Senior Editor · Editorial staff
Mireille Chastain
Leads the publication's coverage of stomach fat removal and non-surgical body contouring and edits every story for accuracy and plain English.
21 stories by Mireille Chastain
Explainer · 5 min · Mireille Chastain
The Belly Fat No Device Can Touch: Subcutaneous vs. Visceral Fat, Explained
Non-surgical body contouring treats only one of the two fat compartments in your abdomen. Understanding which one, and why, is the single most useful piece of information before booking a consultation.
July 28, 2026
Explainer · 6 min · Mireille Chastain
Where Does the Fat Actually Go? The Biology Behind Cryolipolysis, Explained
Frozen fat cells do not melt away or drain out through the skin. Here is the step-by-step cellular process that clears treated abdominal fat, why it takes months, and what can go wrong along the way.
July 28, 2026
Explainer · 5 min · Mireille Chastain
Where Does the Fat Actually Go? The Clearance Biology Behind Non-Surgical Stomach Fat Removal
Cryolipolysis, injectable lipolysis, and ultrasound-based treatments all promise to destroy abdominal fat cells. Here is the plain-English science of what happens to those cells afterward, and why the timeline matters more than the marketing.
July 28, 2026
Explainer · 5 min · Mireille Chastain
The Belly Fat No Device Can Reach: Subcutaneous vs. Visceral Fat, Explained
Non-surgical body contouring treats only one of the two fat layers in your abdomen. Understanding the difference is the single best predictor of whether a treatment will meet your expectations.
July 27, 2026
Explainer · 4 min · Mireille Chastain
Paradoxical Adipose Hyperplasia: The Rare Cryolipolysis Side Effect Worth Understanding Before You Freeze Fat
Fat freezing usually shrinks a treated area. In a small number of cases it does the opposite. Here is what the research actually says about why, who is at risk, and what can be done.
July 27, 2026
Explainer · 4 min · Mireille Chastain
What Actually Happens in the 12 Weeks After Cryolipolysis: A Timeline of Fat Cell Death
Fat freezing does not melt anything on the table. The real work happens over three months, inside your immune system. Here is the biology, week by week, and what it means for judging your results.
July 27, 2026
Explainer · 5 min · Mireille Chastain
Cold, Heat, or Ultrasound: How the Three Main Non-Surgical Fat Reduction Mechanisms Actually Differ
Cryolipolysis, radiofrequency, and focused ultrasound all promise a slimmer midsection, but they injure fat cells in very different ways. Understanding the mechanism helps set realistic expectations.
July 26, 2026
Explainer · 4 min · Mireille Chastain
Paradoxical Adipose Hyperplasia: What Every Cryolipolysis Candidate Should Understand Before Booking
Fat freezing removes fat for most patients, but a small number experience the opposite outcome. Here is the plain-English science on the rare complication that gets whispered about in consultation rooms.
July 26, 2026
Explainer · 4 min · Mireille Chastain
The Fat Your Device Cannot Touch: Why Visceral Fat Defeats Every Noninvasive Contouring Treatment
Cryolipolysis, radiofrequency, ultrasound, and injectables all work on one layer of abdominal fat and have no effect on the other. Understanding the difference explains most disappointing results.
July 26, 2026
Explainer · 7 min · Mireille Chastain
Diastasis Recti: Why Liposuction Cannot Flatten a Belly That Is Bulging From the Inside
There is a post-pregnancy abdomen that stays round on a lean, fit body, and no amount of fat removal touches it. The reason is that the problem is not the fat layer at all, and a two-minute floor test tells you which one you have.
July 25, 2026
Explainer · 5 min · Mireille Chastain
Paradoxical Adipose Hyperplasia: The Fat Freezing Side Effect Every Patient Should Understand Before Booking
Cryolipolysis is marketed as low risk, and mostly it is. But one rare complication does the opposite of what patients pay for, and the informed consent conversation around it is often thinner than it should be.
July 25, 2026
Explainer · 5 min · Mireille Chastain
Subcutaneous vs. Visceral: Why No Device Can Shrink the Fat Behind Your Abs
Every non-surgical body contouring technology on the market treats one kind of stomach fat and ignores the other. Understanding the difference explains most disappointing results.
July 25, 2026
Explainer · 6 min · Mireille Chastain
How Much Fat Liposuction Can Safely Remove in One Session
The liter counts on social media describe fluid, not fat, and a safe single session has a hard ceiling near five liters of total aspirate that has nothing to do with how much you want gone.
July 23, 2026
Explainer · 7 min · Mireille Chastain
VASER vs. Traditional Liposuction: Does Ultrasound-Assisted Lipo Really Tighten More?
Clinics increasingly market VASER as the technique that both removes fat and firms loose skin. Here is what ultrasound actually adds to liposuction, where the evidence is genuinely stronger, and where the promise outruns the data.
July 20, 2026
Explainer · 6 min · Mireille Chastain
Paradoxical Adipose Hyperplasia: The Rare CoolSculpting Risk Where Fat Grows Instead of Shrinks
It is the complication that quietly turned some CoolSculpting patients into cautionary tales: a treated area that gets larger, firmer, and harder to fix rather than smaller. Here is what PAH actually is, how often it happens, who is most at risk, and why the only reliable fix is surgery.
July 16, 2026
Explainer · 6 min · Mireille Chastain
Your First Fat Removal Consultation: What Actually Happens in the Room
The consultation is where good outcomes are set up or quietly compromised. A practical walkthrough of the intake, the physical exam, the questions worth asking out loud, and the sales pressure that should send you somewhere else.
July 7, 2026
Explainer · 6 min · Mireille Chastain
Visceral vs. Subcutaneous Belly Fat: The Pinch Test That Decides Whether Fat Removal Can Help You
Not all stomach fat is the same fat, and the difference is the single biggest predictor of whether liposuction or CoolSculpting will work for you. Here is how to tell which kind you have, why no procedure reaches the deep layer, and what actually shrinks it.
July 6, 2026
Explainer · 6 min · Mireille Chastain
Local, Sedation, or General: How Anesthesia Choices Shape a Liposuction Procedure
Anesthesia is the part of the plan patients ask about least and worry about most. A plain-English look at tumescent local, IV sedation, and general anesthesia: what each feels like, when each makes sense, and the safety questions that matter more than the labels.
July 3, 2026
Explainer · 5 min · Mireille Chastain
Compression Garments After Liposuction: What They Do and How Long You Really Wear One
The garment is not an accessory to the surgery. It is part of the surgery. Here is what compression actually does for your result, how the two stages differ, and the fit problems worth calling your surgeon about.
July 2, 2026
Explainer · 7 min · Mireille Chastain
How Much Does Fat Removal Cost in Beverly Hills? A Plain-English Price Breakdown
Liposuction and non-surgical fat reduction are priced in completely different ways, and the sticker figure you see advertised is rarely the number you actually pay. Here is how the real cost adds up.
July 1, 2026
Explainer · 5 min · Mireille Chastain
CoolSculpting vs. Kybella for Belly Fat: What Each Treatment Actually Does (and What It Cannot)
Two of the most talked-about non-surgical fat removal options work through completely different biological mechanisms. Here is a plain-English breakdown of when each makes sense, and when neither is the right call.
June 10, 2026