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44 Suburban Life OCTOBER 2013

At Kole Plastic Surgery Center, Dr. Koleoffers a safe, nonsurgical procedureknown as CoolScultping to remove

stubborn pockets of fat resistant to dietand exercise. Here, Dr. Kole performs the

CoolSculpting procedure on a patient.

With CoolSculpting, Dr. EdwardKole offers a safe, noninvasivesolution for eliminating hard-to-shed pockets of unwanted fatby JENNIFER UPDIKE

It just doesn’t seem fair: You eat well,exercise regularly and rarely overindulge.In fact, you seem to do all the right things

in your quest to attain the ideal body shape.Despite your best efforts, unwanted bulgescaused by pockets of fat—namely, love han-dles, a muffin top, a belly that is less thanflat—linger and frustrate. You get to the pointwhere you consider liposuction or even atummy tuck, because nothing you do onyour own seems to help.

Then something comes along that seemstoo good to be true: a noninvasive and highlyeffective treatment, performed by one of theregion’s most gifted surgeons, to removethese stubborn problem areas resistant to aproper diet and vigorous exercise. That

“something” is a safe, nonsurgical procedureknown as CoolScultping®.

Locally, this innovative treatment is per-formed by board-certified plastic surgeonEdward S. Kole, M.D., medical director ofKole Plastic Surgery Center in Southampton.For people who have exhausted all othermeans and have the patience to realize thechanges they seek over a months-longperiod, CoolSculpting is perhaps the mostcompelling option available.

“This isn’t for someone who is obese, butit is for someone who has worked to stay inshape and needs just a little help in order toachieve the body they want,” says Dr. Kole.“Really, it is ideal for people who are almostat their ideal body shape and want to sculpt

or fine tune their physique by eliminating thestubborn areas that are not being taken careof by diet or exercise.

“Whether you want a flatter belly or youwant to do away with the love handles andmuffin top that refuse to go away, this is avery good option.”

CoolSculpting is FDA cleared to addressareas such as the abdomen, love handles andmuffin top, according to Dr. Kole. “As physi-cians,” he adds, “we’ve seen great resultsusing CoolSculpting on the belly, love han-dles and more. Through CoolSculpting, I cansculpt away unwanted fat to reveal a morepleasing shape.”

Developed by two Harvard scientists, thepatented procedure uses a precise and con-

ShapeShifter

trolled cooling tech-nology that targets fatcells under the skinand freezes them tothe point of crystalliza-tion. Once the fat cellsare crystallized, theyendure a processcalled apoptosis, inwhich the fat cellsactually die. The cellsare then metabolizedand eliminated from the body through thelymphatic system. Patients who opt forCoolSculpting start seeing results in as little asthree weeks after the procedure and see themaximum benefit within three months,according to Dr. Kole.

“When cold is applied noninvasively toproblem areas, you slowly shrink over thattime and there’s no damage to the skin,” hesays. “Lipids crystallize faster than normalcells, so there’s a natural reduction in the fatbulge around a targeted area. It’s a quick pro-cedure, it permanently destroys the fat, andthere is no need for major downtime.”

CoolSculpting requires no needles oranesthesia, no incisions and no recoverytime. During the procedure, patients typicallyread, work on their laptops, watch movies or

simply relax. Each ses-sion lasts one hour,making it easy to fit intoa lunch break. Aftertreatment, patients typ-ically return to theireveryday activities. As aviable alternative toliposuction, which isanother procedure inDr. Kole’s repertoire,CoolSculpting is the

only method of noninvasive fat reduction thatuses this revolutionary cooling method.

“With liposuction, you go to theoperating room, make an incision, put in awarm solution of saline and anesthetic thatbathes the fat and then use a stainless-steelcannula to remove it,” Dr. Kole says. “WithCoolSculpting, you use an applicator head onthe area of concern, and it draws in the fatand skin with gentle suction. Two coolingplates cool the skin, and the fat under theskin slowly dies.

“When you apply CoolSculpting to onearea,” he adds, “you can get up to a 25 per-cent or so reduction of fat in that area. If youare happy with those results, then that’sgreat, but if you want greater results, you canhave it performed a second time.”

In private practice since 1998, and havingserved countless men and womenthroughout Bucks, Montgomery andPhiladelphia counties, Dr. Kole has earned areputation for being among the region’sleading specialists in surgical and cosmeticmedicine. He graduated with honors fromthe New York College of Osteopathic Medi-cine and then completed five years of generalsurgery training, as well as a second resi-dency in plastic and reconstructive surgery.Although he limits his practice to plastic andreconstructive surgery, he is board certified inboth general surgery and plastic and recon-structive surgery by the American Osteo-pathic Board of Surgery.

Besides CoolSculpting and liposuction,Dr. Kole and his staff perform a variety ofplastic surgery procedures. These includetummy tucks; breast enhancements; proce-dures of the head and neck, includingfacelifts, forehead and eyelid lifts, rhinoplastyand otoplasty; cosmetic injectables; andmicrodermabrasion. Although most of hispatients are women, he also performs cos-metic and surgical procedures on anincreasing number of men.

Dr. Kole welcomes prospective patientsto connect with his practice and see if theywill be good candidates for CoolSculpting,among other procedures he performs, inefforts to help them enhance or, in somecases, rediscover their natural beauty. n

“When you applyCoolSculpting to one area,you can get up to a 25 per-cent or so reduction of fat inthat area. If you want greaterresults, you can have it per-

formed a second time.”—Dr. Edward Kole

Kole Plastic Surgery Center 1003 Street Road, Southampton, PA 18966

215-354-1010www.KolePlasticSurgery.comwww.FreezetheFatPhilly.com

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Real-life Results Patients such as the women shown here see maximum results within three months of

receiving CoolSculpting treatment.

Before 120 Days after Treatment

Before 60 Days after Treatment

Before 60 Days after Treatment