What’s The Difference Between Cryo Fat Freeze And Other Fat Freezing Treatments?

The illumia-exclusive Cryo Fat Freeze is hands down our most raved-about body sculpting treatments, and the #1 frequently asked question is the difference between Cryo Fat Freeze versus normal fat freezing treatments. While a lot of you might be no stranger to “fat freezing”, which is a non-surgical procedure that removes fat cells permanently, you might be wondering what makes Cryo Fat Freeze special. In this article, we will break it all down to help you understand better.

But first things first, here are some good-to-know tidbits:

1. Fat cells are extremely sensitive to temperature, and these treatments take advantage of the fact and target them with very high or low temperatures to destroy them.
2. illumia Therapeutics has a variety of body sculpting treatments to help you achieve your body goals. We recommend that you go for a consultation with our experienced therapists to find out the right treatments for your concerns.

Technology: Fat freezing treatments like the Cooltech 360 IceSculpt help to reduce fat by safely cooling the targeted area to very low temperatures to destroy the fat cells. These cells are then naturally eliminated from the body via the lymphatic system. Cryo Fat Freeze on the other hand, uses thermal shock therapy that first heats, then cools and once again heats the targeted area. Not only does heating at the targeted area destroy fat cells, it also helps to improve the lymphatic drainage to help with elimination of destroyed fat. This means you’re likely to see results right after your first session.

Here goes:

Down time after each treatment: After a fat freezing treatment, you may sometimes notice redness or slight tenderness of the muscles that could take some time to resolve. Some individuals may also experience side effects like muscle soreness, bruising, swelling, numbness and cold burns. You’re unlikely to have any major side effects with Cryo Fat Freeze other than some localised redness and maybe slight numbness because of the cold, both of which subside very quickly. Of course, each person is different and each individual will have a different experience, but the treatments are largely safe with low down times.

Treatment duration: A normal fat freezing treatment can last anywhere from 30 to 70 minutes. However, depending on the treatment, the machines and the available handpieces, you may be able to target more than one area during a single normal fat freezing treatment session. And your next session could be three months later.

During each 30-minute session of Cryo Fat Freeze, you’re only able to target one area at a time. However, you can go back for session every 10 to 15 days.

Comfort level during the treatment

Fat freezing treatments combine a suction function along with extremely low temperatures to destroy the fat cells. Some individuals find the low temperatures quite uncomfortable and the suction to be slightly painful. Cryo Fat Freeze on the other hand, doesn’t have any suction so that immediately makes it painless and the low temperatures mixed in with the heating make the treatment a lot more comfortable.

Suitability: who can get these treatments?

Our therapists will do a thorough consultation to determine your suitability for a body contouring treatment. Since the normal fat freezing treatments use suction and cold temperatures, any individual looking to get regular fat freezing needs to have at least three centimetres of pinchable fat for the suction vacuum to adhere properly. Cryo Fat Freeze doesn’t use suction so even slim people who have a generally healthy lifestyle but want to target stubborn fat are eligible for this treatment.