Kryolife, LLC

KryoLife’s staff were welcoming and friendly, as were the other clients in the waiting area (who had all been before — positive sign).
After 5 minutes I was shown into the locker-​room to change. You keep your panties & sports bra on, then put on the socks, gloves, dressing gown and clogs that they supply.
Once ready, your therapist takes you into the chamber, starts the nitrogen and in you step! Watching the nitrogen seep over the top of the chamber felt like being the main gal in a sci-​fi movie, but any nerves were soon reassured away by the friendly therapist. You remove your dressing gown once you’re in the chamber, but keep everything else on.
The sensation of being wrapped in -184 °F nitrogen cooled air is shocking, weird, a bit scary, and a total high. At first you feel like you’re in an industrial size freezer, after 20 seconds it gets a bit uncomfortable — like you *really need to get out* — but if you take a few deep breaths, listen to and follow the therapists advice all the way through, the alarm soon passes and you’ll complete the full 3 minutes.
Is it cold? Yes! Is it terrifying? No — it’s totally bearable. I stomped on the floor of the chamber with my clogs when I felt my legs start to prickle/​get pins and needles, made jokes with the therapist and the time passed quickly. Once you’re out, they pop you on a mounted bicycle to warm up.
After The Treatment
I felt great! Warmed up on the bike, got dressed and headed home. My legs were red from the cold, and my arms took a little while to heat back up, but otherwise no one would know I’d just stood in a -184 °F chamber. I felt calm, relaxed and happy. That night, I slept like a baby.
Tips
Wear a loose dress or loose skirt and top — jeans or training pants can stick to your cold legs and arms, which sounds really uncomfortable.
Overall a very positive experience, and I’m going back next week for my second session.

My husband got me a session as a birthday gift, after I read about professional athletes raving about the treatment for recovery and celebrities using it for anti-​aging — I was fascinated and wanted to see what it was all about. I loved it! I was shocked at how great I immediately felt from the 3 minutes, and continued to feel for hours after. I also had an amazing night’s sleep. I followed their advice and returned to do a full 10 treatments over 3 – 4 weeks, and felt a significant difference in back and neck pain from strength-​training, as well as noticing less bloat for days after a session. I’m totally hooked, and it definitely works!
The owners and staff are fantastic, it’s clean and efficient. I know it seems nuts, but it works!

SAVE YOUR MONEY, IT’S NOT WORTH IT
About me :
I am a huge fan of short term cold exposure as a mean to achieve three major things: First one gets so energized by cold water exposition. Whether you do it under the form of a cold shower, an ice bath or even swimming, nothing gives you as much energy and dopamine in such a short period of time. The second reason that would appeal to most people is fat loss and body building. There are some evidences that when the body is exposed to cold environments, metabolism needs to burn loads of energy to keep the overall body temperature at ~37 c° or 98.6 f°. This phenomenon called the thermal load, explains how some professional swimmers burn up to 12’000 kcal/​day or the equivalent of a 70 – 80 miles jog*. Last but not least, this extreme energy consumption really helps to cure all kinds of insomnias and helps you to fall asleep like a baby.
The Process:
So, I decided to go with my friend to try the so-​called «highly beneficial» cryotherapy. Kryolife offers two treatments: a facial and full body treatment,(I tried the full body one). As advertised on their website and across major news channel, (CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox) the 3-​minutes therapy is rather smooth, and not as painful as one would expect.
The session unfolds in three steps. First, the client undresses, keeping nothing but socks, special shoes and underwear. Then, the client enters a vertical cylindrical cabin leaving nothing but his face outside the machine. (I posted pictures for illustration). Then, the cabin’s temperature goes down to –140 c° or –280 f° for a period of three minutes. Finally, you are prompted to «warm up» by exercising for 5 – 10 minutes on an indoor bike.
Conclusion:
I did feel energized by the 3-​minutes session but less then I would have had by a 30 minutes swim. Secondly, I would highly challenge their claim that I have burned 800 kcal during that 3-​minutes session. (I wasn’t particularly hungry in the next 24:00 that followed. Also, my impedance meter showed no decrease of my body fat in next three days that followed (despite my consistent levels of exercise and consistent diet)).Regarding my sleeping pattern no improvements were noticed.
Overall, I would not recommend the experience. It’s simply not worth $ 90. Head to a local swimming pool and gets similar results for a twentieth of the price. **
*(If you want to find out more about the topic, get the New York Times bestselling book: The four-​hour body (T.Ferriss), which provides great details on how the body when exposed to cold environment or water can burn up to 1’500 calories an hour).
** Remember water is 24 times more conductive than air. So a similar thermal load/​impact can easily be obtained by jumping in a swimming pool for 20 – 30 minutes.

I came to Kryolife and didn’t really know what to expect. It’s a secluded, small office but clean and taken care of.
Front desk rep was friendly and talkative which helped to make my experience less nerve wracking than it could have been as it’s hard to stay calm when you know you’re willingly going into a -184 °F chamber.
The front desk rep led me through to change clothes in a clean changing room. I kept on my undies and slipped on a robe, threw on some big tube-​style socks, slid my feet into clogs, and removed all jewelry including my wedding rings and any below-​the-​ears piercings.
Afterwards, I sat in a ‘holding area’ awaiting my turn in the Kryo-​chamber.
The man who operated the machine was very kind, talked me through everything, and kept telling me how long I’d been in there so that I could decide when I was ready to jump out (you can go up to three minutes, I jumped out at two).
I will say I didn’t feel any immediate or lasting results, albeit they did tell me it would take constant visits to feel any relief in my knee pain.
Price is high but if the results are as good as they promise after ten visits, it might very well be worth it.
About $ 90/​session for a drop in rate but they do offer packages to knock down. They offer military pricing which is very nice as well so if you’re active/​reserves/​dependent, make sure to mention it!