Non-Surgical Fat Reduction

It is an uncommon reaction in which the treated area grows firmer and larger instead of reducing, usually over several months, and often in the shape of the applicator. The key point is that it does not go away by itself and repeat cooling will not fix it — correction generally means surgery. If a treated area is enlarging rather than shrinking, contact the clinic rather than waiting to see.

One of our experienced laser technicians or estheticians, working directly under the guidance of our physicians — Dr. Gidon Frame, Dr. Sarina Govindasamy and Dr. Teri Fisher. Cooling-based fat reduction involves no needles and no injection, so it is a device treatment rather than a medical procedure, and it is delivered by the people who use these applicators every week. The physicians guide how it is done and are available in the clinic if anything about your treatment needs a doctor's judgement, and any concern you report afterwards is reviewed by one of them.

Cooling temporarily affects the small sensory nerves in the treated skin, and numbness or odd sensation lasting several weeks is an expected consequence rather than a complication. It typically resolves on its own. Tell the clinic if it is not improving over a period of months.

Delayed pain is a recognised effect of cooling-based fat reduction — it can begin days after treatment rather than immediately, and for some people it is significant. It usually settles over a few weeks. Get in touch rather than managing severe pain alone, since it is worth assessing and there are ways to make it easier.

Realistically, no. The volume of tissue reduced is small relative to your total body weight, and the point of the treatment is contour rather than mass. If the scale is your measure of success, this is the wrong treatment and medical weight management is the conversation to have instead.

Larger areas are usually addressed by treating overlapping sections, sometimes across more than one visit, since each applicator covers a defined area. Planning the layout matters — treating adjacent sections poorly can leave a visible step or unevenness between them.

The injured fat cells are broken down and cleared by your body's normal processes over the weeks after treatment, in the same way it deals with other damaged cells. This gradual clearance is why results emerge slowly rather than appearing on the day.

The specific cells cleared are gone permanently, but the fat cells remaining in the area can still enlarge, and weight gained goes somewhere. The treated area may stay proportionally smaller while still increasing in size. Weight stability is what protects the result.

Yes, and mention it even if you have been told it is minor. Applicators use suction and pressure on the abdominal wall, so a hernia in or near the treatment area is a reason not to treat that site. Any unexplained lump in an area you want treated needs assessment before anything else happens.

They answer different questions. Surgery removes more tissue in one procedure with anaesthetic, recovery and surgical risk; non-surgical reduction is gradual, partial and needs no downtime. If you want a substantial change in one area or have a large volume to address, a surgical opinion is a reasonable thing to seek, and we will say so.

No consultation fee, whether you proceed or not — the consultation is complimentary, and being told the pinch test points to skin rather than fat is a perfectly good outcome. A booking fee is charged to secure the appointment slot, reflecting the physician's time and helping keep the schedule free of no-shows.