Freeze Fat at Home?
dymenard89
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Has anyone tried this? It seems there is scientific evidence to back this up. I'm currently lying on my back with an ice bag on my stomach. I have very specific areas I would like to target. Gonna give this a try and cross my fingers.
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Are you trying to moisturize your stomach skin slowly as the ice melts? because thats about all that is going to happen.28
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I would love to read said scientific evidence. This seems dubious at best.10
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At times and with very specific inflammation or soreness this can help with pain.About once a month ice packs make me feel better.
If will not decrease fat, for that you need to eat fewer calories than you burn.
It will not spot reduce fat, that is sadly impossible.7 -
I burned lots of fat running in freezing temps this winter. I think science would point to the running part of that though.29
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No. That is not a thing7
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You do know that prolonged icing can cause tissue damage I hope?
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If laying with an ice bag on you worked to remove fat then I'm pretty sure everyone on earth would have done it already.18
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/does the 'scientific evidence' come from some clickbait or a magazine? Because it doesn't come from actual science.7
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If this was possible, we'd all be thin during the winter if we went outside for an hour each day.
What do you think applying ice to yourself would do to your skin?5 -
There is a treatment that does actually work called CoolSculpting. Lying on an ice pack in your lounge doesn't.
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/beauty/a47316/freezing-off-fat-coolsculpting/5 -
Exactly what I was thinking! She's trying Coolsculpting at home its not gonna work plus you might get frostbite or something! Its almost like trying liposuction with a vaccum cleaner at home,not a good idea10
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Where's the source for the info? You'd burn more fat off by constantly crossing your fingers for 24 hours.dymenard89 wrote: »Has anyone tried this? It seems there is scientific evidence to back this up. I'm currently lying on my back with an ice bag on my stomach. I have very specific areas I would like to target. Gonna give this a try and cross my fingers.
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Yes, some of the food I freeze has a little fat in it and I turns out just fine. I also use ice/cold packs on areas of pain or inflammation. It often helps but as said above, must be used for short periods of time (5-10 min) to avoid damage.4
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Even the cosmo article says the real thing doesn't do much and doesn't work over anything but a very small area. http://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/beauty/a47316/freezing-off-fat-coolsculpting/3
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This is like those plastic wraps (I can't remember what they're called) that are sticky and covered in something that irritates your skin enough to "heat it up" and you're supposed to wear them for days to "burn fat off targeted areas". They sell out for outrageous prices, but too. And people write angry reviews that it didn't make them thin or came back. *Sigh*
At least do something that has a temporary effect for special events like a waist trainer (which WILL work to squeeze out water weight and make you appear thinner for a day or so).
But none of this is long term. Even hardcore corseting (wearing custom corsets 24-7 for years and years) is only semi-permanent because eventually your fat and floating ribs shift right back to where they originally were. So unless you're ready to sleep in a steel boned corset and get used to limited movement and lots of reflux in corseting.... these waist slimming products are doing nothing for you that lasts longer than 24 hours.1 -
dymenard89 wrote: »Has anyone tried this? It seems there is scientific evidence to back this up. I'm currently lying on my back with an ice bag on my stomach. I have very specific areas I would like to target. Gonna give this a try and cross my fingers.
Then why do penguins have so much fat?
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dymenard89 wrote: »Has anyone tried this? It seems there is scientific evidence to back this up. I'm currently lying on my back with an ice bag on my stomach. I have very specific areas I would like to target. Gonna give this a try and cross my fingers.
Then why do penguins have so much fat?
And Walrus. They lay around on ice all the time.
This actually may work. I mean, once the doctors chop off the frost bitten tissue and do skin grafts she may be a tiny bit smaller...right?10 -
i think the only way to freeze fat is to go to the northern-most parts of alaska during winter. pretty sure my fat would freeze there!
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People really will try anything before eating less lol I mean, I can't even blame you cause who doesn't love food? Sadly that's the only thing that will work. Rip to OPs hopes and dreams of slimming down and not putting in work5
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Have you never seen an Eskimo? They're not thin generally. If your theory is correct they should be practically skin and bones.1
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mrsnattybulking wrote: »People really will try anything before eating less lol I mean, I can't even blame you cause who doesn't love food? Sadly that's the only thing that will work. Rip to OPs hopes and dreams of slimming down and not putting in work
It's often that women want an hourglass figure and no amount of weight loss/fat loss is going to give them that if they don't have the right ratios, rib cage size, and bone structure. I have been a Size 00 and *thankfully* know that I'm short-waisted with long legs and narrow hips. At my thinnest, I get a slight waist curve and mostly nothing else. An "athletic" build. I fear a woman like this may be disappointed even if she lost every bit of extra fat.2 -
So what happens to those athletes who submerge themselves in an ice-bath after a game? Do they melt away?
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You'd be shocked at what some people do to lose 5lbs. Lots of dumb stuff. Latest one I saw: a dude wearing a wet suit while spinning. Not during a class mind you.Chef_Barbell wrote: »This can't be real..
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I should try this!
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If you really could freeze fat cells and make them leave the body do you really think an ice pack eill get the fat cells inside ypur body below 32 degrees Fahrenheit? You might get the skin the temp (and get frost bite) but it takes special equipment to get the body that cold safely.
Do you actually thnk this will work or are you just desperate for a quick fix?2 -
OP let me just tell you what happens if you actually "freeze" your skin:
It's called FROSTBITE. You'll lose weight when they have to amputate off dead tissue.
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OP let me just tell you what happens if you actually "freeze" your skin:
It's called FROSTBITE. You'll lose weight when they have to amputate off dead tissue.
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I'm still trying to figure out how OP is getting fat (internal and under the skin) to a temperature that would freeze it. All she is doing is making her skin cold and if she manages to keep the cold on long enough risk frostbite as you said. Out of all the things I've seen on here this baffles me most.2 -
Working in a middle school as a yard monitor, I get kids all the time that talk to me and ask "why do we have to learn some of this stuff? We'll NEVER use in real life."Rebecca0224 wrote: »OP let me just tell you what happens if you actually "freeze" your skin:
It's called FROSTBITE. You'll lose weight when they have to amputate off dead tissue.
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I'm still trying to figure out how OP is getting fat (internal and under the skin) to a temperature that would freeze it. All she is doing is making her skin cold and if she manages to keep the cold on long enough risk frostbite as you said. Out of all the things I've seen on here this baffles me most.
There's a reason why there are science classes.
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Rebecca0224 wrote: »OP let me just tell you what happens if you actually "freeze" your skin:
It's called FROSTBITE. You'll lose weight when they have to amputate off dead tissue.
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I'm still trying to figure out how OP is getting fat (internal and under the skin) to a temperature that would freeze it. All she is doing is making her skin cold and if she manages to keep the cold on long enough risk frostbite as you said. Out of all the things I've seen on here this baffles me most.
There are certain medical procedures that use this principle (like coolsculpting) but they use an entirely different mechanism. They dont just slap an ice pack on and call it a day. They have a special device which suctions a fold of skin and fat and over the course of an hour freezes the area. Some of the fat cells are killed and subsequently metabolized.
This is what it looks like immediately after. it takes several months for optimal results to be seen, and the results are about 20-25% of fat in the local area that was frozen is reduced. I think it goes without saying, but do to the level of effectiveness, the cost of treatment, and the potential damage to skin coolsculpting is best for already lean individuals who have specific (likely genetic) "problem areas" despite already being lean.
EDIT: oh yeah, and the device works to target fat cells specifically. laying an icepack on yourself at home seems like a disaster waiting to happen with (like niner said) damage to muscle, skin, and other surrounding tissue.
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What happens when you thaw out.2
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