David A Berman, MD, FAAD

I had cool sculpting done by suzanna dean, a nurse at this establishment. I went in for a free consultation and was presented with a detailed write up. The presentation was flawless, with all questions answered with a smile. I was offered a 40 percent discount if i paid for the services within 3 weeks. I asked her to put an expiration date on the purposed price so that i would have at least a month or so. She stated succinctly that it was simply restricted to meeting the original deadline or else the price would go up to regular. Spoken with a smile. I was excited and researched ask if the cool sculpting link. I read what all the professionals had to say. It was a go. Nurse Dean had stressed that there would be no down time and one client even went to the gym after the procedure. I showed up bright eyed and bushy tailed fir my appt. They did four treatments on my abdomen.. I was swollen and numb. The first day. When i woke up. I was throwing up. Dizzy. And sprawled out like i had food poisoning. I had to use the optional compression garment. luckily i had one. Everytime i shifted or moved. My abdomen reacted like it had a loose boulder in it ripping through my organs. I was swollen like i was 6 months pregnant. Second day. More swollen. Called in for medication, no response. Next day i start have the stomach frozen fat bulge lump contractions. That are worsee than having a baby. I had natural births. anyway fat stiff stomach. So i Took off from work. Took meds. Cried and kicked every item, Sheet and pillow off my bed. Excruciating pain. Next day called for prescription. Spoke with someone else who called it in. Thank God. The nerve pain was super painful. But the rock in my stomach was the most surprising side effect that i did not expect. Am i going to be carrying this lumped up stomach around for months? It’s painful. It hurts my back and i hope it doesn’t cause stretch marks. Suggestions: send people home with medication and a cheap compression garment. Or require that they bring one with them to the treatment session. Check in with every client within 72 hours after cool sculpting. Do not use a message machine to handle prescription requests. Provide instructions for what to do if your assigned nurse or doctor is unavailable. Should we Leave message for them or speak with an alternate provider… take away the nonchalant approach and disposition by the service providers. Be serious about a serious procedure.