Mens Journal December 2016 under procedures to avoid Coolsculpting was no 1 They said 1 centimeter for the amount of loss. There are 2.2 centimeters in an inch. Thats a joke. In addition, freezing your skin, nerves or organs, is a potential dangerous side effect that would require surgery to remediate. Thats a risk too far for a procedure that at best, leaves you with more loose skin, and you have to wait months to see just how much loose skin you get as a result of the procedure. Then you can spend more money on yet another procedure like Thermage to get rid of the loose skin caused by Coolsculpting. Ironically if you had just done Thermage in the first place you might have lost inches immediately and gotten smoother tighter skin as a side effect. Sadly Thermage and Exilis are so much better they dont even advertise vs a $50 million dollar advertising budget from Coolsculpting. So patients who are trying to do their own research are constantly bombarded with Coolsculpting advertising vs silence from the tried and proven favorite treatment of the Hollywood elite like Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Anniston, Demi Moore to name a few who admit to utilizing Thermage to maintain their youthful faces and bodies