A New York woman has claimed a low-temperature tissue treatment went awry and left her body drastically damaged.
Cherie Glassman, 50, is now suing Equinox and Nordic Cryotherapy, claiming severe injuries from frostbite, The Post reported on Thursday.
The session that allegedly resulted in “severe and permanent burns to her body and limbs” require skin grafts, the lawsuit filed in Manhattan says, took place at Glassman’s hometown gym in Armonk.
Cherie Glassman, 50, has filed a lawsuit against Equinox and Nordic Cryotherapy, claiming a low-temperature tissue treatment went awry, severely and permanently burning her body
Whole body cryotherapy “uses nitrogen vapors to lower your skin surface temperature to trick your body into a survival mode,” according to a video on the Nordic Cryotherapy website.
The skin is supposed to react to 2-3 minutes of exposure to temperatures at around negative-250-degrees Fahrenheit (about negative-157-degress Celsius) by sending signals to the brain that may help with a variety of tissue issues.
The benefits are supposed to include stimulating regeneration of cells, reducing of inflammation, easing of pain and mood enhancement.
This New York woman has claimed a low-temperature tissue treatment went awry and left her body drastically damaged, requiring skin grafts
“She’s still trying to recover”: The Westchester mom now claims she has permanent scarring to the arms and torso, her attorney Ben Rubinowitz said
Glassman was invited to the Armonk Equinox, where she has been a regular member, to try cryotherapy from a mobile treatment center ran by Nordic Cryotherapy in June, her attorney, Ben Rubinowitz, told The Post.
“They’re putting people in this chamber, which is supposed to help them as far as recovery and health benefits; it did the exact opposite,” Rubinowitz said.
“The skin can’t tolerate that type of freezing. She was complaining and they ignored her complaints,” he said. “It was just so poorly run.”
The Westchester mom now claims she has permanent scarring to the arms and torso, Rubinowitz said, adding: “She’s still trying to recover.”
Glassman was invited to the Armonk Equinox, shown here, where she has been a regular member, to try cryotherapy from a mobile treatment center ran by Nordic Cryotherapy in June
Several celebrities have endorsed cyrotherapy treatments, including Shaquille O’Neal and LeBron James, but the treatments remain controversial.
A 24-year-old Nevada woman named Chelsea Ake died two years ago after being stuck in a cryotherapy chamber for “at least 10 hours,” as reported by NBC’s Channel 3 Las Vegas.
Investigators ruled Ake’s death as due to “operator error.”
Representatives for Equinox and Nordic Cryotherapy did not immediately provide a comment on this matter.