Does Fat Freezing Really Work? What to Expect from Treatment?
Your body-contouring goals should always be approached with an understanding of what different treatments can achieve. Non-invasive fat reduction and body contouring can be addressed with different treatments.
What is Fat Freezing?
Fat freezing is a cryolipolysis treatment that targets stubborn fat by exposing fat cells to cold temperatures. It is not a non-invasive fat-reduction treatment focused mainly on body contouring.
How Fat Freezing Works
Cryolipolysis treatment is designed to target fat cells with cold because they are more sensitive to cold than the surrounding tissue.
A device cools the targeted area, destroying fat cells without harming the surrounding skin, muscle, or other structures.
What Happens to the Fat Cells?
Once the fat cells are exposed to the cold, they break down and die. Over the coming weeks, they are removed from the body through our lymphatic system.
Treatment Experience
A standard treatment involves placing an applicator on the targeted area. The device gently suctions the tissue while simultaneously cooling it.
You may feel an intense cold sensation at the beginning, followed by numbness for the remainder of the treatment.
Fat-freezing results are gradual. You will start to see changes over several weeks, with full results appearing 2-3 months later as the body naturally eliminates the damaged fat cells. It is intended for body contouring, not for cellulite reduction or major fat loss.
A Powerful Treatment That Delivers a Multitude of Results
The best way to achieve multiple results is with LightRx’s laser lipo treatments. They offer a host of benefits beyond what fat-freezing results alone can offer.
Laser lipo treatments offer:
- Smoother skin texture
- Reduced cellulite
- Enhanced body contours
- Firmer, younger-looking skin
- Improvement in areas that are hard to reduce and tighten, like the thighs, hips, buttocks, and abdomen
How Laser Lipo Works
The treatment begins with placing pads on the skin you’re targeting. The pads deliver low-level laser energy beneath the skin to gently heat the fat cells without damaging the surrounding skin or tissues.
Once the fat cells absorb the heat, a reaction occurs inside them, and they begin to break down. Triglycerides in the fat cells turn into free fatty acids and glycerol.
Then, small openings form in the fat cell membrane, allowing the contents to be released into the bloodstream for eventual removal through daily activity and exercise.
Another reason why laser lipo is one of our most popular treatments is that it doesn’t require any downtime, incisions, anesthesia, or surgery.
Fat-freezing results offer enhanced body contouring, whereas laser lipo offers many benefits, including reduced cellulite, fat reduction, tighter, younger-looking skin, and improved results in hard-to-target areas.
Results Timeline for Laser Lipo
The released fatty acids and glycerol move through the body’s lymphatic system over time.
Typical results will begin to appear after the first treatment, but you can expect the full results after you complete all of your treatments.
The number of treatments required will be determined by one of our technicians during your initial free consultation.
The total number of treatments will be spread over a 10-12-week period. During this time, you can expect to see results that will continue to improve afterward.
Most treatments take less than an hour, and you can return to your normal activities immediately afterward.
A great way to speed up your results is to do light post-treatment exercise to help your body use and process the liquefied fat for energy.
How to Maintain Your Results
Laser lipo is a great tool for reducing stubborn fat and improving body contours, but achieving long-term results depends on our daily habits after treatment.
- Prioritize nutrition: Avoid future weight gain. Focus on lean protein, complex carbs like quinoa and sweet potatoes, and healthy fats like olive oil, avocado, and nuts to stabilize insulin levels and prevent fat storage.
Also, minimize added, processed sugars, which cause insulin spikes and trigger fat storage. This dramatically helps maintain your results.
- Support your lymphatic drainage: To help your body process the liquefied fat released during laser lipo, drink 2-3 liters of water a day.
You can also gently massage the treated area to move stagnant fluid more quickly.
- Consistent physical activity: Exercise is one of the best ways to release the fat after treatments because it encourages the body to use the liquefied fat as energy before it is reabsorbed.
Resistance training is also a very useful tool.
- Weight management: Your ideal results from laser lipo occur when your weight remains stable, within 5-10 pounds of your post-treatment weight.
While fat freezing is an option, the best approach that delivers multiple results in one treatment is laser lipo.
At LightRx, our trained technicians excel at helping you design a treatment plan that meets all your goals. Schedule a free consultation today!
