CoolSculpting & CoolTone

Every CoolSculpting treatment starts with a consultation

This is not us being careful for the sake of it. There is genuinely no way to tell you what your treatment involves or how long it will take until we have looked at the area in person.

At your consultation we assess the area you want treated and build a treatment plan around it, then give you the full cost before you book anything. Treatment times vary considerably from person to person and from area to area, and we will tell you what to expect for yours rather than quoting you someone else's.

Where CoolSculpting treats

It is FDA-cleared for visible fat bulges in these areas:

• Under the chin and along the jawline
• Abdomen
• Flanks, often called love handles
• Inner and outer thigh
• Bra fat
• Back fat
• Underneath the buttocks
• Upper arm

Who it is for, and who it is not

CoolSculpting is for fat you can pinch that has not responded to diet or exercise, on someone who is reasonably near the weight they want to be. It changes the outline of a specific area.

It is not a weight loss treatment, and we will not sell it to you as one. If what you want is to lose a significant amount of weight, that is a different conversation and medical weight loss is where it starts. We would rather tell you that at your consultation than take payment for a plan that will not give you what you came in picturing.

What CoolTone treats

The abdomen, the buttocks, and the front of the upper thighs. Most people do between four and eight sessions scheduled close together, and a number of our clients then keep coming once a month alongside their own workout schedule.

Why it belongs alongside CoolSculpting

Reducing the fat over a muscle and strengthening the muscle underneath are two halves of the same result. If you treat only the fat you get a smaller version of the same shape. The clients who do both are the ones who end up happiest, and that is the main reason we talk about the two together rather than selling them separately.

Who CoolTone is particularly good for

It works the muscle without asking anything of you, which makes it genuinely useful for people who cannot train the way they would like to, and worth adding for people who already do.

• Anyone on a GLP-1. Losing weight quickly costs you muscle alongside the fat, and the abdomen, buttocks, and thighs are exactly where people notice it. CoolTone is cleared to strengthen, tone, and firm those three areas, and it is the main reason our weight loss clients ask about it.
• Anyone recovering, or temporarily unable to be active. After surgery or an injury, once you have been cleared to start working again, it engages the muscle without loading a joint or getting you to a gym.
• After pregnancy. Once you have been cleared to resume activity, the abdominal wall is usually where people want to begin.
• Aging and muscle loss. Muscle mass declines with age regardless of what else you are doing, and it begins earlier than most people expect. This works against that with no impact on the joints.

CoolTone also has a page of its own if you want the detail.

What the treatment feels like

For CoolSculpting, the applicator draws the area in with suction, which feels like firm pressure. The cold is intense for the first five to ten minutes and then the area goes numb and you stop noticing it. People work, read, and sleep through it.

Afterward we massage the treated area and finish with Z-Wave acoustic wave therapy. Both are included at no charge.

CoolTone feels like an involuntary contraction, strange at first and then not. There is no needle, no cold, and nothing to recover from.

When you will see it

• Around three weeks: the earliest visible change
• Two months: where most of the result has arrived
• Three months: the full result, and when we photograph and compare

Individual results vary. We bring you back at three months rather than leaving you to judge it yourself week to week.

Afterward

• Redness, firmness, and swelling in the treated area, settling over days
• Numbness or tingling that can last a few weeks. This is normal and resolves
• Cramping, aching, or occasional sharp twinges in the first week or two
• Bruising, particularly where the suction sat

There are no restrictions. You can exercise the same day and go back to work from the appointment.

The rare risk we tell everyone about

There is an uncommon reaction to cryolipolysis called paradoxical adipose hyperplasia. Instead of the fat layer shrinking, the treated area gradually becomes larger and firmer, usually some months after treatment. It is rare, it does not resolve on its own, and correcting it requires surgery.

We raise this with everyone before they book, not in the paperwork afterward. It is the single most important thing to understand before choosing this treatment, and anyone who does not mention it to you is not giving you what you need to decide.

Who should wait

CoolSculpting is not suitable if you have cryoglobulinemia, cold agglutinin disease, or paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria, or if there is a hernia in the area to be treated.

CoolTone is not suitable if you have any metal or electronic implant in or near the treatment area, including a pacemaker, defibrillator, or metal IUD, and it is not performed during pregnancy. Tell us about any implant anywhere before we begin.

Members

Members receive 10% off CoolSculpting. Weight loss services, including GLP-1 therapy, are also 10% off, and that rate is the same whichever membership tier you are on.

Booking

Call or text (615) 997-3330 and we will get your consultation scheduled.

Often paired with

• CoolTone
• Weight Loss with GLP-1
• Ultherapy Skin Lifting