I was getting really annoyed at people calling her “fatphobic” for saying she was disfigured by the procedure. I was practically yelling for people to look up what this reaction ACTUALLY looks like. It is not just weight gain, it looks like hard BRICKS of fat cells protruding out of your body. She was never saying that being fat is “disfiguring”!!! This reaction is not normal fat gain. It is hard, sometimes painful, disfiguring masses. If you wanna call her fatphobic for getting a weight loss procedure in the first place, that’s your opinion, but she did not call fat people disfigured.
@@HadenBlake I completely agree tbh. But some see it as fatphobic, which is their opinion. I think it’s an immature opinion lacking all nuance, but they are entitled to think whatever they want. I just wanted to clarify for anyone that may think her statement about disfigurement had anything to do with normal fat gain, that it did not.
@@HadenBlake Same. Totally agree. People are allowed to do what they want with their bodies. It's not a blanket statement about entire groups of people or the entire world. Others need to stop taking that personally.
Even if she just gained permanent “normally textured fat”, her job is her likeness. She’s disfigured in the sense that she no longer looks like herself and this happened very suddenly. Because her face and body are her “products” in her business as a model, any big permanent changes are disfiguring. Like if she went in for Botox and came out with a nose job, even if it looks great she’s still disfigured you know
A clinic tried to push cool sculpting on me, and I asked about these side effects. She said "that literally never happens to anyone, its not something you need to worry about" I hung up.
I’m so glad she won that lawsuit. It was so very clear that it ruined her life for years. They need to make sure they tell people the side affects clearly.
Omg yes. I'm an esthetician & it's SO IMPORTANT to do all the research into the manufacturers of all the different machines & lasers. There is an entire underground world of off-label or "used" machines & lasers - along with just corrupt manufacturers in general. I've heard & seen horror stories of people being burned and scarred. You REALLY have to learn about the machines & the different technologies & then learn about the clinic and see if they have a relationship with the manufacturers - big ones like Candela or Aerolase often have social media presences - try to find clinic training photos with the lasers. I mean anything down to the new hydrodermabrasion/hydrafacial world. These machines are expensive and produce revenue and wherever there is money, there is often shady practices. Idc if it's fat removal, tattoo removal, hair removal, or even a lash tint - make sure your beauty professionals are using quality products from manufacturers that you know have reputable machines. It may be a bit more costly, as a consumer and practitioner. But many practitioners will see duplicate options on Amazon that claim to do these big treatments Cavatation Machines, Microneedling devices, hydro or microdermabrasion - some of them actually look like the professional versions for thousands less than quality ones. Minus all the legalities, testing and training 🙄. It's a wild world. It's too lucrative - stay safe everyone and invest in your skin! The largest organ in your body!
For sure! Anyone who has had Rosacea will tell you - that it’s preferable to accept the side-effects of skin antibiotics versus the whole face of red-inflamed Rosacea. It’s absolutely awful.
Ok but I got a bunch of cool sculpting done and it worked wonders. Before you get the procedure done they tell you that the area you get cool sculpted may have an adverse effect where it actually causes you to gain weight in the area but that’s in like a very small number of patients. At least for me they didn’t hide it, they made it very clear it’s a possibility. I did a lot of research into cool sculpting before I got it and I thought it was worth the risk for me personally because the risk of having the dangerous side effects was very small. It’s super unfortunate that happened to Linda but there are thousands of people that it didn’t happen to and they had a positive experience. There’s two sides to everything, only focusing on the negative doesn’t give you the entire picture. (Plus it’s A LOT safer and has WAYYY less potential complications than fat loss surgery. So that should be taken into account as well.)
@@tektako Linda Evangelista wasn't told. She's more than likely not the only person. You aren't in on every person's appointment, so you can't say for sure what's said and what's not.
Cool sculpting is the biggest waste of money. I worked for a Dr for years who pushed this procedure because it’s ridiculously expensive and patients ended up needing so many cycles of it that they could’ve just paid for lipo by the end of it. No one was every happy with their results and they would end up with nerve pain, divots in their skin and tons of scar tissue 😞
I regret doing it too! I was 18 (25 now) and I spent like $4k and honestly it for sure made my double chin bigger!!! Finally two years ago I did Lipo but I feel like Coolsculpting did a lot of damage cause I still have fat there from the lipo. (Which the surgeon warned me about prior)
@@palomacuevas6490 I’m so sorry you experienced this. One of the surgeons I worked for actually refused to do some lipo cases for this very reason, CS can cause so much scar tissue that lipo can become dangerous and very painful 😞
I sooo thank you for the advice and sharing your work experience. I considered it at one time was still on the fence but after hearing about divots on the skin and nerve damage I will not be trying it😊
One silver lining is that since this happened to her, she had the money and status to bring it to light! There has to be so many more people that this had happened to who agreed to the non-disclosure because they couldn't afford corrective surgery themselves!
😭 JAMES. I’ve had cool sculpting on my to do post forever and I’ve literally never heard of these health risks. Thanks for covering this, I’m definitely reconsidering now.
Hey! I actually had coolsculpting done last year on my lower stomach to help with my “pooch” or fupa area. I had no weird side effects, not even bruising, just regular tenderness and numbness for about two weeks. All that being said, i did 3 sessions (2 applicators each session, one on each side) and my cost was about $4000 since I did it during a summer deal. Personally, I don’t think it’s worth it for the cost alone. The difference wasn’t noticeable enough IMO to justify the cost
I was a nurse in a cosmetic surgeon's office and I have to tell you: if you're dead set on a fat loss procedure, please just go with liposuction. cool sculpting is a waste of money. you need so many sessions, and they are so expensive and the results are minimal. many people also end up with dips in their skin where they got it that don't heal properly. by the time you pay for 6 sessions that are barely doing anything except making weird dips here and there, you could have gotten liposuction and had money left over. moreover, liposuction is safer in general as long as you go to a board certified plastic surgeon with a good reputation (not an 80 year old dr who refuses to retire).
I Hope the very ❤ Best for you! I'm from Medicine 4 Decades of Work in Surgery and also in Obstetrics and Gynäcology. I had have a "Feeling", that these Procedure may can have a "Problem" behind. Something I could not explain scientifically - but my Doc's trust me and doesn't buy this extraordinary expensive Shit-Machine! I think: they become very happy that they Trust my "Feeling", my Intuition ! ✌️🫣💓👏🤗 It's very important to listen to the "inner Feels" , and I've learned a lot to listen to my Biology and to understand, how this works.
@@scarlett8782 : 👏👏👏🥰🤗✌️❣️ Exactly, this what I was talking with my Doc's (I Loved my Doc's for real), best Physicians with a lot of Trust to me/us because of our Intuition and Knowledge over 40 Years and Feel of Biology!). Best Collegues and Friends for all Time! We all saved our Patients for all harm we could! And a good done Liposuction IS with perfect Results! This Fat-Cells are really gone , FOREVER, up into the Trash...
I agree. I think anything that changes your appearance in a non-consensual way could be considered disfiguring. I imagine it can be very dysphoric to have your body change like that.
Numbness, pain, hyperpigmentation, frostbite, PHA, lower lip deviation, dry mouth, tongue deviation as well as the good old nausea, vomiting and dizziness are all possible complications from this. I feel bad for Linda. She still is such an incredible woman who is worth so much to so many. Love her and hope she’s doing better. ❤
I’ve actually gotten cool sculpting done quite a few times and I was made VERY aware of all the potential side effects. Just as a side note, if the procedure is done properly by a trained medical professional most of those side effects are almost guaranteed not to happen. The frostbite one especially, they have a lot of medical research studies done on the procedure and frostbite shouldn’t be a complication if done properly. The reason I went through with it is because statistically the risk of getting the side effects was extremely low. I ended up not having any issues. I totally agree that people should be aware of the side effects but they should also know that they’re not guaranteed to get any of them. Another reason it was worth it to me is because surgery fat loss complications are much higher.
I can’t help but wonder just how many desperate people were silenced and paid off in the hopes of a corrective surgery solving the issue. Once you sign over your right to speak, that’s it. How horrifying.
Wow. I can’t imagine. I recently cried and was depressed for two days after I got a haircut that made me feel that I didn’t look like myself. Thank you for sharing this!
@@DJPoundPuppy lots of people are really attached to their hair. Some haircuts can really change the way your face looks, so I can imagine that haircuts are disorienting for some at first.
The way they called last minute and tried to blackmail her into signing an NDA is disgusting!! looked into getting this done on my bingo wings but that kind of underhand behaviour has put me right off. If she didnt have the money to pay for that surgery she would have been screwed and we would have known nothing about it, how many people in a less fortunate position have they bullied like this? I'll take my flabby arms over disfigurement any day, so glad to see her back on the cover where she belongs❤
I had a fat pocket under my chin. It’s genetic. Everyone in my family has it. I am almost always underweight (due to health issues) and it never budged. I was getting a nose job and decided to have that area liposuctioned and I gotta say, it was the best decision and I’d do it over and over if I had to. Healing was only a bit ouchie for a week but after that it just felt sensitive like a bruise. It has never come back and I have no scarring. It’s an expensive procedure but I figured I was having my nose done anyway so might as well. Both surgeries were the best investment I’ve ever made. Truly.
Wow, I have a tiny little bit under my chin. It’s not super noticeable but I am very insecure about it, and have been looking around trying to see what I can do about it, but everywhere has been trying to sell me courses of things that may not even do the job right, and they say that after the courses I’ll need to get even more surgery/treatments to fix the side effects (which apparently includes sagging skin on your face, which is exactly the opposite of what I want!). Do you think that lipo would work even for a small fat pocket? It’s not nonexistent, it’s just not always super noticeable (only from certain angles). I was always thin, but I’m not anymore because of a medication that I have to take for another issue that has completely messed up my metabolism, and that’s when this fat pocket appeared.
Happy you had a great experience. I’m a hairy girl so I finally started my hair electrolysis treatments and it’s the best decision I made so far. I’ll save so much time not shaving all the time. The next treatment will be laser hair removal on my legs
10:24 call me crazy but 1% of patients affected is a larger amount than what should be allowed for such a potentially disfiguring condition That’s 1 in 100 patients, that’s an absolutely absurd occurrence rate in my opinion Especially since this commons side effect isn’t being disclosed prior to treatment
Right ? I’m a military veteran and they tell us “one percent of Americans join the military “ . I know HELLA other military folks. 1 % of people is still a large percentage
@@Gwendysfinaltaskexactly! Even just 1% of the world’s population is around *80 MILLION people.* ITS A LOT OF PEOPLE, EVEN IF ITS 1% OF THE WORLD’S TOTAL POPULATION
You have to wonder how many people had bad side effects from cool sculpting, but signed the confidentiality agreement so they could get money back. Makes me think there are a lot more people out there with bad side effects from this procedure.
OMG, what a horrible situation!!! She was sooo beautiful and I can’t even imagine how this plays on her mind. Due to thyroid issues I gained 15 kg and I felt awful, couldn’t recognised myself in the mirror and was crying every single day. My confidence and self esteem were destroyed and it wasn’t someone’s fault. Imagine being disfigured because of a procedure you even paid for… outrageous!!! Shit like this should never happen.
I can't imagine what she went through, it would've been so tough. 😢 I became diabetic a few years ago and lost so much weight so fast, and then I went on birth control and I gained it all back just as quickly and it really made me depressed to the point I dont even look in mirrors anymore. I've changed my birth control and am at the gym now but I still can't look at my body in the mirror 😢
I swear, being legal to make someone sign a nondisclosure agreement to get payment is one of the greatest crimes we accept. I was involved in a lawsuit years ago, and in the nearly 7 years it took to get to court, I was constantly being encouraged to just take some money and shut up. The money in question not even covering the current medical bills, when at least 4 surgeries were foreseen for my future. Only thing that kept me hanging on were the horror stories I had heard of people taking a settlement and actually winding up in debt, because they were desperate for the money. Admittedly, someone paying for Cool Sculpt probably isn't hurting for cash, but it was still blackmail level to give her an ultimatum right before surgery. IDK if I'm making sense - the legal system and people crushed by it simply because they did not have a secure income or cash to waste just really infuriates me.
I think we also need to look at the wider social context in which stuff like this happens, because people are pro ageing in theory until someone like Paulina Porizkova posts a photo of their 58 year old body in lingerie, and then suddenly the pro ageing crowd start screaming, "No, not like that!"
It really must be so hard for her, being such a major public figure- whose entire career is based on how she looks. I can’t even imagine.. I hope she’s in a better place mentally now that she’s outed them. It just sounds way too risky, and I believe it when you say that the figures are totally low balled. Scary stuff! Great video, as usual:) Thanks James!💕✨
Cool sculpting was all over our local commercials for years. I asked what it was and decided that for what they were saying, it was a waste of money for the cost. The results aren’t like liposuction, but it was advertised as as such and seemed false. I have had conventional plastic surgery and it’s expensive and so I try to avoid fads like this that claim the same with non invasive results. Fillers can get freaky over time. Buyer beware.
Hi James. I’ve had a tummy tuck and lipo suction twice and love my figure now and am maintaining it with proper diet and exercise. All these new “halfway” non surgerical procedures actually scare me more than liposuction and other plastic surgeries because a lot of the time it is not done by a board certified plastic surgeon.
I hate when people talk shit about Lipo and tuck and just say to exercise Sometimes it’s hard to get started exercising due to physical and mental blocks, and if you feel better about yourself you can maintain it But because people talk shit I feel that’s why we see so many of these procedures gain rapid popularity
@@emilyslicer2843 I agree I have no shame doing it and love the way I look. I lost 100 pounds and after I had extra skin and things weren’t as tight as I’d like. Getting things done by a certified plastic surgeon takes away a lot of the fear and if anything goes wrong, they’ll fix it on their dollar.
My mom got lipo after her battle with breast cancer, and they put that fat to make new boobs? Idk the term but that’s the route I’d go tbh. Anyway she feels amazing about herself and it got her through a mental block which caused her to focus more on what she eats. I’m glad you made that choice and it worked for you! At the end of the day that’s all that matters.
@@imsleepy6211 isn't that extremely risky for the breast cancer to come back? I do love how they can do this and I'm very happy for you mum it worked out. I can imagin feeling depressed as a part of your body has betrayed you and is now gone.
I feel sorry for her 😢 you have to understand that she wasn't just ANY model, Linda Evangelista was THE supermodel ✋💀 Of course this is damaging for her career and self esteem. I saw the pics and it wasn't as simple her just gaining the weight 😮😮 I see why she was able to win her case
I had a few cool sculpting sessions done late last year. Luckily I didn’t have any negative side effects, but the results were so minimal that I don’t think it was worth the money. I have always been physically active, but I just need to get more motivated to stop my late night snacking.
Imo if you find a healthy snack you would be able to solve the problem without even changing your habits. Like, I'm a "night owl" freelancer so I always stay up until 3-4 AM working and it's inevitable that I get a bit hungry at a certain point. So my nutritionist suggested to simply snack on some almonds or dried fruit, so that I'd satisfy my hunger without introducing sugary energetic nutrients this late at night. It worked very well for me, I especially like almonds(with the skin) because they somehow satiate me immediately, around 7 of them are enough, when in the past I used to eat half a bag of cookies before being satisfied lol
@@DeadKraken Yeah, that’s the problem is finding healthier options I actually like. I love to eat almonds too. I just wish there were more healthy options I actually liked to give me more variety so that I don’t get bored and go back to my go-to chips and candy.
@@CarolineBCosplayI like salted seaweed snacks. They kinda fill a similar niche as chips or other salty snacks but they have only a fraction of the calories. I used to like eating fresh spinach with humus as a snack as well. Those dried fruit leather treats are also pretty good if you like sweeter stuff.
I was briefly considering this for a stubborn fat deposit on my hips. Very glad I actually did my research and found out its not super successful with more risk of adverse reactions!
Linda sharing her experience with cool sculpting actually saved me from getting it under my chin/on my tummy. I’m so thankful for her vulnerability. I hope there’s a discovery that helps her mitigate the effects.
This is actually horrifying. Not just the physical damages but mental ones too. Sure she isn't totally disfigured but this DID disfigure her in a way because before and after she really does not look like the same woman. In her line of work it is disfigurment and the fact she went from the top to having absolutely nothing the poor woman. I really don't understand how "medical professionals" fail to inform people of any type of side effect. This type of stuff has happened to me and its a pain in the bum but I could never imagine this happening. She doesn't look terrible but considering she was one of the highest paid models of her time, I'm surprised she made a comeback..
Hilarious...I just came back from my coolsculpting appointment and turns out that I can't get it at all because I don't have enough fat. T_T I'm like at the cusp of being able to get it. Anyways...I wasn't able to get it done and now I see your video! I guess this was a good thing and the Universe is telling me that way hahaha. Thank you for sharing this story!
This is what I myself discovered way back when I first found out about Coolsculpting. I didn't have enough fat. I was already scheduled for Botox in my face so I heard about Coolsculpting and was interested. Then a few months later Linda's story came out and I was floored by how close I had come to doing something so potentially dangerous and disfiguring.
@@victoriadiesattheend.8478 Oh 😭 that is terrifying! Thank God for professionals who keep up with the new studies/training on the services they offer. It'd be so easy to fool the "common" person just to quickly make money and leave them miserable with the consequences of that. I'm glad that we avoided it!
That is so unfortunate. I considered this procedure a lot when I was younger but never ended up going through with it. I'm glad people are speaking up against these things.
Same... Mine was done by the a nurse, which I was comfortable with at the time simply because she said she did it on herself several times. It just didn't cross my mind to question it. I'd initially wanted lipo or kybella but was talked into cool sculpting as a better treatment for me. There was only a slight noticable difference. Such a huge waste of money. It's been about 4 1/2 years since then but now I'm a bit worried if there are any potential side effects that'll show up some time in the future that we weren't warned about.
As serious a topic as this is, I absolutely lost it when you said "bingo wings". I have had injuries to both of my shoulders, and have to very carefully do targeted exercise to work my shoulders, biceps, and triceps because I have inherited my dad's side of the family getting them. What infuriated me about the bullying she got was, it wasn't just ordinary adipose tissue, it literally was growing out of control, hardening, causing physical pain(I have heard the pain is the equivalent of the pregnant overnight stretch mark pain, of which I'm extremely familiar with, plus it causes stretch marks from the skin being pulled taut, and scarring from stretch marks have their own fun issues), and if not treated properly, can be a recurring issue.
Dear James, I’m A from London currently in UCLH where I’ve been for the majority of time since 2016. I can’t tell you how grateful I am to the powers that brought me to this video tonight/ prior to which I was finding it hard to breathe due to an appointment I have with my surgeon tomorrow (Friday 26th of May) I too have been disfigured, developed severe mental emotional problems due to looking unrecognisable, being too sick and weak to get out of bed, being the subject of very cruel comments as I was a model. My reasoning is not due to this procedure. I’m the opposite in facts severe surgery after surgery followed by ‘near lethal’ sepsis 9 times now. It’s astonishing and wonderful I’m alive. But I don’t have a life. I’ve lost a horrific amount of not only weight but all my muscle mass. I was a motivating fitness model and spokesmodel. I’m covered in scars that look like I’ve been in a real life slasher film. But my mind is strong. I do get awful anxiety but I have to be On Point tomorrow (now today as it’s nearly 1am in England) This incredible superhuman model has been in my eyes all my life and I didn’t believe it when I saw your thumbnail so scrolled past looking for something soothing but I had to go back to it. The resolution was great- thank goodness and I felt you’d do such a video as classy as could be. Thank you again. I’m not going to find something all make up and creams 😁 I’ve been subscribed to you on Snapchat for the longest time and now I’m part of your YT family clap Sweet dreams A x
I considered this as I got really sick and actually gained 100lbs in a short time, I was definitely looking for quick fixes, had Lipo laser, which did nothing, but then I found out I was insulin resistant, so I got on medication and now the weight is coming off! I also just had Botox for the first time, unrelated, for hyperhidrosis on my forehead, definitely not as bad as I thought!
I absolutely agree with you, I think the best way to stay in shape is diet, exercise and lifestyle, and we're all different, so we all need to figure out what that optimal lifestyle is for ourselves. There is always a risk with any procedure, and there have been so many blunders and scandals within the medical/pharmaceutical industry, I'm not surprised by this story.
In my experience, pilling occurs when two products don't sit together well. Could be that you enjoyed that one with a different routine that actually worked. Always good to try it again and figure out what might interfere!
Can you imagine this happening to her in the 90's? THAT could have ended her career. Now so many have work very hard to the body positivity and she can be and is one of those voices that before were ignored (I'm not saying that she deserves any of this pain or anything like that).
Thank you for this interesting, informative, and sympathetic video. But the best part was when your routine fell apart and you left it in anyway. We love your honesty. ❤
What is interesting about adipose tissue is that with diet and exercise the existing fat cells do not go away. They just go through a process of expansion with weight gain or shrinkage with weight loss. So I can see the appeal behind this ability to make the cells undergo lysis. Btw I also have an under chin bag and wanted to try Kybella but as a hygienist I had to learn about head and neck anatomy and the truth is that bag is not just caused by fat. It's a combination of tissues that make up the functional structures of the lower part of the oral cavity and the neck. So unfortunately for people like us who are in our proper weight range Kybella is not an optimal solution. Also, remember people that as consumers we are responsible for what we purchase whether it be services or goods. We are responsible for doing the proper research. Which is unfortunate as well because we all have our weaknesses and disadvantages so not everyone is always capable of making responsible decisions. I do think the med spa services are usually exploitative of this and of the emotional influence that goes behind people making decisions to alter their bodies. It's a bit manipulative to minimize the possible side effects knowing that when someone has an insecurity and is coming to a consult they pretty much have already made up their mind and will not likely be dissuaded to move forward with the procedure. It's psycholgical persuasion exploiting insecurities. And insecurities is a need that people will usually focus on resolving physically over psychologically no matter the cost and sometimes even over more realistic needs such as food, shelter, and transportation.
Ahhh that would make sense for my chin!! Yeah exactly that. I always tell people this a bout getting Botox and filler. There’s possible negative side effects with all procedures so doing our research on the procedure and the injectors themselves is so important!
So you're saying that my double chin pocket flab might not go away with kybella? I have it, my gran, my mum, aunts and cousins do too and some of them are very skinny, I'm maybe 1kg overweight? - it doesn't go away, it just gets more saggy with age. It's genetic in my case and I really hate it. Always have. I hate it a bit less the older I get though. I was really thinking about getting Kybella (probably for the past 5 years), but you might have saved me money and disappointment. I don't want actual surgery for it. I looked into that in my early 20s, but it's not for me. Time to try to learn to accept it, I suppose.
I wasted so much money on several rounds of coolsculpting. I’m having separate health issues causing major weight gain and difficulty losing it, even with a large caloric deficit, exercise, and clean eating. I weigh more than I did after having a baby, and my stomach is bigger than when I was in my last trimester.
Abby Sharp recently uploaded a video talking about her experience with cool sculpting - the same thing happened to her too... I wonder how common this REALLY is 🤔
The nutritionist from TikTok?! I love her! Gonna check out her channel now. I feel like it’s waaaaaay more common than they say. I’m guessing most people have a gag order!
I literally lost my love handles by just doing a side-to-side oompa loompa looking lean, and shrunk my upper arms by doing small circles with my arms outstretched to each side. Idk if these exercises have actual names but they work pretty well (for me). I'm not able to do things like oblique v-ups bc of my back, so I just started moving to see what I could do to engage the muscles in my sides, back, and abdomen without hurting myself.
Hi, James!!! I went under this procedure four years ago. I followed every direction I was given to have a successful result, but I achieved nothing. A total waste of money in my experience 😭😭😭 But at least I didn’t suffer from any side effect 🙄
17:25 it is so difficult looking on the mirror and not recognizing yourself. I just finished chemotherapy and I’m going through it now. I have developed social anxiety and everything too
I'm so sorry to hear that my dear. Just don't let the social anxiety go too far, if you haven't already, seek help from a psychologist. It's maybe hard at first, but usually feels easier once you start. And remember "almost everyone is concerned about what people will think of one's appearance in various situations in life. But most other people usually don't think at all about what you worry about, about yourself, they are unfortunately busy worrying about themselves." I wish you all the best and hope you recover as soon as possible.. Sending hugs & much love to you. ❤
I think about this every time I walk past Laser Clinics in the malls, with their big advertising signs, wondering if all the people who go in know about this. I think I also read the % of issues is actually higher than they say. I went with Cool Tech which didn’t show the same adverse affects in their literature. As soon as I googled it and read it was a possibility with cool sculpt I knew I’d never use it.
I find Linda Evangelista stunning, from way back then and to now. She may not b the standard supermodel now, and she doesn't need to b. Her bone structure, height, etc. r still intact. I wish she didn't hide away. Her energy is positive, and those of us who admire her & still do. ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
I work at a Medspa and let me tell you the truth...the coolsculpting procedures are a waste of money. It's a placebo effect. And they don't bring much of a difference to your body.
There are also case studies of burns caused by Coolsculpt - we have treated a patient with a burn following treatment for which she required corrective surgery (published in the Australian Journal of Plastic Surgery). So risks are not limited to PAH (though that seems to be the most common side effect)
Hi James, I watched and re-watched this video deciding whether to comment or not .. so here goes! I have had several coolsculpting procedures .. all amazingly successful .. I lost 4 stone over 3years (slowly and steady). I was working out 5 times a week, 2hrs a day - back-to-back classes, swimming, abs classes .. you name it, I did it ... and did it intensely (enjoyed every minute and still do!!) .. but there were pockets of fat that I could not shift no matter what, so I had coolsculpting done on the small pockets of fat on my inner thighs 1st, followed (a year later) by my underarms and then another yr later on my stomach (where I had surgery) and 'bra' straps .... all of this took place over 3yrs (it is very expensive) and I have NEVER looked back. I could never ever have achieved this with diet and excercise. I still have a flat stomach and no pouches despite putting on 8lbs. I have been on the positive end of the procedure and I feel so so much more confident (BTW I am the same age as Linda Evangleista) .. I suppose all I would say is do get this procedure done on your chin/face until you have had it done somewhere else and it has worked out ok .. my therapists were excellent, extremely educated and I took their advise completely. I started with my inner thighs and I took a yr to see how it worked before deciding the next area to target. If people are interested in this procedure, get it done first on an area where you wouldn't be devastated if it didn't work. Honestly it will take at least 3-4 months before you will see a difference, despite what anyone will tell you. I am so so happy with my results. I just thought I would post this as you asked for people who have had this done to comment. Everyone has their own reasons for doing this .. hopefully without being judged. I am nervous about the reaction I will get here, but I am happy and have no regrets.
I got cool sculpting when I was 15.. so sad how the media made me feel like I wasn’t beautiful enough at such a young age, I’m 21 now and I almost forgot I got it done, I didn’t notice any particular bulges however because I was so young and I continued to struggle with an eating disorder I have since continued my cycle of gaining and losing weight with no particularly noticeable difference. Just try to be healthy y’all there’s no point to this. ‘Problem areas’ are just curvatures on a body, I don’t regret getting it done even though because I have gained weight I am not sure whether I do have bulges or not (def nothing extreme) it was part of my journey into accepting myself.
So much this! I've been doing a deep dive into the Wellness industry for over 2 years and the conclusion I've come to is that people are seriously harming themselves to chase "skinniness at any cost." What's truly important is self acceptance, self compassion, self love. That's where true happiness comes from. The whole industry is harm and manipulation to get us to spend money. They want us to hate ourselves so we'll chase their validation without noticing they're always moving the goal posts. Removing yourself from the main narrative by not caring anymore is truly liberating!
Even if she did look like an average woman, the point is that she didn't look like herself to herself. That's super traumatic. I'm not a person who is interested in beauty treatments at all, but I can still empathise with the trauma of having a treatment that's marketed as safe, and it totally changing your face so you don't recognise yourself. Yes, she took the risk, but without informed consent. This company is a disgrace.
These kinds of stories make me so satisfied with just staying fit the “hard” way… by working out every day and tracking my calories. It’s not even hard. I love working out
Having had cool sculpting done I can safely say it's a huge waste of money. It just made my skin furiously itch for weeks and sensitive like it was bruised...I saw zero difference, and I'm in the gym 4 days a week, eat well and walk 10000 steps everyday. Only way I've ever managed to shift stubborn fat is by being in a calorie deficit and high protein diet, whilst doing a progressive overload exercise programme.
Late to the party but I actually looked into cool sculpting at one point and looked up some videos and that's when I found out about the lawsuit and for several reasons, the lawsuit being the biggest for sure, decided against it. So glad she was able to settle the suit to not go through a stressful trial and find happiness!
On a side note, SHOUT OUT TO BONDI SANDS! Awesome vegan Australian brand! ❤❤❤ Thanks for showing them! Edit: Maybe it pulled because of your moisturisers? I’ve never had it pill on me 😊
Lab Muffin has videos about how different foundations react with skincare to cause pilling. Water based products go together, silicone products pair well, and oil based products work well together. Michelle is a cosmetic chemist and has great information. I swear that she explains it better than I did.
I think the lasting impact on her career is the most troubling. I can’t imagine how devastating losing my ability to do my job would be. Not to mention the fact that she can’t recognise herself in the mirror.
I almost got cool-sculpting. I paid 6k and then had a panic attack right before she started. I used the money towards Cooltone (like Emsculpt, muscle toner.) So…. The girl was late, and I was looking online. I stumbled on a support group online for people damaged by CoolSculpting. I asked: « wait, what? » There were hundreds of damaged people. The pain from those bricks, it’s sad. And liposuction doesn’t always fix it for good. It causes all kinds of weird fat growth. It’s definitely more than 1%! Those numbers are lies. Even the med-spa girl said she had several clients develop PAH. They make people sign an NDA to pay for 1 lipo. If it doesn’t work, you’re up a creek. You’ve signed a release and you can’t complain because you have to sign the NDA. Get liposuction, if you get anything. I was lucky enough to dodge that risk that day. Please don’t risk it.
I absolutely love The Ordinary. I have MCAS, so I develop allergic reactions to things randomly, so The Ordinary's products being all individual really helps me determine what's irritating my skin if I DO have a reaction.
I've personally struggled a lot with weight and not recognising myself after the last few years. Having lost 40kg in 2019, In early 2020 I was diagnosed with severe, aggressive arthritis, and was put on incredibly high steroid doses, as well as a medication to help me sleep, both of which not only made me gain weight like crazy (and VERY quickly) but also gave me an allergy to the sun, so I was covered in, essentially, lesions. My hair was falling out and, due to the extreme anxiety of losing my job, my best friend, being made bankrupt due to health bills, and all this health stuff in generall, (and during a pandemic no less!!) I developed trich/dermitillomania, which made everything ten times worse. I'm now 20 kg heavier than I was before I lost the weight, my body is covered in scars, none of my clothes fit, and I can't work due to chronic fatigue (from my various conditions, and as I already had pretty large chronic health conditions before the rheumatoid arthritis it all compounded), anxiety but mainly because I need both wrists doe for carpal tunnel (I finally got tje first one a few weeks ago, yay!) and I need my left jaw joint (TMJ) to be completely replaced, which is such a specialised surgery and, due to my high bleed risk/poor wound healing from cEDS, no public healthcare doctor/surgeon will touch me with a barge pole (oh, and they cut the maxillofacial dept at my local hospital anyway!!) and my insurance won't cover it, meaning I have to travel somewhere and cough up $60k (which isn't normal in NZ). I look in the mirror and don't recognise myself. I'm 30 next month and I've never even been kissed yet, let alone dated, or held hands. I feel like I've lost three years and that I'm running out of time if I want kids, but given I feel the worst about myself now more than I ever have, the last thing I want to do is put myself out there, because I'm keenly aware that I'm no catch. I don't want to elicit pity and I'm not compliment phishing, but I say all this because I cannot even _imagine_ any of this happening to someone as famous and highly visible as Evangelisa-let alone a very famous model, actress and celebrity whose _job_ is based almost entirely around looking superhumanly beautiful and attractive. On top of that, I am even more overwhelmed at the thought of _someone else_ doing this to her, and making her feel this way. She shouldn't feel any guilt, because this isn't her fault, but from personal experience I always feel guilty, because I contantly do think "Is this my fault? Did I come into contact with something that triggered this? Could I have done something differently?" and these questions haunt me, even though I know logically they're so dumb. My heart goes out to her, and anyone who has dealt with anything similar (to her or me) because it's so hard sometimes, feeling like you're in this ugly, lonely little corner of the world, that people will be disgusted by you, or that you'll never work again, that people will judge you, and laugh at you... I really do feel for her, even if our stories are not the same. Please know that you're not alone, no matter, and that whatever you feel you're going through, weigh, look like, sound like, or whatever it might be: you are a valuable human, and even if those around you can't see it, you deserve to be loved, and if others don't seem to love you, you need to love and honour yourself, because YOU are the one who matters here, not people who you can't control. Nothing angers a mean person than the confidence of the person they're trying to bully, and nothing silences mockery and rude statements by taking the higher road of kindness, because hurt people hurt people, so don't hurt others-but don't hurt yourself either... ... be it thoughts, actions, words, comments, whatever it is, you're worthy of happiness right now, and you don't have to wait until you loose weight, or have something changed, or when you fit into those clothes, or whatever other thing you're waiting to happen before you start... no. You deserve to be happy now. (that's not to say all change is bad but you need to love yourself through those changes, not just at the end.)
You know the great thing about those contracts they're not admissible in court. Meaning you cannot be held to a confidentiality contract or an NDA if it is holding something over your head. For example, we'll pay for your surgery if you sign this, but we won't if you don't, that contract would no longer be admissible in court. They gave you that contract under duress therefore it is an illegal contract. If anybody gives you a contract like that, sign it, make them pay for it. If it doesn't work you can still say something and you can still sue them.
i will always regret the money i wasted on cool sculpting. it did absolutely nothing for me. i genuinely wish i would’ve realized sooner it doesn’t work but honestly the before and after pictures got me good!
Progression over perfection. There are no cure-alls in life, unfortunately, and it's not worth the risks from so many of these procedures. I think I'll stick to a good diet, exercise, and find contentment as I am. At least until it can all be done in one go with zero side effects, haha.
I've been considering cryosculpting for about 6 years after having had 2 kids and I get bombarded with so many ads for it, however given I have autoimmune issues, I fear I may get that same backfiring issue or probably trigger something worse 😢 I guess at the end of the day I'm not a supermodel who has to rely on staying 120lbs forever so there's that 😂
This is quite shocking because I was considering the cool sculpting. I have a lower tummy that I didn't want to go for surgery for but figured the cool sculpt may help reduce it since dieting has just made it looser looking. Honestly, I said to my partner I would rather have a slightly chubby tubby than loose skin. Exercise doesn't seem to have gotten the lower tummy to go away but only firmer underneath... then again I am 41 years old now. Many women struggle with this area on our tummies , especially after giving birth. I didn't know cool sculpting could cause such side effects. It is frightening.
The thing that put me off Coolsculpting was they told me for my pot belly pouch I would need 4 paddles, x 3/4 sessions and the total was $4500 😱😬 It was at that point I thought I’d have to just diet hard and watch what I eat forever.
Just the other day I was thinking about this, I am going to go with a noooo now thank you James for putting me back to reality. Healthy options it is!!!
This cryo treatment is supposed to remove 26 fat cell layers, did I get this right? That is not even 1 Millimeter in thickness of the fat layer. Remember those cells are teeny tiny
I mean adipose tissue mimics bubbles in the nonlinear structure of cells so I don't understand the concept of fat cell layers. It's different from other tissue structures which tend to have a more uniform structure.
Its actually a lot, you can look up histological pictures of adipose tissue and you will realize that it can be a lot depending on where the adipose cells are located (certain tissues have more adipose cells than others). Adipose cells differ from others because they look like bubbles, usually with stretched out nuclei, and they can be a lot bigger than other cells like epitelial cells, etc. For example, removing 26 layers of adipose cells contained in the parotid gland would probably remove nearly if not all adipose tissue.
@@chichinashi2709 yes, histological pics show them as bubbles and I have also seen them under a microscope working in a lab :) I am a biomedical scientist. still one adipocyte is very small, you cannot see them with your naked eye. I think I did not understand your example. I was quite sure glands are not made of adipocytes. Maybe I need to refresh my endocrinology :)
I write so much today. I'm very happy dear James, that you are talking about this Procedure in public in your Channel 🤗😘👍👏👏👏! I was talking about with my Doc's, my Physicians I was working together over 25 years before, around 20, 25 years ago... And they didn't buy this expensive Machine! I can't explain my feelings (build of my Knowledge and Biological Understanding) , but I "know" = this will make more Problems as it give the Patients nice Results! And I was right! Thx to all good Ghosts,❣️🤗👍 It's good and informative that YOU bring this "on the Table" to talk about ! Thank you ❣️🤗👏👏🥰✌️ And i have lost some Tears about the Destiny it gives to Linda E., that is so sad what is happened to her❣️😓😩😢 But strong as she is : she had overcome this ✌️🥰👏❣️ But: in one Sight she was also so brave , that she was going to the Public and the whole Media ! I hope that she was successfull to warn all Women on this Earth about this stupid, too much expensive and dangerous Procedure and will lose their Body-Feel, lose a lot of Money un-neccessarily and will get lot of Pain - 😢
I really want to get CoolSculpting done to the inside of my thighs. There are two blobs of fat, one on each side that just rub together and make life painful... But my mom got CoolSculpting on her arms and chin and it got fudged up! She's a bit numb and there is permanent wrinkling and lumps on her arms and chin now. It's been over 10 years and it's gone away a bit, but the fat just came back in all the wrong ways
I considered it but won't be getting it! I had breast reconstruction surgery using fat from my lower stomach which means I have proportionally more fat above my belly button than below it so even diet and exercise won't completely correct it. I've undergone enough surgery so won't be getting liposuction either! I think I'll just need to keep thinking carefully about my wardrobe choices! 😂
Yeh, my friend's roommate tried that lemon water thing and all she did was $h!t her pants on a daily basis.... guess what WOULD make you drop pounds 🤔 literally! 😂
I wish I would’ve known about this before. I had cool sculpting done in April and have my second session in June. I’ve lost about 70lbs and obviously an unfortunate side effect is saggy skin. I work out with a trainer and do strength training but some areas just don’t go away. My upper arms/bat wings make me very self conscious which is why I had it done. Now that I’ve seen this I’m even more nervous BUT I will complete my second treatment. To be honest it’s very pricey and I had decided long ago I would just take care of my arms and hope exercising and eating right will get rid of the rest of the fat. 🤷🏽♀️
A better method for the skin, speaking as someone who was once 400 pounds and is now 140, is Ultherapy. Red light therapy. It doesn’t have disfiguring effects. Many Planet Fitness gym locations have TBE machines that are basically an over-the-counter dose. Chances are you many need to still have some skin nipped, but it’s worth it. The tricky thing about fat is that cells only get so large, like a balloon, before your body makes more. As you shrink them back down, they’re still there, taking up space like empty balloons. That’s why they’ll seem like nothing works after a point-the cell is still there.
I was getting really annoyed at people calling her “fatphobic” for saying she was disfigured by the procedure. I was practically yelling for people to look up what this reaction ACTUALLY looks like. It is not just weight gain, it looks like hard BRICKS of fat cells protruding out of your body. She was never saying that being fat is “disfiguring”!!! This reaction is not normal fat gain. It is hard, sometimes painful, disfiguring masses. If you wanna call her fatphobic for getting a weight loss procedure in the first place, that’s your opinion, but she did not call fat people disfigured.
Yeah it’s far from being fat phobic. It wasn’t fat evenly distributed throughout the body. It’s literally blocks of fat!
@@HadenBlake I completely agree tbh. But some see it as fatphobic, which is their opinion. I think it’s an immature opinion lacking all nuance, but they are entitled to think whatever they want. I just wanted to clarify for anyone that may think her statement about disfigurement had anything to do with normal fat gain, that it did not.
@@HadenBlake Same. Totally agree. People are allowed to do what they want with their bodies. It's not a blanket statement about entire groups of people or the entire world. Others need to stop taking that personally.
Even if she just gained permanent “normally textured fat”, her job is her likeness. She’s disfigured in the sense that she no longer looks like herself and this happened very suddenly. Because her face and body are her “products” in her business as a model, any big permanent changes are disfiguring. Like if she went in for Botox and came out with a nose job, even if it looks great she’s still disfigured you know
@@leftalone9881 yeah that’s also a good point tbh. Some people just like to make everything about themselves.
A clinic tried to push cool sculpting on me, and I asked about these side effects. She said "that literally never happens to anyone, its not something you need to worry about"
I hung up.
That’s so sketchy, why won’t they just tell you the side effects???
Name and shame 💞
Well, clearly it happened to SUMbody becaaauuuse. . . . Linda Evangelista 🤷🏽♀️
I’m so glad she won that lawsuit. It was so very clear that it ruined her life for years. They need to make sure they tell people the side affects clearly.
Yeah agreed. And whilst we should all do our own research, the company also needs to be 100% clear about the dangers and side effects! So glad she won
Omg yes. I'm an esthetician & it's SO IMPORTANT to do all the research into the manufacturers of all the different machines & lasers. There is an entire underground world of off-label or "used" machines & lasers - along with just corrupt manufacturers in general. I've heard & seen horror stories of people being burned and scarred. You REALLY have to learn about the machines & the different technologies & then learn about the clinic and see if they have a relationship with the manufacturers - big ones like Candela or Aerolase often have social media presences - try to find clinic training photos with the lasers. I mean anything down to the new hydrodermabrasion/hydrafacial world. These machines are expensive and produce revenue and wherever there is money, there is often shady practices. Idc if it's fat removal, tattoo removal, hair removal, or even a lash tint - make sure your beauty professionals are using quality products from manufacturers that you know have reputable machines. It may be a bit more costly, as a consumer and practitioner. But many practitioners will see duplicate options on Amazon that claim to do these big treatments Cavatation Machines, Microneedling devices, hydro or microdermabrasion - some of them actually look like the professional versions for thousands less than quality ones. Minus all the legalities, testing and training 🙄. It's a wild world. It's too lucrative - stay safe everyone and invest in your skin! The largest organ in your body!
For sure! Anyone who has had Rosacea will tell you - that it’s preferable to accept the side-effects of skin antibiotics versus the whole face of red-inflamed Rosacea. It’s absolutely awful.
Ok but I got a bunch of cool sculpting done and it worked wonders. Before you get the procedure done they tell you that the area you get cool sculpted may have an adverse effect where it actually causes you to gain weight in the area but that’s in like a very small number of patients. At least for me they didn’t hide it, they made it very clear it’s a possibility. I did a lot of research into cool sculpting before I got it and I thought it was worth the risk for me personally because the risk of having the dangerous side effects was very small. It’s super unfortunate that happened to Linda but there are thousands of people that it didn’t happen to and they had a positive experience. There’s two sides to everything, only focusing on the negative doesn’t give you the entire picture. (Plus it’s A LOT safer and has WAYYY less potential complications than fat loss surgery. So that should be taken into account as well.)
@@tektako Linda Evangelista wasn't told. She's more than likely not the only person. You aren't in on every person's appointment, so you can't say for sure what's said and what's not.
1% isn’t what I’d classify as rare when it comes to complications. 1 in 100 people left with disfigurements from this procedure… that’s wild.
I was thinking the same thing!!! Like those are pretty bad odds 😫
Cool sculpting is the biggest waste of money. I worked for a Dr for years who pushed this procedure because it’s ridiculously expensive and patients ended up needing so many cycles of it that they could’ve just paid for lipo by the end of it. No one was every happy with their results and they would end up with nerve pain, divots in their skin and tons of scar tissue 😞
I regret doing it too! I was 18 (25 now) and I spent like $4k and honestly it for sure made my double chin bigger!!! Finally two years ago I did Lipo but I feel like Coolsculpting did a lot of damage cause I still have fat there from the lipo. (Which the surgeon warned me about prior)
@@palomacuevas6490 I’m so sorry you experienced this. One of the surgeons I worked for actually refused to do some lipo cases for this very reason, CS can cause so much scar tissue that lipo can become dangerous and very painful 😞
Thank you for being honest about that product/process.
I sooo thank you for the advice and sharing your work experience. I considered it at one time was still on the fence but after hearing about divots on the skin and nerve damage I will not be trying it😊
@@dayeti6794 Glad I can help. Saw way too many patients suffer both financially and medically over this 💔
One silver lining is that since this happened to her, she had the money and status to bring it to light! There has to be so many more people that this had happened to who agreed to the non-disclosure because they couldn't afford corrective surgery themselves!
😭 JAMES. I’ve had cool sculpting on my to do post forever and I’ve literally never heard of these health risks. Thanks for covering this, I’m definitely reconsidering now.
Hey! I actually had coolsculpting done last year on my lower stomach to help with my “pooch” or fupa area. I had no weird side effects, not even bruising, just regular tenderness and numbness for about two weeks. All that being said, i did 3 sessions (2 applicators each session, one on each side) and my cost was about $4000 since I did it during a summer deal. Personally, I don’t think it’s worth it for the cost alone. The difference wasn’t noticeable enough IMO to justify the cost
I was a nurse in a cosmetic surgeon's office and I have to tell you: if you're dead set on a fat loss procedure, please just go with liposuction. cool sculpting is a waste of money. you need so many sessions, and they are so expensive and the results are minimal. many people also end up with dips in their skin where they got it that don't heal properly. by the time you pay for 6 sessions that are barely doing anything except making weird dips here and there, you could have gotten liposuction and had money left over. moreover, liposuction is safer in general as long as you go to a board certified plastic surgeon with a good reputation (not an 80 year old dr who refuses to retire).
I Hope the very ❤ Best for you! I'm from Medicine 4 Decades of Work in Surgery and also in Obstetrics and Gynäcology. I had have a "Feeling", that these Procedure may can have a "Problem" behind. Something I could not explain scientifically - but my Doc's trust me and doesn't buy this extraordinary expensive Shit-Machine! I think: they become very happy that they Trust my "Feeling", my Intuition ! ✌️🫣💓👏🤗
It's very important to listen to the "inner Feels" , and I've learned a lot to listen to my Biology and to understand, how this works.
@@scarlett8782 : 👏👏👏🥰🤗✌️❣️
Exactly, this what I was talking with my Doc's (I Loved my Doc's for real), best Physicians with a lot of Trust to me/us because of our Intuition and Knowledge over 40 Years and Feel of Biology!).
Best Collegues and Friends for all Time!
We all saved our Patients for all harm we could!
And a good done Liposuction IS with perfect Results! This Fat-Cells are really gone , FOREVER, up into the Trash...
Get Lipo. Much better.
As far as I'm concerned, anything that changes what you look like in a personally damaging way can be called disfigurement.
Yes.
I agree. I think anything that changes your appearance in a non-consensual way could be considered disfiguring. I imagine it can be very dysphoric to have your body change like that.
Oh for sure she's "disfigured" comparably to her before
Numbness, pain, hyperpigmentation, frostbite, PHA, lower lip deviation, dry mouth, tongue deviation as well as the good old nausea, vomiting and dizziness are all possible complications from this. I feel bad for Linda. She still is such an incredible woman who is worth so much to so many. Love her and hope she’s doing better. ❤
I’ve actually gotten cool sculpting done quite a few times and I was made VERY aware of all the potential side effects. Just as a side note, if the procedure is done properly by a trained medical professional most of those side effects are almost guaranteed not to happen. The frostbite one especially, they have a lot of medical research studies done on the procedure and frostbite shouldn’t be a complication if done properly. The reason I went through with it is because statistically the risk of getting the side effects was extremely low. I ended up not having any issues. I totally agree that people should be aware of the side effects but they should also know that they’re not guaranteed to get any of them. Another reason it was worth it to me is because surgery fat loss complications are much higher.
I can’t help but wonder just how many desperate people were silenced and paid off in the hopes of a corrective surgery solving the issue. Once you sign over your right to speak, that’s it. How horrifying.
Wow. I can’t imagine. I recently cried and was depressed for two days after I got a haircut that made me feel that I didn’t look like myself. Thank you for sharing this!
Is that considered as normal behavior?
@@DJPoundPuppyThe "as" doesn't belong.
@@DJPoundPuppy lots of people are really attached to their hair. Some haircuts can really change the way your face looks, so I can imagine that haircuts are disorienting for some at first.
The way they called last minute and tried to blackmail her into signing an NDA is disgusting!! looked into getting this done on my bingo wings but that kind of underhand behaviour has put me right off. If she didnt have the money to pay for that surgery she would have been screwed and we would have known nothing about it, how many people in a less fortunate position have they bullied like this? I'll take my flabby arms over disfigurement any day, so glad to see her back on the cover where she belongs❤
I had a fat pocket under my chin. It’s genetic. Everyone in my family has it. I am almost always underweight (due to health issues) and it never budged. I was getting a nose job and decided to have that area liposuctioned and I gotta say, it was the best decision and I’d do it over and over if I had to. Healing was only a bit ouchie for a week but after that it just felt sensitive like a bruise. It has never come back and I have no scarring. It’s an expensive procedure but I figured I was having my nose done anyway so might as well. Both surgeries were the best investment I’ve ever made. Truly.
Where did you go to get your fat pocket removed?
I'm glad it worked out for you!
Wow, I have a tiny little bit under my chin. It’s not super noticeable but I am very insecure about it, and have been looking around trying to see what I can do about it, but everywhere has been trying to sell me courses of things that may not even do the job right, and they say that after the courses I’ll need to get even more surgery/treatments to fix the side effects (which apparently includes sagging skin on your face, which is exactly the opposite of what I want!).
Do you think that lipo would work even for a small fat pocket? It’s not nonexistent, it’s just not always super noticeable (only from certain angles).
I was always thin, but I’m not anymore because of a medication that I have to take for another issue that has completely messed up my metabolism, and that’s when this fat pocket appeared.
Self regard is an important part of life. If a nose job and neck Lipo made you feel better being in your body then the self maintenance was worth it.
Happy you had a great experience. I’m a hairy girl so I finally started my hair electrolysis treatments and it’s the best decision I made so far. I’ll save so much time not shaving all the time. The next treatment will be laser hair removal on my legs
10:24 call me crazy but 1% of patients affected is a larger amount than what should be allowed for such a potentially disfiguring condition
That’s 1 in 100 patients, that’s an absolutely absurd occurrence rate in my opinion
Especially since this commons side effect isn’t being disclosed prior to treatment
100% agree!
I thought the same!
Right ? I’m a military veteran and they tell us “one percent of Americans join the military “ . I know HELLA other military folks. 1 % of people is still a large percentage
@@Gwendysfinaltaskexactly! Even just 1% of the world’s population is around *80 MILLION people.* ITS A LOT OF PEOPLE, EVEN IF ITS 1% OF THE WORLD’S TOTAL POPULATION
You have to wonder how many people had bad side effects from cool sculpting, but signed the confidentiality agreement so they could get money back. Makes me think there are a lot more people out there with bad side effects from this procedure.
OMG, what a horrible situation!!! She was sooo beautiful and I can’t even imagine how this plays on her mind. Due to thyroid issues I gained 15 kg and I felt awful, couldn’t recognised myself in the mirror and was crying every single day. My confidence and self esteem were destroyed and it wasn’t someone’s fault. Imagine being disfigured because of a procedure you even paid for… outrageous!!! Shit like this should never happen.
I can't imagine what she went through, it would've been so tough. 😢 I became diabetic a few years ago and lost so much weight so fast, and then I went on birth control and I gained it all back just as quickly and it really made me depressed to the point I dont even look in mirrors anymore. I've changed my birth control and am at the gym now but I still can't look at my body in the mirror 😢
Did you get the thyroid issue sorted out?
I swear, being legal to make someone sign a nondisclosure agreement to get payment is one of the greatest crimes we accept. I was involved in a lawsuit years ago, and in the nearly 7 years it took to get to court, I was constantly being encouraged to just take some money and shut up. The money in question not even covering the current medical bills, when at least 4 surgeries were foreseen for my future. Only thing that kept me hanging on were the horror stories I had heard of people taking a settlement and actually winding up in debt, because they were desperate for the money. Admittedly, someone paying for Cool Sculpt probably isn't hurting for cash, but it was still blackmail level to give her an ultimatum right before surgery. IDK if I'm making sense - the legal system and people crushed by it simply because they did not have a secure income or cash to waste just really infuriates me.
I think we also need to look at the wider social context in which stuff like this happens, because people are pro ageing in theory until someone like Paulina Porizkova posts a photo of their 58 year old body in lingerie, and then suddenly the pro ageing crowd start screaming, "No, not like that!"
Martha Stewart is on the cover of the sports illustrated swimsuit edition this month. She’s 81 but doesn’t look a day over 50. Isn’t money grand?
Forreal
Name one single person in the "pro aging community" as you put it who had a problem with her photo. Just one please.
@@CeliaTyree true! It was the other people who were complaining.
It’s also called photoshop
1% failure rate is quite high. Brazilian butt lifts are considered 1 of the deadliest procedure and the death rate is 0.0003% (1 in 3,000).
That's crazy
It really must be so hard for her, being such a major public figure- whose entire career is based on how she looks. I can’t even imagine.. I hope she’s in a better place mentally now that she’s outed them. It just sounds way too risky, and I believe it when you say that the figures are totally low balled. Scary stuff! Great video, as usual:) Thanks James!💕✨
Cool sculpting was all over our local commercials for years. I asked what it was and decided that for what they were saying, it was a waste of money for the cost. The results aren’t like liposuction, but it was advertised as as such and seemed false. I have had conventional plastic surgery and it’s expensive and so I try to avoid fads like this that claim the same with non invasive results. Fillers can get freaky over time. Buyer beware.
Hi James. I’ve had a tummy tuck and lipo suction twice and love my figure now and am maintaining it with proper diet and exercise. All these new “halfway” non surgerical procedures actually scare me more than liposuction and other plastic surgeries because a lot of the time it is not done by a board certified plastic surgeon.
I hate when people talk shit about Lipo and tuck and just say to exercise
Sometimes it’s hard to get started exercising due to physical and mental blocks, and if you feel better about yourself you can maintain it
But because people talk shit I feel that’s why we see so many of these procedures gain rapid popularity
@@emilyslicer2843 I agree I have no shame doing it and love the way I look. I lost 100 pounds and after I had extra skin and things weren’t as tight as I’d like. Getting things done by a certified plastic surgeon takes away a lot of the fear and if anything goes wrong, they’ll fix it on their dollar.
@@emilyslicer2843mental blocks" 😂😂 society has become nothing more than snowflakes expecting everything to come easy. Ehhhh...."it's hard".
My mom got lipo after her battle with breast cancer, and they put that fat to make new boobs? Idk the term but that’s the route I’d go tbh. Anyway she feels amazing about herself and it got her through a mental block which caused her to focus more on what she eats. I’m glad you made that choice and it worked for you! At the end of the day that’s all that matters.
@@imsleepy6211 isn't that extremely risky for the breast cancer to come back?
I do love how they can do this and I'm very happy for you mum it worked out. I can imagin feeling depressed as a part of your body has betrayed you and is now gone.
I feel sorry for her 😢 you have to understand that she wasn't just ANY model, Linda Evangelista was THE supermodel ✋💀
Of course this is damaging for her career and self esteem.
I saw the pics and it wasn't as simple her just gaining the weight 😮😮 I see why she was able to win her case
I had a few cool sculpting sessions done late last year. Luckily I didn’t have any negative side effects, but the results were so minimal that I don’t think it was worth the money. I have always been physically active, but I just need to get more motivated to stop my late night snacking.
Imo if you find a healthy snack you would be able to solve the problem without even changing your habits.
Like, I'm a "night owl" freelancer so I always stay up until 3-4 AM working and it's inevitable that I get a bit hungry at a certain point. So my nutritionist suggested to simply snack on some almonds or dried fruit, so that I'd satisfy my hunger without introducing sugary energetic nutrients this late at night.
It worked very well for me, I especially like almonds(with the skin) because they somehow satiate me immediately, around 7 of them are enough, when in the past I used to eat half a bag of cookies before being satisfied lol
@@DeadKraken Yeah, that’s the problem is finding healthier options I actually like. I love to eat almonds too. I just wish there were more healthy options I actually liked to give me more variety so that I don’t get bored and go back to my go-to chips and candy.
@@CarolineBCosplayI like salted seaweed snacks. They kinda fill a similar niche as chips or other salty snacks but they have only a fraction of the calories. I used to like eating fresh spinach with humus as a snack as well. Those dried fruit leather treats are also pretty good if you like sweeter stuff.
@@peggedyourdad9560 Thanks!
I was briefly considering this for a stubborn fat deposit on my hips. Very glad I actually did my research and found out its not super successful with more risk of adverse reactions!
Linda sharing her experience with cool sculpting actually saved me from getting it under my chin/on my tummy. I’m so thankful for her vulnerability. I hope there’s a discovery that helps her mitigate the effects.
This is actually horrifying. Not just the physical damages but mental ones too. Sure she isn't totally disfigured but this DID disfigure her in a way because before and after she really does not look like the same woman. In her line of work it is disfigurment and the fact she went from the top to having absolutely nothing the poor woman. I really don't understand how "medical professionals" fail to inform people of any type of side effect. This type of stuff has happened to me and its a pain in the bum but I could never imagine this happening. She doesn't look terrible but considering she was one of the highest paid models of her time, I'm surprised she made a comeback..
Hilarious...I just came back from my coolsculpting appointment and turns out that I can't get it at all because I don't have enough fat. T_T I'm like at the cusp of being able to get it. Anyways...I wasn't able to get it done and now I see your video! I guess this was a good thing and the Universe is telling me that way hahaha. Thank you for sharing this story!
This is what I myself discovered way back when I first found out about Coolsculpting. I didn't have enough fat. I was already scheduled for Botox in my face so I heard about Coolsculpting and was interested. Then a few months later Linda's story came out and I was floored by how close I had come to doing something so potentially dangerous and disfiguring.
@@victoriadiesattheend.8478 Oh 😭 that is terrifying! Thank God for professionals who keep up with the new studies/training on the services they offer. It'd be so easy to fool the "common" person just to quickly make money and leave them miserable with the consequences of that. I'm glad that we avoided it!
That is so unfortunate. I considered this procedure a lot when I was younger but never ended up going through with it. I'm glad people are speaking up against these things.
I had the same procedure as Linda to my chin and no one told me it could go horribly wrong. I was so shocked when her story came out.
Same... Mine was done by the a nurse, which I was comfortable with at the time simply because she said she did it on herself several times. It just didn't cross my mind to question it. I'd initially wanted lipo or kybella but was talked into cool sculpting as a better treatment for me. There was only a slight noticable difference. Such a huge waste of money. It's been about 4 1/2 years since then but now I'm a bit worried if there are any potential side effects that'll show up some time in the future that we weren't warned about.
I’ve met her several times and she’s one of the sweetest celebrities I’ve ever met. I feel so awful for what she went through.
That video coming just on time for me as i was thinking of doing coolsculpt in a week! Thanks for covering the topic James! 💜💜💜
'you have a risk of choking every time you eat' said with a smile as you're applying sunscreen. I CHOKEDDDDDD
As serious a topic as this is, I absolutely lost it when you said "bingo wings".
I have had injuries to both of my shoulders, and have to very carefully do targeted exercise to work my shoulders, biceps, and triceps because I have inherited my dad's side of the family getting them.
What infuriated me about the bullying she got was, it wasn't just ordinary adipose tissue, it literally was growing out of control, hardening, causing physical pain(I have heard the pain is the equivalent of the pregnant overnight stretch mark pain, of which I'm extremely familiar with, plus it causes stretch marks from the skin being pulled taut, and scarring from stretch marks have their own fun issues), and if not treated properly, can be a recurring issue.
Dear James,
I’m A from London currently in UCLH where I’ve been for the majority of time since 2016. I can’t tell you how grateful I am to the powers that brought me to this video tonight/ prior to which I was finding it hard to breathe due to an appointment I have with my surgeon tomorrow (Friday 26th of May) I too have been disfigured, developed severe mental emotional problems due to looking unrecognisable, being too sick and weak to get out of bed, being the subject of very cruel comments as I was a model. My reasoning is not due to this procedure. I’m the opposite in facts severe surgery after surgery followed by ‘near lethal’ sepsis 9 times now. It’s astonishing and wonderful I’m alive. But I don’t have a life. I’ve lost a horrific amount of not only weight but all my muscle mass. I was a motivating fitness model and spokesmodel. I’m covered in scars that look like I’ve been in a real life slasher film.
But my mind is strong. I do get awful anxiety but I have to be On Point tomorrow (now today as it’s nearly 1am in England)
This incredible superhuman model has been in my eyes all my life and I didn’t believe it when I saw your thumbnail so scrolled past looking for something soothing but I had to go back to it. The resolution was great- thank goodness and I felt you’d do such a video as classy as could be.
Thank you again. I’m not going to find something all make up and creams 😁 I’ve been subscribed to you on Snapchat for the longest time and now I’m part of your YT family clap
Sweet dreams
A x
I considered this as I got really sick and actually gained 100lbs in a short time, I was definitely looking for quick fixes, had Lipo laser, which did nothing, but then I found out I was insulin resistant, so I got on medication and now the weight is coming off! I also just had Botox for the first time, unrelated, for hyperhidrosis on my forehead, definitely not as bad as I thought!
Can I ask how you find out you are insulin resistant?
I absolutely agree with you, I think the best way to stay in shape is diet, exercise and lifestyle, and we're all different, so we all need to figure out what that optimal lifestyle is for ourselves.
There is always a risk with any procedure, and there have been so many blunders and scandals within the medical/pharmaceutical industry, I'm not surprised by this story.
In my experience, pilling occurs when two products don't sit together well. Could be that you enjoyed that one with a different routine that actually worked. Always good to try it again and figure out what might interfere!
Can you imagine this happening to her in the 90's? THAT could have ended her career. Now so many have work very hard to the body positivity and she can be and is one of those voices that before were ignored (I'm not saying that she deserves any of this pain or anything like that).
Thank you for this interesting, informative, and sympathetic video. But the best part was when your routine fell apart and you left it in anyway. We love your honesty. ❤
Our culture is tragically fat phobic. As a ripple effect, some are losing their life and many becoming injured over our quest for the “perfect” body.
What is interesting about adipose tissue is that with diet and exercise the existing fat cells do not go away. They just go through a process of expansion with weight gain or shrinkage with weight loss. So I can see the appeal behind this ability to make the cells undergo lysis.
Btw I also have an under chin bag and wanted to try Kybella but as a hygienist I had to learn about head and neck anatomy and the truth is that bag is not just caused by fat. It's a combination of tissues that make up the functional structures of the lower part of the oral cavity and the neck. So unfortunately for people like us who are in our proper weight range Kybella is not an optimal solution.
Also, remember people that as consumers we are responsible for what we purchase whether it be services or goods. We are responsible for doing the proper research. Which is unfortunate as well because we all have our weaknesses and disadvantages so not everyone is always capable of making responsible decisions. I do think the med spa services are usually exploitative of this and of the emotional influence that goes behind people making decisions to alter their bodies. It's a bit manipulative to minimize the possible side effects knowing that when someone has an insecurity and is coming to a consult they pretty much have already made up their mind and will not likely be dissuaded to move forward with the procedure.
It's psycholgical persuasion exploiting insecurities. And insecurities is a need that people will usually focus on resolving physically over psychologically no matter the cost and sometimes even over more realistic needs such as food, shelter, and transportation.
Ahhh that would make sense for my chin!! Yeah exactly that. I always tell people this a bout getting Botox and filler. There’s possible negative side effects with all procedures so doing our research on the procedure and the injectors themselves is so important!
I’ve just resigned to the fact that no matter how much weight i lose my thick neck and legs are here to stay 😂😂
Also super interesting perspective here :)
So you're saying that my double chin pocket flab might not go away with kybella? I have it, my gran, my mum, aunts and cousins do too and some of them are very skinny, I'm maybe 1kg overweight? - it doesn't go away, it just gets more saggy with age. It's genetic in my case and I really hate it. Always have. I hate it a bit less the older I get though.
I was really thinking about getting Kybella (probably for the past 5 years), but you might have saved me money and disappointment. I don't want actual surgery for it. I looked into that in my early 20s, but it's not for me.
Time to try to learn to accept it, I suppose.
Does lipo help with a under chin bag?
Thank you for bringing awareness to this ! That company was so wrong for this !
I wasted so much money on several rounds of coolsculpting. I’m having separate health issues causing major weight gain and difficulty losing it, even with a large caloric deficit, exercise, and clean eating. I weigh more than I did after having a baby, and my stomach is bigger than when I was in my last trimester.
Abby Sharp recently uploaded a video talking about her experience with cool sculpting - the same thing happened to her too... I wonder how common this REALLY is 🤔
The nutritionist from TikTok?! I love her! Gonna check out her channel now. I feel like it’s waaaaaay more common than they say. I’m guessing most people have a gag order!
How does anyone trust the “fda certified” label anymore? I don’t, which is terrifying
I literally lost my love handles by just doing a side-to-side oompa loompa looking lean, and shrunk my upper arms by doing small circles with my arms outstretched to each side. Idk if these exercises have actual names but they work pretty well (for me). I'm not able to do things like oblique v-ups bc of my back, so I just started moving to see what I could do to engage the muscles in my sides, back, and abdomen without hurting myself.
Hi, James!!! I went under this procedure four years ago. I followed every direction I was given to have a successful result, but I achieved nothing. A total waste of money in my experience 😭😭😭 But at least I didn’t suffer from any side effect 🙄
I got this done last year on my lower belly, and I was happy with the results
17:25 it is so difficult looking on the mirror and not recognizing yourself. I just finished chemotherapy and I’m going through it now. I have developed social anxiety and everything too
I'm so sorry to hear that my dear. Just don't let the social anxiety go too far, if you haven't already, seek help from a psychologist. It's maybe hard at first, but usually feels easier once you start. And remember "almost everyone is concerned about what people will think of one's appearance in various situations in life. But most other people usually don't think at all about what you worry about, about yourself, they are unfortunately busy worrying about themselves." I wish you all the best and hope you recover as soon as possible.. Sending hugs & much love to you. ❤
James, this format is amazing. I love when you do videos like this!!!! Keep them coming
I so glad she is getting back into modeling after such a horrible ordeal ❤
I think about this every time I walk past Laser Clinics in the malls, with their big advertising signs, wondering if all the people who go in know about this. I think I also read the % of issues is actually higher than they say.
I went with Cool Tech which didn’t show the same adverse affects in their literature. As soon as I googled it and read it was a possibility with cool sculpt I knew I’d never use it.
I find Linda Evangelista stunning, from way back then and to now. She may not b the standard supermodel now, and she doesn't need to b. Her bone structure, height, etc. r still intact. I wish she didn't hide away. Her energy is positive, and those of us who admire her & still do. ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
I love this series. Please never stop doing it. Thank you!
I work at a Medspa and let me tell you the truth...the coolsculpting procedures are a waste of money. It's a placebo effect. And they don't bring much of a difference to your body.
There are also case studies of burns caused by Coolsculpt - we have treated a patient with a burn following treatment for which she required corrective surgery (published in the Australian Journal of Plastic Surgery). So risks are not limited to PAH (though that seems to be the most common side effect)
TH-cam gave me a cool sculpting ad at the beginning of the video 😭
Same!
Hi James, I watched and re-watched this video deciding whether to comment or not .. so here goes! I have had several coolsculpting procedures .. all amazingly successful .. I lost 4 stone over 3years (slowly and steady). I was working out 5 times a week, 2hrs a day - back-to-back classes, swimming, abs classes .. you name it, I did it ... and did it intensely (enjoyed every minute and still do!!) .. but there were pockets of fat that I could not shift no matter what, so I had coolsculpting done on the small pockets of fat on my inner thighs 1st, followed (a year later) by my underarms and then another yr later on my stomach (where I had surgery) and 'bra' straps .... all of this took place over 3yrs (it is very expensive) and I have NEVER looked back. I could never ever have achieved this with diet and excercise. I still have a flat stomach and no pouches despite putting on 8lbs. I have been on the positive end of the procedure and I feel so so much more confident (BTW I am the same age as Linda Evangleista) .. I suppose all I would say is do get this procedure done on your chin/face until you have had it done somewhere else and it has worked out ok .. my therapists were excellent, extremely educated and I took their advise completely. I started with my inner thighs and I took a yr to see how it worked before deciding the next area to target. If people are interested in this procedure, get it done first on an area where you wouldn't be devastated if it didn't work. Honestly it will take at least 3-4 months before you will see a difference, despite what anyone will tell you. I am so so happy with my results. I just thought I would post this as you asked for people who have had this done to comment. Everyone has their own reasons for doing this .. hopefully without being judged. I am nervous about the reaction I will get here, but I am happy and have no regrets.
I got cool sculpting when I was 15.. so sad how the media made me feel like I wasn’t beautiful enough at such a young age, I’m 21 now and I almost forgot I got it done, I didn’t notice any particular bulges however because I was so young and I continued to struggle with an eating disorder I have since continued my cycle of gaining and losing weight with no particularly noticeable difference.
Just try to be healthy y’all there’s no point to this. ‘Problem areas’ are just curvatures on a body, I don’t regret getting it done even though because I have gained weight I am not sure whether I do have bulges or not (def nothing extreme) it was part of my journey into accepting myself.
So much this! I've been doing a deep dive into the Wellness industry for over 2 years and the conclusion I've come to is that people are seriously harming themselves to chase "skinniness at any cost." What's truly important is self acceptance, self compassion, self love. That's where true happiness comes from. The whole industry is harm and manipulation to get us to spend money. They want us to hate ourselves so we'll chase their validation without noticing they're always moving the goal posts. Removing yourself from the main narrative by not caring anymore is truly liberating!
Your parents signed for you to get such a procedure at 15? I'm sorry but that's not okay.
You typically have to be 18 or older to get in-office treatments so I’m shocked a guardian signed a waiver for you to get a fat dissolving treatment.
Where was your parents and why Dr's did thatto you at 15? Smth not adding up
Even if she did look like an average woman, the point is that she didn't look like herself to herself. That's super traumatic.
I'm not a person who is interested in beauty treatments at all, but I can still empathise with the trauma of having a treatment that's marketed as safe, and it totally changing your face so you don't recognise yourself. Yes, she took the risk, but without informed consent. This company is a disgrace.
These kinds of stories make me so satisfied with just staying fit the “hard” way… by working out every day and tracking my calories. It’s not even hard. I love working out
Having had cool sculpting done I can safely say it's a huge waste of money. It just made my skin furiously itch for weeks and sensitive like it was bruised...I saw zero difference, and I'm in the gym 4 days a week, eat well and walk 10000 steps everyday. Only way I've ever managed to shift stubborn fat is by being in a calorie deficit and high protein diet, whilst doing a progressive overload exercise programme.
Just what I needed on a sick day
Get well soon
Same….chronic pain flare up for me😢 But James is here to help😊
I hope you feel better 💜
Not me getting a cool sculpting ad on this video 💀 how are advertisers gunna monitor my every move and still mess up
I get a ton of ads targeted towards old people. I still don't know why
Late to the party but I actually looked into cool sculpting at one point and looked up some videos and that's when I found out about the lawsuit and for several reasons, the lawsuit being the biggest for sure, decided against it. So glad she was able to settle the suit to not go through a stressful trial and find happiness!
On a side note, SHOUT OUT TO BONDI SANDS! Awesome vegan Australian brand! ❤❤❤ Thanks for showing them!
Edit: Maybe it pulled because of your moisturisers? I’ve never had it pill on me 😊
Lab Muffin has videos about how different foundations react with skincare to cause pilling. Water based products go together, silicone products pair well, and oil based products work well together. Michelle is a cosmetic chemist and has great information. I swear that she explains it better than I did.
I think the lasting impact on her career is the most troubling. I can’t imagine how devastating losing my ability to do my job would be. Not to mention the fact that she can’t recognise herself in the mirror.
Disclosure of potential side effects are very important. Mostly for people who career literally involves their freaking physical image.
I almost got cool-sculpting. I paid 6k and then had a panic attack right before she started. I used the money towards Cooltone (like Emsculpt, muscle toner.)
So….
The girl was late, and I was looking online. I stumbled on a support group online for people damaged by CoolSculpting. I asked: « wait, what? »
There were hundreds of damaged people. The pain from those bricks, it’s sad. And liposuction doesn’t always fix it for good. It causes all kinds of weird fat growth.
It’s definitely more than 1%! Those numbers are lies. Even the med-spa girl said she had several clients develop PAH. They make people sign an NDA to pay for 1 lipo. If it doesn’t work, you’re up a creek. You’ve signed a release and you can’t complain because you have to sign the NDA.
Get liposuction, if you get anything. I was lucky enough to dodge that risk that day. Please don’t risk it.
I absolutely love The Ordinary. I have MCAS, so I develop allergic reactions to things randomly, so The Ordinary's products being all individual really helps me determine what's irritating my skin if I DO have a reaction.
It costs nothing to love yourself and therefore it will never be advertised as a solution to insecurity
Amen
I've personally struggled a lot with weight and not recognising myself after the last few years. Having lost 40kg in 2019, In early 2020 I was diagnosed with severe, aggressive arthritis, and was put on incredibly high steroid doses, as well as a medication to help me sleep, both of which not only made me gain weight like crazy (and VERY quickly) but also gave me an allergy to the sun, so I was covered in, essentially, lesions. My hair was falling out and, due to the extreme anxiety of losing my job, my best friend, being made bankrupt due to health bills, and all this health stuff in generall, (and during a pandemic no less!!) I developed trich/dermitillomania, which made everything ten times worse. I'm now 20 kg heavier than I was before I lost the weight, my body is covered in scars, none of my clothes fit, and I can't work due to chronic fatigue (from my various conditions, and as I already had pretty large chronic health conditions before the rheumatoid arthritis it all compounded), anxiety but mainly because I need both wrists doe for carpal tunnel (I finally got tje first one a few weeks ago, yay!) and I need my left jaw joint (TMJ) to be completely replaced, which is such a specialised surgery and, due to my high bleed risk/poor wound healing from cEDS, no public healthcare doctor/surgeon will touch me with a barge pole (oh, and they cut the maxillofacial dept at my local hospital anyway!!) and my insurance won't cover it, meaning I have to travel somewhere and cough up $60k (which isn't normal in NZ).
I look in the mirror and don't recognise myself. I'm 30 next month and I've never even been kissed yet, let alone dated, or held hands. I feel like I've lost three years and that I'm running out of time if I want kids, but given I feel the worst about myself now more than I ever have, the last thing I want to do is put myself out there, because I'm keenly aware that I'm no catch.
I don't want to elicit pity and I'm not compliment phishing, but I say all this because I cannot even _imagine_ any of this happening to someone as famous and highly visible as Evangelisa-let alone a very famous model, actress and celebrity whose _job_ is based almost entirely around looking superhumanly beautiful and attractive. On top of that, I am even more overwhelmed at the thought of _someone else_ doing this to her, and making her feel this way. She shouldn't feel any guilt, because this isn't her fault, but from personal experience I always feel guilty, because I contantly do think "Is this my fault? Did I come into contact with something that triggered this? Could I have done something differently?" and these questions haunt me, even though I know logically they're so dumb.
My heart goes out to her, and anyone who has dealt with anything similar (to her or me) because it's so hard sometimes, feeling like you're in this ugly, lonely little corner of the world, that people will be disgusted by you, or that you'll never work again, that people will judge you, and laugh at you... I really do feel for her, even if our stories are not the same.
Please know that you're not alone, no matter, and that whatever you feel you're going through, weigh, look like, sound like, or whatever it might be: you are a valuable human, and even if those around you can't see it, you deserve to be loved, and if others don't seem to love you, you need to love and honour yourself, because YOU are the one who matters here, not people who you can't control.
Nothing angers a mean person than the confidence of the person they're trying to bully, and nothing silences mockery and rude statements by taking the higher road of kindness, because hurt people hurt people, so don't hurt others-but don't hurt yourself either...
... be it thoughts, actions, words, comments, whatever it is, you're worthy of happiness right now, and you don't have to wait until you loose weight, or have something changed, or when you fit into those clothes, or whatever other thing you're waiting to happen before you start... no. You deserve to be happy now. (that's not to say all change is bad but you need to love yourself through those changes, not just at the end.)
You know the great thing about those contracts they're not admissible in court. Meaning you cannot be held to a confidentiality contract or an NDA if it is holding something over your head. For example, we'll pay for your surgery if you sign this, but we won't if you don't, that contract would no longer be admissible in court. They gave you that contract under duress therefore it is an illegal contract. If anybody gives you a contract like that, sign it, make them pay for it. If it doesn't work you can still say something and you can still sue them.
i will always regret the money i wasted on cool sculpting. it did absolutely nothing for me. i genuinely wish i would’ve realized sooner it doesn’t work but honestly the before and after pictures got me good!
I'm glad she was eventually able to get procedures that worked for her. You wouldn't know by looking at her now that she'd gone through all of that.
Progression over perfection. There are no cure-alls in life, unfortunately, and it's not worth the risks from so many of these procedures. I think I'll stick to a good diet, exercise, and find contentment as I am. At least until it can all be done in one go with zero side effects, haha.
I am so with on this.
I've been considering cryosculpting for about 6 years after having had 2 kids and I get bombarded with so many ads for it, however given I have autoimmune issues, I fear I may get that same backfiring issue or probably trigger something worse 😢 I guess at the end of the day I'm not a supermodel who has to rely on staying 120lbs forever so there's that 😂
This is quite shocking because I was considering the cool sculpting. I have a lower tummy that I didn't want to go for surgery for but figured the cool sculpt may help reduce it since dieting has just made it looser looking. Honestly, I said to my partner I would rather have a slightly chubby tubby than loose skin. Exercise doesn't seem to have gotten the lower tummy to go away but only firmer underneath... then again I am 41 years old now. Many women struggle with this area on our tummies , especially after giving birth. I didn't know cool sculpting could cause such side effects. It is frightening.
Judging by the increasing number of people speaking up, I smell a class action brewing.
The thing that put me off Coolsculpting was they told me for my pot belly pouch I would need 4 paddles, x 3/4 sessions and the total was $4500 😱😬
It was at that point I thought I’d have to just diet hard and watch what I eat forever.
1% is insanely high!! I'd never get a procedure done that had a 1% chance of disfiguring me.
Just the other day I was thinking about this, I am going to go with a noooo now thank you James for putting me back to reality. Healthy options it is!!!
This cryo treatment is supposed to remove 26 fat cell layers, did I get this right? That is not even 1 Millimeter in thickness of the fat layer. Remember those cells are teeny tiny
I mean adipose tissue mimics bubbles in the nonlinear structure of cells so I don't understand the concept of fat cell layers. It's different from other tissue structures which tend to have a more uniform structure.
Its actually a lot, you can look up histological pictures of adipose tissue and you will realize that it can be a lot depending on where the adipose cells are located (certain tissues have more adipose cells than others). Adipose cells differ from others because they look like bubbles, usually with stretched out nuclei, and they can be a lot bigger than other cells like epitelial cells, etc. For example, removing 26 layers of adipose cells contained in the parotid gland would probably remove nearly if not all adipose tissue.
@@chichinashi2709 yes, histological pics show them as bubbles and I have also seen them under a microscope working in a lab :) I am a biomedical scientist. still one adipocyte is very small, you cannot see them with your naked eye.
I think I did not understand your example. I was quite sure glands are not made of adipocytes. Maybe I need to refresh my endocrinology :)
“Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, Linda Evangelista…The other ones!” Lmaoooo You had me deaddddd
I think the weirdest thing for me was that a Cool Sculpting ad played for me at the beginning of this video o_O
I write so much today. I'm very happy dear James, that you are talking about this Procedure in public in your Channel 🤗😘👍👏👏👏!
I was talking about with my Doc's, my Physicians I was working together over 25 years before, around 20, 25 years ago...
And they didn't buy this expensive Machine!
I can't explain my feelings (build of my Knowledge and Biological Understanding) , but I "know" = this will make more Problems as it give the Patients nice Results!
And I was right!
Thx to all good Ghosts,❣️🤗👍
It's good and informative that YOU bring this "on the Table" to talk about ! Thank you ❣️🤗👏👏🥰✌️
And i have lost some Tears about the Destiny it gives to Linda E., that is so sad what is happened to her❣️😓😩😢
But strong as she is : she had overcome this ✌️🥰👏❣️
But: in one Sight she was also so brave , that she was going to the Public and the whole Media !
I hope that she was successfull to warn all Women on this Earth about this stupid, too much expensive and dangerous Procedure and will lose their Body-Feel, lose a lot of Money un-neccessarily and will get lot of Pain - 😢
Love the little angel wings under James' eyes!
OMG, James!😂 That "Cabbage-Soup" Diet though, from back in the day!🤣🥣
If y'all know y'all know...😉🤪💖
Literally the worst 😭
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A friend did it and turned into a gas bag! 🌬️
“FDA approved” doesn’t carry any weight with me anymore.
I would be more swayed by what the UK or the EU approves.
That risk is EXTREME. And it needs to be known how extreme it is.
I really want to get CoolSculpting done to the inside of my thighs. There are two blobs of fat, one on each side that just rub together and make life painful... But my mom got CoolSculpting on her arms and chin and it got fudged up! She's a bit numb and there is permanent wrinkling and lumps on her arms and chin now. It's been over 10 years and it's gone away a bit, but the fat just came back in all the wrong ways
Get lipo.
I considered it but won't be getting it! I had breast reconstruction surgery using fat from my lower stomach which means I have proportionally more fat above my belly button than below it so even diet and exercise won't completely correct it. I've undergone enough surgery so won't be getting liposuction either! I think I'll just need to keep thinking carefully about my wardrobe choices! 😂
Yeh, my friend's roommate tried that lemon water thing and all she did was $h!t her pants on a daily basis.... guess what WOULD make you drop pounds 🤔 literally! 😂
"Its great. I love it 😍🙃🥰" 🔥☠️👺👹*HUGE COUGH* ...that made me giggle
I wish I would’ve known about this before. I had cool sculpting done in April and have my second session in June. I’ve lost about 70lbs and obviously an unfortunate side effect is saggy skin. I work out with a trainer and do strength training but some areas just don’t go away. My upper arms/bat wings make me very self conscious which is why I had it done. Now that I’ve seen this I’m even more nervous BUT I will complete my second treatment. To be honest it’s very pricey and I had decided long ago I would just take care of my arms and hope exercising and eating right will get rid of the rest of the fat. 🤷🏽♀️
A better method for the skin, speaking as someone who was once 400 pounds and is now 140, is Ultherapy. Red light therapy. It doesn’t have disfiguring effects. Many Planet Fitness gym locations have TBE machines that are basically an over-the-counter dose. Chances are you many need to still have some skin nipped, but it’s worth it.
The tricky thing about fat is that cells only get so large, like a balloon, before your body makes more. As you shrink them back down, they’re still there, taking up space like empty balloons. That’s why they’ll seem like nothing works after a point-the cell is still there.
James, I do wish you would list the products you are using 💕
Sorry when my assistant is away I forget to do it 😂
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Ms. is the female equivalent of Mr., therefore an individual in her own right, whereas Mrs. signifies a woman is married. Great video!
Omg thank you. I feel like I should know this. Very basic English I should’ve learnt in school! 😅
This is why im afraid of plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures. If it can happen to LE then it can happen to anyone. Plus its soo expensive !!!