SculpSure vs Coolsculpt: Why I chose Sculpsure

Published by David Berman on Nov 18, 2016

SculpSure vs Coolsculpt: Why I chose SculpSure

You may wonder, why didn’t I buy a Coolsculpt laser? After all, they were the first to the market and have the name recognition. However, that is exactly the reason why I waited. Cynosure is the laser company that makes the SculpSure laser. They are the largest laser company in the USA. They basically watched the Coolsculpt laser become very popular and they realized, if they were going to compete, they had to come out with an even better laser, since they were not the first to market. They waited 5 years and that is exactly what they did.

Coolsculpt works on a principle of freezing the fat. The problems with this technique are significant:

You have to be able to suck a considerable piece of fat and skin into the apparatus, making it tough or impossible to use on those with smaller quantities of fat.
After the fat is sucked into the apparatus, the freezing has to be applied for an hour.
Then, the frozen skin and fat have to be “butter sticked” which should be more appropriately termed, “stick beaten”.
There is a period of prolonged healing where the skin can become incredibly sensitive or the patient can experience a lot of nerve pain in the area treated.
There is some risk that there will unevenness and ridging.

Contrast this to SculpSure:

Four cell phone size units are placed firmly on the skin. There is no need to suck the skin up. With SculpSure, it can be done on areas with only a small amount of fat and is much more comfortable.
The entire heating process is done in only 25 minutes from start to finish, during which you can relax and peruse your mobile devices or watch TV.
It definitely gets very warm and slightly uncomfortable but it is not painful (I can attest to this since I had the procedure done to address my love handles!!)
There is no post care treatment required like the butter stick etc. I was even able to go straight to the gym afterwards and exercise without any issues.
Since SculpSure uses heat, which diffuses better than cold, there are no problems with uneven edges or that post op pain syndrome that many patients experience with Coolsculpt.