FAQ

There will be some bruising and swelling following the surgery. However, within a few days, the swelling and bruising should start to subside and results will start to be more noticeable. The final outcome will be more obvious a few weeks after surgery, when all the swelling and bruising has gone away.

The average patient can typically get back to work in about a week after surgery. This will depend a lot on your job and on how strenuous your duties are throughout the day. There will be some restrictions of strenuous activity for several weeks following the surgery.

You should avoid applying make-up near the incisions for at least 2-3 weeks after surgery. Once your incisions are fully healed, you may resume with your normal make-up routine.

Unfortunately, insurance companies rarely cover the cost of eyelid surgery because they view it as a cosmetic procedure. However, there is an exception to that rule if the issue being corrected impedes your vision. Coverage of an upper eyelid surgery requires pre-approval by the insurance company. As with any surgery, if you have any further questions, book an appointment for a consultation to learn if you are a good candidate for eyelid surgery.

Liposuction and CoolSculpting are both used by physicians to help reduce the amount of fat in a person’s body. And, both of these procedures permanently remove the existing targeted fat cells in the areas treated by the physician. Cool Sculpting is a noninvasive way of removal of fat and liposuction is a minimally invasive way of mechanically removing fat cells.

Both procedures are very safe. However, CoolSculpting is non-invasive and requires no anesthesia or incisions. The less you have to invade the body in any procedure, the safer it becomes. On the other hand, liposuction is considered an minimally invasive surgery, requiring anesthesia and small-less than one centimeter incisions.

CoolSculpting – This procedure will remove excessive fat cells from under the skin, without surgery. It’s a non-invasive procedure that requires no cutting, stitching, or anesthesia. It uses a special tool that will suck in and cool certain rolls of fat to a freezing temperature. Your body will then naturally rid itself of the frozen injured cells via natural processes. Results are typically noticeable after a few weeks, and the final results within 3 months. Liposuction – Small incisions are required to utilize a narrow and long tool for suction, which vacuums out fat cells, therefore, mechanically removing them from specific areas of the body. Local anesthesia or sedation will be required.

CoolSculpting has been known to eliminate up to 25% of fat cells in the area where it’s performed. And liposuction is capable of eliminating pounds of fat, while remaining safe. By mechanically removing fat cells in large areas of the body liposuction would be considered more effective. However, with both procedures it will require healthy habits on the patient’s part to avoid fat cells from building back up.

CoolSculpting – One session will normally take less than one hour. Current recommendations is to treat each area two times separated by about one month. There isn’t any necessary downtime or recovery time with CoolSculpting. Liposuction – Normally liposuction only requires one treatment to obtain good results. Depending on the area(s) being treated, the surgery will probably take 1-2 hours. Even though it’s an outpatient surgery and you can return home that day, recovery time will take a few days, with restricted activity for up to 3 weeks. Your surgeon will most likely also have you wear a special compression garment while recovering. Final results can take up to several months to notice, due to initial swelling.

The price between the two procedures varies on the number of areas treated. Cool sculpting requires measurements to determine the number of areas and size of hand piece necessary to get the results desired, while liposuction is based on time and amount.