Doctors here will still offer fat-freezing treatment despite side effect suffered by model Linda Evangelista

CoolSculpting involves using suction applicators of very cold temperatures to destroy fat cells in areas. PHOTO: ZELTIQ
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SINGAPORE - Some aesthetic doctors here say they will continue offering the CoolSculpting fat-freezing treatment despite a lawsuit filed by former supermodel Linda Evangelista, who claimed that she was disfigured after undergoing the procedure more than five years ago.

Evangelista, 56, who underwent the procedure at California-based Zeltiq Aesthetics, revealed last month that she had suffered a side effect - paradoxical adipose hyperplasia (PAH) - and was "brutally disfigured".

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