Document Type
Letter to the Editor
Publication Date
9-16-2021
Publication Title
Facial Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine
First page number:
1
Last page number:
2
Abstract
Cryolipolysis (CoolSculpting®) is a Food and Drug Administration-cleared noninvasive fat-reduction technique that has gained popularity in recent years given its reduced cost, risk of adverse effects, and recovery time relative to traditional invasive methods, such as liposuction. Despite this low incidence of adverse effects, there have been increasing reports of a rare aesthetically displeasing phenomenon termed paradoxical adipose hyperplasia (PAH). PAH presents several months after cryolipolysis as a painless and well-demarcated enlargement of the tissue limited to the treatment area.1 With a reported incidence ranging from 0.005% to 2%, all known cases of PAH have been localized to the treatment areas of the abdomen, back, flank, thighs, and chest with just one other reported case of the submental area.2 To our knowledge, we present the first reported case of submental PAH after cryolipolysis in North America and its subsequent management.
Controlled Subject
Hyperplasia; Surgery, Plastic; Case studies
Disciplines
Plastic Surgery
File Format
File Size
390 KB
Language
English
Rights
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Repository Citation
Franzoni, D. V.,
Daubs, M. A.,
Lyons, M. E.,
Bigcas, J.,
Ching, H. H.,
Goldman, J. J.
(2021).
Submental Paradoxical Adipose Hyperplasia Following Cryolipolysis: A Report and Management Recommendations.
Facial Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine
1-2.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/fpsam.2021.0227