CoolSculpting for New Castle, NY

Good at one thing

CoolSculpting does one job, and does it well: it reduces a stubborn pocket of fat that diet and exercise have not shifted. Precision-controlled cooling takes the fat cells in the treated area down to a temperature that sets off their natural death, without harming the tissue around them, and over the following months the body flushes them out. Cells cleared this way do not return.

Knowing where it stops is just as useful when you are deciding whether to book, so here are its limits, each paired with what Bellava offers instead.

Five things it will not do

1. It will not lower your weight. It shrinks fat in a chosen spot. If the scale is the goal, ask about Bellava’s physician-supervised semaglutide weight-loss injections.
2. It will not tighten loose skin. When loose skin or stretched stomach muscles are the real problem, you can request a consultation with Bellava’s board-certified plastic surgeon, Chang Soo Kim, MD, who works in the same building, about a tummy tuck.
3. It will not show overnight. Subtle change can appear from about three weeks; the full effect takes two to four months while the treated cells are cleared.
4. It will not protect untreated areas. Weight gained later can still settle elsewhere, so a steady weight is what keeps the result looking the way it did.
5. It is not free of risk. Redness, bruising or numbness at the treated spot can last from a few days to a few weeks. There is also a rare risk of paradoxical fat hyperplasia, in which treated fat thickens instead of shrinking; following the CoolSculpting protocols closely is how the team keeps that risk down.

Prefer light to cold? Bellava’s non-surgical laser lipo reaches stubborn fat a different way.

Where it does fit

The areas Bellava treats most often are:

• the abdomen, for a lower-belly pooch or a muffin top
• the flanks, or love handles
• the back, including the bulge around a bra strap
• the inner and outer thighs
• under the chin, for a cleaner jawline

A session lasts 35 to 60 minutes, depending on how many applicators are used. Expect cold as the panels go on and a pulling sensation as suction draws the tissue in; most people liken it to a firm massage, and you are free to read, work or doze through it. There is no recovery time afterwards. Some areas need more than one session, and your plan says how many.

Who performs it

Licensed medical estheticians who are certified in CoolSculpting: Semira Crecco-Donnelly, with more than 20 years in the field, and Natalina McEwan, a CoolSculpt University graduate. Both work under Bellava’s medical director, Donna D’Alessio, MD.

From central Chappaqua, take Quaker Road to the Saw Mill River Parkway, go north for about seven and a half miles and leave at Harris Road; the trip is roughly 15 minutes without traffic.

New Castle patients ask

Has CoolSculpting been through FDA review? Yes. It is FDA-cleared for safety and efficacy.

Is there a charge to find out whether it suits me? No. The consultation is free: your areas of concern and health history are reviewed, and you leave with a personal plan.

How do I book? Press Book Now to choose a time online.