Troy Pittman, a board-certified Washington, D.C.-based plastic surgeon, said he’s “not surprised” about the news that Evangelista experienced PAH.
According to a July study published in the Aesthetic Surgery Journal, the risk of PAH in those undergoing CoolSculpting is approximately 1 in 2,000 treatment cycles, while the estimate in the first paper on PAH, published in 2014, was that it affected 1 in 20,000 patients. “The disparity between incidence rates found within the literature indicates that PAH is likely being underreported and misdiagnosed,” the researchers wrote.
Linda Evangelista Says CoolSculpting ‘Disfigured’ Her. Here’s What Experts Say About the Procedure
