Unless you’re a hardcore gymrat or gymbunny, there’s a chance you might have some trouble spots. You know what we mean—unwanted fat. Whether it’s a growing spare tire or wings, many of us carry excess fat in certain areas that’s difficult to melt off.
But fear not—CoolSculpting® can attack many of these areas so you can shed the fat. For good. This post will examine the versatility of CoolSculpting® and all the bodily regions you can target for fat loss.
1. Flanks, also known as love-handles or muffin top
Description: Love handles, muffin-tops, as cute as they sound, are nuisances. They’re the areas of fat on the waist that stick no matter how many Russian side twists and crunches you do. Yay.
CoolSculpting approach: Practitioners contour your sides by freezing fat cells in the waist.
Best CoolSculpting applicator: The CoolAdvantage™. Its curved design is a match made for the waists and sides of your body.
2. Abdomen
Description: A “belly”, a “spare tire”—anything that’s not a tight or toned tummy, usually doesn’t sit well with most of us. It’s a universally-hated region for excess body fat. It’s also the most stubborn. Abdominal fat can linger even with all those flat tummy teas, cardio sessions, and yoga poses.
CoolSculpting Approach: The applicator goes directly over the abdomen to target fat bulges, freezing the fat cells in this region to start the process of fat loss.
Best CoolSculpting Applicator: The CoolCore™ and CoolAdvantage™ are ideal for targeting belly fat. They’re designed to cover large areas, and therefore, can treat both the upper and lower abdomen. Talk about bang for your bucks.
3. Thighs, including inner thighs and outer thighs
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Description: Beauty standards have shifted, and there’s a new (or maybe a renewed appreciation) for “thick thighs”. But sometimes, thigh fat—especially when it’s disproportionate—may rub you the wrong way. We don’t just mean that in a figurative sense. Excess inner thigh fat can literally rub together and cause discomfort.
CoolSculpting Approach: The applicator targets areas of the thighs with stubborn fat to improve their contouring. Practitioners may target the outer thighs, inner thighs, or both, depending on the patient’s request.
Best CoolSculpting Applicator: The CoolFit™ for inner thighs and CoolSmooth™ for the outer thighs. CoolFit™ works well for inner thighs because of its flat design. The CoolSmooth™ is better for the outer regions because it can target non-pinchable fat that the CoolFit™ can’t grasp.
4. The Chin & Submandibular Space
Description: Double chins have become the target of jokes, especially memes, and even if they’re normal, they’re definitely not welcome. Weight gain can definitely give you the double chin, but so can receding jawlines due to aging.
CoolSculpting Approach: A smaller applicator covers the chin and targets the cells in this area. The goal is to define the jawline.
Best CoolSculpting Applicator: The CoolMini™. Designed for small areas, this applicator is perfect for shrinking a double chin as its able to apply its fat-freezing power to a more minute area.
5. Bra fat
Description: The unwanted bulge under your bosom that’s got you thinking about changing bra sizes or permanently wearing one-piece suits. It hangs right under the breasts, both in front and behind, and yes, it’s not very flattering.
CoolSculpting Approach: Practitioners place the applicator over the bulge to target fat cells in the region, so the fat deposits shrink.
Best CoolSculpting Applicator: The CoolPetite™. It’s smaller than other applicators, and more importantly, built to fit into tighter spaces that bra fat occupies.
6. Back fat
Description: A muscular back looks upright and defined, whereas back fat looks the opposite—soft and droopy. Back fat can accumulate on the upper or lower regions of the back, and although it’s easy to hide with clothing, it’s tricky to remove with exercise.
CoolSculpting Approach: A CoolSculpting applicator targets rolls of back fat to reduce them.
Best CoolSculpting Applicator: The CoolAdvantage™. It’s design and ability to cover large areas of skin make it ideal for freezing fat cells in the back.
7. Fat underneath the buttocks, coined “banana roll”
Description: Shapely buttocks have been in vouge for a while now (i.e. the Kardashian effect). Banana rolls though? Not so much. Banana rolls are pockets of fat that form below each buttock, and can even hang under cheeky shorts. Some don’t mind them, but some do.
CoolSculpting Approach: A practitioner puts the CoolSculpting applicator over buttock fat to shrink it down.
Best CoolSculpting Applicator: The CoolSmooth™. This applicator is ideal for targeting small areas with non-pinchable fat, which includes banana rolls under the buttocks.
8. Upper arms
Description: Wings, the flab that clings to your upper arms, doesn’t always disappear even after picking up the dumbbells. Remember, this is fatty tissue, so unless youre making vigorous changes to your diet and doing HIIT/heavy weight training, it’s likely gonna stick.
CoolSculpting Approach: Practitioners will apply the CoolScultping applicator on the arm to freeze fat cells that create the flab.
Best CoolSculpting Applicator: The CoolAdvantage Petite™. Its smaller, compact design is suitable for areas like the upper arms that have less surface area and require more precise targeting.
Got More than One Trouble Spot? CoolScultping’s Got You Covered
Now let’s be real—if you’re like the majority of people, you probably have two or three trouble spots. Yes, it could be because you’ve fallen off the wagon in terms of your diet and exercise, but genetics also plays a role too. So don’t beat yourself up about that.
With that said, if you’re trying to cut down more than one trouble spot, then rest assured CoolSculpting® can help. At PSSC, many of our patients attack two or three (sometimes more) fatty areas at once to a get a whole-body fat killing combo. That can be you as well.
We actually recommend targeting more than one fat spot at a time, because it gives you a more proportionate transformation. Of course, we’ll do so if the area meets a required threshold—if you don’t have more than a certain amount of fat in the region, we won’t touch it. Nevertheless, a consultation with us will determine the extent of CoolScultping® treatment you need for the results you deserve!