Cryolipolysis (Fat Freezing) in Mexico City

It reduces fat in the treated area by 15 to 28% per session, without surgery and without altering your blood chemistry.

What it is and how it works

cryolipolysis uses plates that cool the fat to near 0 degrees, a cold that selectively damages fat cells without harming the skin above. Your body then eliminates those damaged cells naturally over the following weeks. An important point: the fat that is eliminated does not come back to that area.

What it treats, in detail

Who it’s for

people who are already at their ideal weight, with localized fat deposits that do not respond even with exercise and good nutrition. It is contouring, not weight loss.

Who it’s not for

it is not for weight loss or obesity; if you are not at your ideal weight, we work on that first. Also not if you have cold-sensitive conditions (such as cryoglobulinemia or cold urticaria), hernias in the treatment area, poor skin elasticity or pregnancy.

What to expect

  1. 01

    to achieve a good result, we work with a protocol.

  2. 02

    We ask you to start an anti-inflammatory eating plan one month before and keep it one month after the treatment, because it improves the response and the clearance of fat.

  3. 03

    Each session lasts 30 to 60 minutes per area, no anesthesia: you feel intense cold the first minutes and then the area goes numb.

  4. 04

    The result appears gradually between 3 and 6 months, as your body eliminates the fat cells.

  5. 05

    Sometimes more than one session per area is needed.

  6. 06

    No real downtime; you may have redness, swelling or temporary numbness.

Risks and what we tell you honestly

before the risks, the efficacy, which is what you are buying: the literature reports up to 40% reduction in skinfold thickness at 12 weeks. The common effects are mild and temporary: redness, bruising and numbness that can last a few weeks. About paradoxical adipose hyperplasia, the complication in which fat grows instead of shrinking, we give you the exact figure so you can put it in perspective: the most recent review, covering more than 13,000 patients, estimates an incidence of 0.22%. Put another way, around 99.8% of patients do not develop it. It is uncommon, it does not represent a risk to your health, and it has a solution, usually liposuction of the area. We tell you because it is part of your informed consent and because we would rather you hear it from us than afterward. We also tell you something the literature itself notes: that incidence is higher than manufacturers report, and the authors specifically call for transparent disclosure. That is what we are doing. And we share our own experience with the same standard we apply to everything else: working with the plate technique without vacuum of the Cristiane Tofoli method, we have not had a single case of this complication. That is our clinical experience, and we present it as such: it is not a guarantee, because no single practice’s series can replace published evidence, but it is what we have seen.

Myth vs reality

Myth

“I heard cryolipolysis can make fat grow instead of shrink.”

Reality

it exists and it is called paradoxical adipose hyperplasia, but it is uncommon: the most recent review estimates it at 0.22%, meaning more than 99% of patients do not develop it. It is not dangerous to your health and it has a solution. What we do want to say clearly is that the literature does not currently allow anyone to claim that a particular device type avoids it entirely: cases have been reported with different devices, and there are not enough data to compare them. That is why we prefer not to sell you a guarantee no one can support, and instead to inform you of the real risk, which is low, and to select carefully whom we treat. What we can share is our own experience: with the plate technique without vacuum that we use, we have not had a single case. That is our experience, not a promise.

Book your consultation and we will assess whether you are a good candidate.

Consultation with a specialist physician

This consultation carries a fee, which is not credited toward treatment.

Advisory session with our team

Complimentary. We answer questions about process, estimated pricing and travel logistics.

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