Fat-Zapping Device Company Underreported Patient Deformities: NYT
CoolSculpting, a medical device used to melt away fat cells, poses a higher risk of disfigurement than previously reported due to a side effect called paradoxical adipose hyperplasia (P.A.H.), which causes fat to grow and harden in the body. More than a dozen dermatologists and plastic surgeons believe that P.A.H. is likely being underreported and misdiagnosed, and often requires expensive surgery to correct. Allergan Aesthetics, the company that owns CoolSculpting, declined to respond to questions from The New York Times.