Dr. Moma Health & Wellness Clinic

At Dr. Moma's clinic, we utilize the most cutting-edge tools to help our patients look and feel their best, including losing unhealthy body fat through diet, exercise, and therapy. One of the common issues that our weight loss patients have is that, once they've lost the weight, they often have lingering "trouble spots" --  fatty deposits in the abdomen, thighs, upper arms, around the jaws, and in other regions of the body that won't go away. Let's explore how Coolsculpting can remedy those fatty deposits for sleeker, slimmer body contours. How does Coolsculpting work? As proponents of this technology often say, Coolsculpting is science, not magic. Coolsculpting literally freezes fat cells via a process called cryolipolysis. Respected medical provider  Cleveland Clinic explains : "Cryolipolysis, commonly referred to as fat freezing, is a nonsurgical fat reduction procedure that uses cold temperature to reduce fat deposits in certain areas of the body. The...

In order to understand stubborn fat deposits, it helps to think about how your body uses and stores fat. You have fat cells located throughout your body, most of which lie in a layer just beneath the surface of your skin.  Your body converts a portion of the food you eat into fat, and stores that fat in your fat cells. Each cell has the ability to expand and contract according to how much fat is stored. When you consume more calories than you expend, those fat cells expand. When you burn more calories than you consume, they shrink.  The problem lies in the fact that there is no way to select which fat cells expand and contract. That’s why most people tend to store fat in certain “trouble areas” that linger, even after they reach a healthy weight and engage in regular exercise.  How can CoolSculpting help eliminate stubborn fat? CoolSculpting works by damaging the integrity of targeted fat cells. The treatment uses cold temperatures to freeze fat cells, making it impossibl...