CoolSculpting for Goldens Bridge, NY

Built for one stubborn area at a time

CoolSculpting is aimed at a particular bulge that diet and exercise have not shifted, rather than at the whole body. Cooling panels lower the fat cells in that spot to a temperature that triggers their natural death, while the skin and tissue around them are left unharmed. Over the next few months your body clears those cells away on its own. They do not grow back, though weight put on later can still collect in places that were never treated. If your aim is overall weight rather than a single area, Bellava’s physician-supervised weight-loss injections are the program designed for that.

The areas people bring most often are:

• the lower belly and the muffin top
• the flanks, or love handles
• the back, including the bulge around a bra line
• the inner and outer thighs
• the fullness under the chin

Planning around the calendar

CoolSculpting rewards patience. Subtle changes can show from about three weeks, but the full effect takes two to four months while the treated cells are cleared, and some areas call for more than one session. If you have a summer, a holiday or an event in mind, start well ahead of it. Your esthetician sets out at the start how many sessions each area is likely to need.

What a session involves

Each session runs 35 to 60 minutes, depending on how many applicators are placed. The panels feel cold at first and the suction pulls a little; most people say it ends up feeling like a firm massage. You can read, answer email or doze while it works, and there is no recovery afterwards, so the drive back up I-684 to Goldens Bridge, about eight minutes without traffic, is the only thing between you and the rest of your day.

Short-lived redness, bruising or numbness at the treated area can last from a few days to a few weeks. CoolSculpting is FDA-cleared, and there is a rare risk of paradoxical fat hyperplasia, where treated fat thickens instead of shrinking; following the CoolSculpting protocols closely is how Bellava keeps that risk low.

Who performs it

Bellava’s CoolSculpting is carried out by licensed medical estheticians certified in the treatment: Semira Crecco-Donnelly, who has over 20 years in the field, and Natalina McEwan, a CoolSculpt University graduate. Both work in a physician-led practice under medical director Donna D’Alessio, MD.

Goldens Bridge patients ask

Is there a charge to be assessed? No. The consultation is complimentary: your problem areas are examined, your health history and earlier treatments are reviewed, and you leave with a plan made for you.

When would surgery make more sense? CoolSculpting removes fat but cannot tighten loose skin. Where that is the issue, Bellava’s board-certified plastic surgeon, Chang Soo Kim, MD, may suggest a tummy tuck. A consultation with Dr. Kim is requested by form, call or text, and the patient coordinator calls back to arrange it.

How do I book CoolSculpting? Pick a time online through Book Now.