Most patients experience slight discomfort when the CoolSculpting Elite applicators begin cooling the treatment area. You may feel pulling, tugging, mild pinching, intense cold, tingling, stinging, aching and cramping sensations at the treatment site, but these feelings tend to subside once the area is numbed during treatment.
When the device is removed at the end of treatment, you may feel tenderness as the area “thaws” and discomfort as your clinician massages the area to break up the treated fat cells.