Am I a good candidate for fat freezing?
You are a good candidate if you are near your target weight with a defined, pinchable deposit that has resisted diet and training. You are not if you are looking for weight loss, if the fat is firm and non-pinchable, or if the main issue is loose skin rather than volume.
The pinch test
Subcutaneous fat — the layer between skin and muscle — can be pinched between your fingers and is what the treatment reaches. Visceral fat sits beneath the abdominal wall around the organs, cannot be pinched, and is unreachable by any external device.
A firm abdomen that does not pinch is usually visceral, and the answer there is nutrition, training and often a metabolic workup rather than contouring.
Who gets the best results
People within roughly a stone or seven kilograms of their target weight, with a specific area that does not respond to otherwise successful effort — flanks, lower abdomen, inner thighs, upper arms, under the chin.
People who intend to keep training and eating well afterwards. The result is kept by maintaining weight, so the treatment works best as part of something rather than instead of it.
When it is not appropriate
Cold-related conditions — cryoglobulinaemia, cold urticaria, paroxysmal cold haemoglobinuria — rule it out. So does a hernia in the treatment area, and significant Raynaud's. Pregnancy is a contraindication. Tell us about any skin condition or recent surgery in the area.
If loose skin rather than fat is the main concern, skin tightening is the relevant treatment, not fat reduction. A consultation sorts out which problem you actually have, and it is worth having that conversation before buying a package.
General information, not medical advice, and not a substitute for seeing a clinician who can assess you. Cryohealthcare Marina del Rey is a wellness practice; our treatments are not medical treatments and do not treat medical disease. We do not sell peptides or prescription medication from this website.
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