At The Lumen Center, we offer liposuction exclusively for body contouring procedures. While CoolSculpting is effective, it provides a minimal fat reduction result. Whereas liposuction can produce an excellent, natural-looking result in larger and multiple areas. In addition, more patients are candidates for liposuction, but patients with only small bumps or areas are candidates for CoolSculpting.
In contrast, liposuction allows patients to treat excess fat over large areas and remove a substantial amount of fat, providing a more drastic change in body contour with just one session. Liposuction techniques have been around since the early 1920s, and as technology has advanced, liposuction has become one of the best-known cosmetic fat removal treatments. The results with CoolSculpting will be less dramatic than with liposuction, but the benefit of minimal or no downtime is quite significant, especially if your goal is to reduce fat moderately. A candidate for liposuction or CoolSculpting surgery must have a stable weight and not plan for any future fluctuations (for example, due to pregnancy).
Liposuction can also be done with other procedures, such as natural breast augmentation, Brazilian butt lift, skin tightening with Renuvion, and facelift procedures. CoolSculpting is an FDA-approved, non-invasive treatment that safely provides controlled and precise cooling to gently and effectively attack fat cells under the skin. Liposuction is also the only fat reduction option that can work almost anywhere, including very small areas such as the knees and armpits, as well as larger areas such as the hips, thighs, and abdomen. With liposuction, the fat disappears immediately after surgery and the plastic surgeon has precisely extracted the amount needed to achieve an excellent result.
It is an outpatient, minimally invasive surgical procedure that is usually effective on the abdominal wall, thighs and buttocks. During liposuction, the plastic surgeon uses a long, thin instrument called a “cannula” to sculpt problem areas and suck fat through a small incision. On the contrary, liposuction can definitely achieve your fat reduction and sculpting goals in a single procedure. While both liposuction and CoolSculpting have proven effective in reducing adipose tissue and improving body contour, these two cosmetic procedures are, in fact, very different.
CoolSculpting is effective at removing fat around the navel area, around the hips, arms, inner thighs, or even fat under the chin. The two most notable procedures for permanent fat removal are liposuction and CoolSculpting (also known as cryolipolysis). Both liposuction and Coolsculpting treatments are effective in reducing excess fat and improving body contour, but these two cosmetic procedures have clear differences to consider in It counts.
