Non-Surgical Body Contouring

The practice offers non-surgical body contouring with CoolSculpting — controlled cooling technology that freezes and permanently eliminates fat cells in treated areas — and Emsculpt, which uses high-intensity focused electromagnetic (HIFEM) energy to simultaneously build muscle and reduce fat. CoolSculpting sessions take 35 to 60 minutes per area treating the abdomen, flanks, and thighs. Emsculpt 30-minute sessions target the abdomen and buttocks. Both treatments require no anaesthesia or downtime and can be combined for comprehensive non-surgical fat reduction and muscle toning.

Non-surgical body contouring at this Chicago Old Town practice gives patients who are not ready for or interested in surgical liposuction or abdominoplasty a meaningful alternative for reducing fat and improving muscle definition. CoolSculpting (cryolipolysis) works by delivering precisely controlled cooling through an applicator that draws the target tissue into contact with cooling panels, lowering the temperature in the subcutaneous fat layer to the point at which lipid-rich fat cells undergo apoptosis — a natural programmed cell death process — while leaving the overlying skin and surrounding non-lipid-rich tissue unaffected. The treated fat cells are then processed and cleared by the body's lymphatic system over the following eight to twelve weeks, producing a gradual, natural-looking reduction in fat layer thickness in the treated area. Common treatment areas at this Chicago practice include the lower abdomen, upper abdomen, flanks (love handles), inner and outer thighs, and bra-line fat. Each cycle takes 35 to 60 minutes, and most patients require one to two treatment cycles per area to achieve their desired result, with some areas benefiting from a second treatment session four to six weeks after the first. Results are permanent for the treated fat cells, though new fat cells can form with significant weight gain. Emsculpt uses high-intensity focused electromagnetic energy to induce supramaximal muscle contractions in the targeted muscle group — contractions at an intensity that cannot be achieved through voluntary exercise — at a rate of approximately 20,000 contractions per 30-minute session. The resulting muscle fibre stress triggers hypertrophic adaptation and the selective apoptosis of adjacent fat cells in a combined body-recomposition effect. Clinical data support an average of 19% reduction in subcutaneous fat and 16% increase in muscle thickness in the abdomen after a standard four-session protocol, with similar findings for the buttocks — where Emsculpt can produce lifting and firming without the surgical risks associated with the Brazilian butt lift. The two technologies are complementary: CoolSculpting addresses the fat layer, while Emsculpt builds the underlying muscle, and they can be scheduled concurrently or sequentially to achieve a combined fat-reduction and muscle-toning outcome.