Eliminate Love Handles Fat with CoolSculpting 

Say Goodbye to Love Handles & Muffin Top – No Surgery, No Needles, No Downtime!

Are you sick of that bulge at the top of your pants, even though you’ve been eating healthy and doing multiple sets of mountain climbers and Russian twists in the gym?

Also known as “flanks”, love handles are one of the hardest areas to tone for both men and women. Here at Skincredible Dermatology & Surgery, we offer CoolSculpting^® to solve this problem. CoolSculpting is an FDA-cleared, non-invasive procedure that uses cryolipolysis technology to get rid of stubborn fat cells.

If you are looking for a safe, effective way to eliminate unwanted fat and get the well-defined body shape you’ve always dreamed of – with zero surgery or downtime – then CoolSculpting is a great option for you. The results are lasting, noticeable, and proven.

Can CoolSculpting Treatment Get Rid of My Love Handles?

Absolutely. CoolSculpting treatment is a body contouring procedure that works by directing intense cold temperature to destroy fat in the treatment areas 

Despite the powerful cooling technology, the treatment is very gentle in the way it works with the skin and underlying tissue. CoolSculpting treatments only target the excess fat cells in an area, freezing them to be purged out of your body forever.  

Since CoolSculpting is administered via applicators that come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, nearly every area of your body can be contoured with it. Even the hard-to-firm-up areas like love handles, banana rolls (under your buttocks), and double chins can be effortlessly smoothed over with CoolSculpting treatment.

You can freeze away your flanks or muffin top with just a few treatments with CoolSculpting at our Skincredible Dermatology & Surgery location in Mission Viejo..

How CoolSculpting Works

Thanks to modern technology, there are several ways to lose weight and kill fat cells. However, freezing them is the safest and most natural option.

During your CoolSculpting treatments, your love handles will be put into a suction applicator, which will blast them with extremely cold temperatures. This freezing technique will damage and rupture only the fat cells in that area, and your body will gradually absorb them. But don’t worry, your body disposes these dead cells over time through natural functions.  

One CoolSculpting session takes about 35–60 minutes per area, and patients report feeling a mild tugging, pinching, and cooling sensation. The treatment doesn’t damage the skin or tissue underneath the fat, so there is no downtime required for healing. Most of our patients are able to get on with their routine activities, including exercise, immediately after their procedure.

There’s a good reason why more and more people are turning to CoolSculpting instead of traditional liposuction. For starters, CoolSculpting is a non-invasive fat reduction procedure, so risks are minimal to none. Plus, it’s fast.

A single CoolSculpting treatment for love handles procedure reduces fat cells in the targeted area by 20–25%. You will begin to see results in as little as 3–4 weeks, but full results can take up to 3–4 months.

Am I a Candidate for CoolSculpting Love Handles Treatment?

The first thing you need to understand when considering CoolSculpting for treatment of love handles is that it’s not a substitute for living a healthy lifestyle. If your goal is to lose a lot of weight fast without changing your diet and committing to regular workouts first, CoolSculpting is not for you.  

There are also some medical conditions that make you a bad candidate for CoolSculpting treatments, including:

• Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria
• Cold agglutinin disease
• Cryoglobulinemia   
• Untreated diastasis recti 
• Neuropathic disorders (nerve damage)  
• Recent surgery or scar tissue in the CoolSculpting treatment areas
• Bleeding disorders 
• Obesity 
• Pregnancy and/or lactation

If you have any of these conditions, fat reduction procedures such as CoolSculpting can further complicate your health. We recommend checking with your primary care provider before having any invasive or non-invasive procedures that impact the body.

Now let’s look at what the ideal CoolSculpting candidate looks like. This is someone who:

• Is within 30 pounds of their goal body weight
• Maintains a reasonably clean and healthy diet
• Works out regularly
• Is committed to continue eating healthy and exercising in the future

e encourage all our CoolSculpting clients to commit to consistent exercise and a balanced, healthy diet. Gaining a significant amount if weight aftwe, the treatment   may cause the results to get obscured over time or go unnoticed altogether.

When Will I See My Results?

Most of our patients see a 20–25% fat reduction in the treatment areas after the very first session. However, it will take 1–3 months after your last session to see full results. In some cases, results can take up to six months or longer to appear, depending on how well your body works in eliminating the dead fat deposits.  

After your first session of CoolSculpting for love handles, you may notice your clothes are beginning to feel a little looser even if you can’t see a difference.

It is important to have realistic expectations. You won’t walk out of your CoolSculpting appointment one size smaller, and it will take a few weeks for you to see the outcome. However, the no-surgery, no-anesthesia, and no-downtime are considerable benefits that make this fat reduction procedure a no-brainer for men and women struggling to lose excess fat and enhance their figure.

Can I Do Something To Speed Up My CoolSculpting Results for Love Handle?

Waiting to see those flanks melt off – or freeze off, to be precise – your body after the first treatment can be exciting and frustrating. Most of our patients ask if there are ways they can improve their body sculpting results, so here’s your answer: yes, you can!

While more research needs to be done into the idea of speeding up the body’s natural process of eliminating the dead fat cells, here at Skincredible Dermatology & Surgery, we have observed something interesting.  

In our experience, CoolSculpting love handles patients who have a robust lymphatic system tend to experience faster results than those who don’t. Since the role of your lymphatic system is to flush out the waste, this makes sense.

Here are a few steps you can take to boost the function of your lymphatic system and accelerate the removal of dead fat deposits from your body:

Hydrate

Drink at least 8–10 glasses of water every day. Drinking plenty of water will help your body expel the fat cells faster. Also hydrating before and after the procedure helps your body recover more rapidly.

Get a Massage

Studies show that massage stimulates the lymph and blood vessels, helping move the fluid along.

Do Cardio and Resistance Training

Regular aerobic activity and strength training increases the efficiency of both lymph circulation and the cardiovascular system.

Load Up On Anti-Inflammatory Foods

Turmeric, ginger, garlic, green leafy vegetables, and olive oil are powerful anti-inflammatory foods that help strengthen the lymphatic system.

Dry Brush

Dry brushing your body, especially the CoolSculpting treatment areas, can release congestion and stimulate lymphatic flow.

Try Lymph Drainage Therapy

A certified massage therapist specifically trained in the lymphatic drainage therapy can target the treatment area to stimulate the fluid circulation in your lymph nodes, speeding up the removal of unwanted fat cells. Also, it’s deeply relaxing!

Liposuction or CoolSculpting for Love Handles: Which Is Better?

This is perhaps the most frequent question we get from people. Both Liposuction and CoolSculpting are popular fat reduction procedures so we understand why it might be confusing to pick the right option for you.

The answer depends on your treatment goals. The CoolSculpting applicators are designed to treat local fat deposits. If you’re looking for a non-surgical treatment to reduce fat in a particular area, such as your outer thighs or love handles, we recommend CoolSculpting.

On the other hand, if you are looking for a more dramatic change in your body contour, or you want to get rid of excess fat over a larger area of the body, liposuction might be a better choice.

Liposuction is a surgical treatment option which allows for more fat to be removed during a single session. This makes it an aggressive procedure, and as with any surgery, it comes with considerable risks.

What Makes CoolSculpting the Best Treatment Option for Love Handles?

Ever since the FDA cleared CoolSculpting for removal of fat deposits that form muffin tops and love handles, it has become one of the most popular cosmetic procedures around the world. Here are a few reasons that make CoolSculpting a consistently effective and preferred fat-reduction treatment:

It is non-invasive

You won’t be put under anesthesia, and there are no needles involved.

It doesn’t leave any scars

Unlike traditional liposuction that can cause scarring, CoolSculpting doesn’t pose that risk.

It has no recovery time/downtime

You can return to your work – or gym – immediately after.

It is a quick and comfortable process

You may feel mild sensations of cold, tugging, and pinching, but these go away within a few minutes.

It effectively targets the area of your choice

CoolSculpting can effectively remove the fat cells from your double chin, bra and back fat, abdomen, upper arms, outer thighs, inner thighs, and of course, love handles.

#1 Body Sculpting Experts in Southern California: Book Your Free Consultation Today!

You might be doing your best to stay healthy with diet and exercise, but maybe genetics are getting in the way of attaining your dream body shape. Here at Skincredible Dermatology & Surgery, our providers can contour your figure by ridding it of stubborn fat bulges with CoolSculpting.

We are proud to offer the latest applicators from CoolSculpting which reduce treatment time, swelling, and bruising, and provide superior results in fat reduction.

Come in for a free consultation with one of our qualified providers in any of our facilities in Orange County. We are conveniently located in Mission Viejo as well as San Clemente, and always welcome patients of all ages, needs, and backgrounds. To learn more, please give us a call at (949) 545-6605 or you can schedule an appointment online.