My CoolSculpting hell: Linda Evangelista's suit spurs more horror stories - New York Post

When actress Rae-Shan Barclift splurged on the popular fat-freezing treatment CoolSculpting, she got the body shape opposite the one of her dreams.

The manufacturers of CoolSculpting — whom Evangelista has hit with a $50 million lawsuit in the Southern District of New York federal court — say PAH is rare, occurring just once in 4,000 treatment cycles.

Its CoolSculpting Web site notes: “Rare side effects may also occur.

CoolSculpting and CoolSculpting Elite may cause a visible enlargement in the treated area, which may develop 2 to 5 months after treatment and requires surgical intervention for correction.”.

She says she forked over $9,000 to the “manipulative and pushy” owner of a CoolSculpting franchise, Rodriguez told The Post.

Nonetheless, just a few months after her treatment, her name was added to the supposedly minuscule list of victims.

“CoolSculpting was the worst decision of my life,” concluded Rodriguez, who, like Barclift, belongs to the new Facebook support group CoolSculpting: Side Effects and Information.

She claims she looked “nine months pregnant” following the $5,000 CoolSculpting treatment she had on her belly