This is a prospective randomized controlled study comparing the efficacy of cryolipolysis versus a combination of cryolipolysis and surgical subcision for the treatment of cellulite. The treatment sites are both outer thighs. One outer thigh will be randomized to receive one treatment of cryolipolysis, while the contralateral thigh will be assigned to receive the combination cryolipolysis plus surgical subcision. A live rating by a blinded dermatologist will evaluate the treatment and control areas using a cellulite severity scale at week 0 (before treatment) and at the 3-month follow up visit.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
15
Treatment will be a cold exposure for up to 120 minutes using the CoolSculpting device with a commercially available treatment setting.
The skin will be punctured using a subcision needle to cut the septa responsible for the skin depression after cryolipolysis.
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Live rating by a blinded dermatologist using cellulite severity scale
The cellulite severity scale rates cellulite 1-5 as mild, 6-10 as moderate, and 11-15 as severe.
Time frame: Change from Baseline in cellulite severity scale at 3 months
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