Does Body Contouring Hurt?

At Freedom Medi-Spa, we offer 3 different body treatment modalities: BodyFX, SculpSure and Intracel. When speaking of Body Contouring, we’ll discuss BodyFX and SculpSure specifically – each destroys fat cells and penetrate deep beneath the skin to work.

The short answer is: body contouring can be uncomfortable, but most clients find it manageable. The good news is there are ways to decrease the pain you may experience.

It should be noted - anything that affects your nerves can affect your pain threshold, so it’s a good idea to reduce your stress at the time of a body treatment (if that is at all possible! Lol). We also recommend getting a good night’s sleep before your treatment, avoiding caffeine the day of your treatment and making sure you have eaten. If you are nervous or stressed or even hungry, you may feel the treatment more.

Unfortunately, while we will use numbing creams for other medi-spa treatments, numbing creams will not work on body contouring as do not penetrate deep enough to help. These treatments target deeper into the skin.
We understand pain is a concern for clients; as always, a trained medical esthetician will be with you for the duration of the treatment. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.