Non-surgical body contouring options overview
In this guide, body contouring means treatments meant to change how a particular area of the body looks, and non-surgical means they are done without an operation. When a provider shows before-and-after pictures or a round-number promise, ask what the claim is based on. A better first step is to read what independent medical bodies say. The ASPS overview of nonsurgical fat reduction covers several options in one place, and the Cleveland Clinic page on fat freezing goes into one of them.
Subtopics
Each page below takes one question and treats it the same way: what is being claimed, what to ask, and where to check.
- Planning a non surgical contour treatment: the questions to settle before you book.
- Why cellulite dimples are so hard to erase: how to judge a promise to remove them.
- Dissolving double chin fat with Kybella: what to ask about an injection aimed at the chin area.
- Muscle building devices and heat based fat reduction: how to read claims made for devices.
- Fat freezing with CoolSculpting: process and risks: what to ask about the process and its downsides.
Reading the sources
Treatment names can differ between sources, so check that you are comparing like with like. Fat freezing and cryolipolysis, for example, appear together in the title of the fat freezing page linked above. There is also an ASDS page on cryolipolysis and a longer ASDS page on cryolipolysis for excess fat. Read them next to a provider's brochure and note where the wording differs.
Checking a quote against these pages
Start with the planning page if you have not yet chosen a treatment. If you already have a quote in hand, read the page that matches the treatment and check each claim in the quote against it. Nothing on this independent site is a treatment recommendation, so take the quote and your questions to a licensed provider before you decide.