How to get rid of unloved ‘saddlebags’

When sport and diet no longer help, many of those affected despair at what are known as saddlebags. These are the unattractive fat deposits on the sides of the thighs. Precisely in this area a visit to the doctor for a CoolSculpting treatment is often the only help. Because fat deposits that cannot be got rid of are often a psychological burden for those affected too.

CoolSculpting for problem areas

A CoolSculpting treatment is almost like a liposuction – only without surgery, without an anaesthetic and without scars. In the treatment of saddlebags with CoolSculpting, the region to be treated on the side of the thigh and bottom is drawn into a vacuum cup and cooled down within it to as low as 3 degrees Celsius. This ‘freezes’ the stubborn fat cells, which are broken down by the body's own immune system over the following months and transported away in a natural way. After about 4 months roughly 25 per cent of the fat cells in the area of the saddlebags have disappeared. The treatment can also be repeated afterwards.

When is CoolSculpting suitable for saddlebags?

CoolSculpting is above all a good choice when diets and sport have not produced satisfying results. That is to say that for women who, despite a healthy lifestyle, are struggling with their fat deposits and what are known as saddlebags, CoolSculpting could offer the ideal solution. The effect of CoolSculpting is permanent, so the problem area is lastingly eliminated. The fat cells cannot simply ‘grow back’. The advantages of CoolSculpting compared with a liposuction are moreover: there is no anaesthetic, the treatment is non-invasive – in other words without incisions or injections, and therefore leaves no scars, and there is no downtime either. In addition the whole treatment can be carried out on an outpatient basis, which means no stay in hospital is necessary.