The idea of treating an illness or disease with medicines dates back thousands of years. Materials taken from nature have helped humans to feel better for generations. I remember being told by my grandmother to drink cranberry juice to help my urinary tract infection. I trusted her advice, because her practice of breaking off part of an aloe plant to rub its healing substance on my minor burns worked every time.
Thankfully, during the last two hundred years, scientists have developed drugs to treat a host of maladies. If you think about it, antibiotics alone have not only relieved pain
Liposuction
by Dean Heller MD June 2nd, 2011 | Ask the Doctor
I am thinking about liposuction, and I heard about something called cold liposuction. What is that?
You are referring to a procedure called CoolSculpting or selective cryolipolysis. This device pulls out the fat cells by cooling them off. You can loose 25% of your fat cells in a treated area, which will decrease the amount of fat in that area.
To learn more about selective cryolipolysis, watch this video from VideoMD.com.
Expert:Â Carlin Vickery, MD
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You are referring to a procedure called CoolSculpting or selective cryolipolysis. This device pulls out the fat cells by cooling them off. You can loose 25% of your fat cells in a treated area, which will decrease the amount of fat in that area.
To learn more about selective cryolipolysis, watch this video from VideoMD.com.
Expert:Â Carlin Vickery, MD