Over the years, CoolSculpting® has carved a name for itself. It is one of the leading non-invasive procedures all over the world1. It is also the only fat freezing technology to have the coveted US FDA clearance8. Naturally, the brand CoolSculpting® has gained repute and with it a lot of imitators and fakes. Competing brands and cheap knock offs have made in-roads in the market by using the popularity and the demand for quick, painless and non-surgical fat reduction solutions.
Apart from the high probability that the ‘treatments’ using counterfeit machines will yield no result and will be a waste of your money, there is considerable danger and risk to your health.
CoolSculpting® has taken many precautions to ensure that your safety and comfort is paramount during your treatment.
Patented technology such as Freeze Detect®2 is in-built with CoolSculpting® machines and continuously monitors the temperature. CoolSculpting® is the only FDA approved machine for Cryolipolysis3-6, a technique for destroying fat cells by freezing them and removing them from the body normally and automatically. It is a technique that removes up to 27%7 of the sub-cutaneous fat from the treatment area.
The next time you walk in to a cosmetician’s clinic for CoolSculpting® insist on seeing the machine and the logo to be sure that you are getting the best and only the best.
References:
1. ASDS. Consumer survey on cosmetic dermatologic procedures 2018. https://www.asds.net/medical-professionals/practice-resources/asds-survey-on-dermatologic-procedures. Accessed August, 2019. In 2018, out of 623,000 Body sculpting procedures, there were 287,000 fat freezing / Cryolipolysis procedures.
2. Allergan.CoolSculpting® system user manual. BRZ-101-TUM-EN4-H.2016
3. Allergan. Patent – Control unit. US D568,258 S.2008
4. Allergan. Patent – Monitoring the cooling of sub-cutaneous lipid rich cells, such as the cooling of the adipose tissue. US 8,285,390 B2. 2012
5. Allergan. Patent – System for treating lipid-rich regions. US 8,523,297 B2. 2013
6. Allergan. Patent – Device, system and method of removing heat from subcutaneous lipid rich cells. US 8,702,774,B2. 2014
7. Sasaki GH, et al. Aesthet Surg J 2014;34:420-31
8. Food and Drug Administration. K080521. Zeltiq™ Dermal Cooling Device. September 2010.
CoolSculpting VS Fakes
