Why Does CoolSculpting Cost So Little?!
Okay, so this is not the way prospective clients usually ask the question. Still, after immersing ourselves in the specialty of CoolSculpting Elite – studying it, perfecting our techniques, pursuing the most advanced clinical training available, and committing ourselves to improving body confidence one client at a time – I’m here to tell you why it should be the question prospective clients ask.
First, let’s start with some honest questions of self-reflection.
How many years have you spent trying different diet fads, exercise trends, personal trainers, or other means to flatten your belly, love handles, or hips?
What about buying clothes you swore you’d diet your way into that are still hanging, the tag attached, in the back of your closet?
I’m an open book about my body confidence journey. At 46, I’ve been fighting stubborn belly fat for almost three decades. Here are just a handful of the ways I’ve tried to combat my “cat hang” belly over the last decade alone (these are just the few I can remember — I’m sure there are others I’ve blocked out of my mind).
Weight Watchers: $30/month x 5 years = $1800
NutriSystem: $1000 worth of food over 6 months
Medical weight loss: $3000 for 3 month program
Plenity - $300 for a 3 month supply
Kroma - $495 for a 5 day program
Prolon - $400 for 2 programs, 5 days each
Mounjaro (tirzepitide) - $150 in telehealth membership plus $600 in copays
Wegovy (semaglutide) - $200 in telehealth visits + $500 / month for 6 months
Hypnotherapy - $500 for 3 sessions
Keto, Paleo and Whole 30 cook books and apps - $500 over 3 years
Back of the napkin, that’s at least $12,000 on diet efforts, alone. I didn’t include my gym membership, fitness classes, Peloton or other at home exercise equipment because I 100% support regular workouts as a commitment to ongoing health and wellness.
By the way, during these years I also ran a combination of 10 full and half marathons, and at times dipped well below my ideal weight. But NONE of these efforts - not even running for hours a day for years - was able to flatten my belly.
As a last ditch effort, I reluctantly tried CoolSculpting – thinking it was too good to be true. But a mere few thousand dollars and three months after my first session, I was hooked. Finally, the hunk of exercise-resistant fat on my belly that I’d deemed hopeless went away for good.
My only regret? Not spending the money on CoolSculpting sooner!
But dollars aren’t the only financial factor in the cost of CoolSculpting. How much is your time worth?
Our clients are moms with 3+ kids, CPAs, wealth managers, lawyers, entertainers, teachers, and business owners. The list goes on with a diverse range of daily responsibilities, but there is one thing they ALWAYS have in common; they’re busy. Very, very busy. And their time is often worth its weight in gold.
Even if you had all the time and money in the world to spend exercising, meal planning, and balancing your nutrition for optimal fat-burning metabolism, it still wouldn’t eliminate those lingering trouble spots that frustrate you. The type of fat that CoolSculpting addresses is EXERCISE AND DIET RESISTANT. Unless you lose so much weight that you become emaciated and unhealthy, weight loss is not a viable means of removing subcutaneous fat.
CoolSculpting is NOT a weight loss treatment. It is a body sculpting procedure.
The last time you lost weight, did you lose it in exactly the places you wanted? To a degree, maybe, but those last stubborn areas linger because it’s physiologically impossible to target which areas of your body you want to reduce in fat through exercise. Your body is predisposed to store fat in certain areas (which is why trouble spots are different for everyone).
Learning this can be frustrating and disheartening, I know. But once you accept this reality, you have the opportunity to finally take control of your figure frustrations!
CoolSculpting targets and permanently eliminates subcutaneous fat. That’s the soft, squishy fat you can feel when you squeeze your love handles, tummy, upper arms, inner thighs, or other frustrating fat pockets.
Subcutaneous fat differs from visceral fat, which is behind the abdominal wall, liver, stomach, and organs. It’s the kind of fat you can’t physically touch and can only be affected through diet and exercise.
When you lose weight, you can reduce your body’s visceral fat, but it’s virtually impossible (again, you’d have to lose an unhealthy amount of weight) to reduce subcutaneous fat with diet and exercise. Even if you did have such dramatic, unhealthy weight loss that you lost subcutaneous fat, it wouldn’t be permanent.
In simpler terms, “if you can squeeze it, we can freeze it.” CoolSculpting is one of the only means of permanently eliminating subcutaneous fat (other legitimate options include liposuction and Kybella – but there are major drawbacks to both of those treatment pathways, another topic for another day).
The Value of Specialization
Did you know that any med spa that offers dozens of services can get its employees to CoolSculpt a client with nothing more than a few hours of training? And because most med spas provide so many services, they may only do CoolSculpting a few times a month.
By contrast, Formed Body Sculpting is the ONE and ONLY med spa in the entire United States dedicated exclusively to CoolSculpting Elite.
CoolSculpting is a permanent change to your body and should not be taken lightly.
Think about the things you are willing to pay a premium for; do you go to Super Cuts or Van Michael? Or, if you found out you needed heart surgery, would you go to your family care doctor?
We’re not knocking the benefit of saving money – far from it. We are all about value and a good deal. But there are certain areas of your life where specialization matters, and there is a significant investment in becoming a premium specialty provider – whether it’s care for your hair or your heart!
Our specialists have spent years immersed in deep training in various cities across the U.S., interviewing experts in CoolSculpting, and studying best practices of the national CoolSculpting thought leaders, I can tell you that the only way to get good at CoolSculpting is by specializing.
Let’s revisit the question we first get from prospective clients, “why does CoolSculpting cost so much?”
We find that the question disappears after their first body area is treated. The value of stubborn fat vanishing after decades of frustration, the ability to fit into clothes you never thought possible, or the confidence of looking good in a bathing suit for the first time in your adult life is priceless.
The question we often get from clients after their first round of treatment is, “when can we schedule my next treatment area?”
All of that said…
We are committed to supporting your body transformation and don’t want price to be a barrier.
You are in it for long-term, meaningful change, and we want to support you in making that happen. That’s why we offer ways of helping to defray the cost of your CoolSculpting.
Payment Plan
Even if you have a steady cash flow and can pay for the total cost of your treatment upfront, why would you? We’re all about cash flow management to help with the household budget, so we offer a payment plan option to spread the cost of your treatment over six months (divided into equal payments) with no interest. You can extend the payment period up to 24 months as you prefer, with no penalty for pre-payment. There is no hard credit check, and the application is super simple. You can even apply before your consultation to have the peace of mind knowing you can spread out the cost of your treatment rather than paying fully upfront. Apply for our payment plan here.
Redeem Allē Points
Many of our clients are already enrolled in Allē, a rewards program from the manufacturer of Botox and CoolSculpting. If you’re not enrolled, we’ll encourage and help you to sign you up so you can start accruing points with each CoolSculpting treatment - otherwise you’re literally leaving free money on the table! Enrolling in Allē can help you accrue hundreds of dollars to apply toward your CoolSculpting treatments and body transformation journey. Get started or check your balance here.
We respect the value you place on your health, time, and wallet, so we will work with you to design a payment structure that works on your timeline and budget to achieve your body transformation goals. We can’t wait to meet you and share what that timeline can look like for you!