be clinically overweight but may carry pockets of unwanted fat in areas of their body which have not responded to diet or exercise.

The procedure involves placing a specifically designed cooling applicator over the area desired for fat reduction, which then extracts energy from the underlying fat cells (i.e: cools them) without damaging skin or surrounding tissue. The procedure is designed to deliver controlled and precise cooling conditions to the targeted area, causing the cooled fat cells begin a process called apoptosis (natural cell death), reduce in size, and then be naturally removed through the body’s normal metabolic processes.

The procedure lasts between one to two hours and on average will reduce fat cells by 20 percent. There is no required recovery time after the procedure, so patients can resume normal activities immediately and should start to see results after three weeks.

Coolsculpting procedures are now available through a network of medical centers throughout the United States.

4 comments
4 comments
Roger Kummert
Yes why exercise eat right and get rid of love handles the old fashioned way.
Michael Myland
If you have some extra weight, check this out.
Adze
@ Roger:
\"...unwanted fat in areas of their body which have *not responded to diet or exercise*.\" [emphasis mine.]
Adam Nightingale
@ Roger
Some of us are not blessed with the good metabolism others have. I for one eat very well and exercise 4-5 times a week. I\'m 30 and overall I\'m in great shape but still manage to carry some pockets of fat at the back.