A CRYOTHERAPY SALON WORKER RECENTLY WAS FOUND DEAD IN
ONE OF ITS CHAMBERS.
ACCORDING TO THE SALON'S WEBSITE, THE CRYOCHAMBER
IS A MULTI-PERSON WALKING DEVICE WHICH EXPOSES THE PATIENT'S
ENTIRE BODY TO HYPER COOL TO ROOM AIR.
ALL DEVICES ARE EQUIPPED WITH NUMEROUS SAFETY FEATURES
AND DOORS ARE NEVER LOCKED, WHICH ALLOWS CLIENTS TO
STOP TREATMENT INSTANTANEOUSLY AT ANY TIME.
THESE STATEMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN EVALUATED BY THE FDA.
BUT DESPITE THE LACK OF FEDERAL APPROVAL, MANY FAMOUS ATHLETES
HAVE INCORPORATED CRYOTHERAPY IN THEIR DAILY ROUTINES.
SOME ALSO SAY THIS CAN HAVE GREAT BENEFITS, PARTICULARLY
AFTER A TRADITIONAL FACIAL AND MOISTURIZER TREATMENT.
AN AESTHETICIAN EXPLAINED, "WE LIKE TO DO THE CRYOFACIAL
AFTERWARD BECAUSE IT HELPS SEAL EVERYTHING IN."
THIS IS A PICTURE OF HER WHO BEFORE WAS PUBLISHED ABOUT
THE TREATMENT BENEFITS.
SHE WAS FOUND DEAD AND WAS FOUND FROZEN TO DEATH IN ONE OF
THE CHAMBERS.
MEDICAL EXAMINERS TOLD HER FAMILY SHE DIED IN SECONDS
ON TUESDAY AFTER SHE ENTERED THE MACHINE ALONE.
SHE HAD REPORTEDLY BEEN IN THE MACHINE FOR MORE THAN 10
HOURS WHEN HER BODY WAS FOUND.
AUTOPSY RESULTS ARE PENDING.
ONE FAMILY MEMBER OBJECTED TO ANY IMPLICATION SHE HAD NOT
OPERATED THE MACHINE PROPERLY AFTER INVESTIGATORS RULED
OPERATOR ERROR LED TO THE TRAGEDY.
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS VERY TRAGIC.
WE DO NOT KNOW WHY SHE WENT IN THERE AFTER HOURS.
THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT STORIES HERE, ONE IS WHAT
HAPPENED TO HER.
THERE IS IRONY HERE BECAUSE SHE WAS PUSHING THIS THERAPY.
IT'S SIMILAR TO THE SEGWAY CEO WHO DIED IN A SEGWAY ACCIDENT.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.
DID SOMEONE LOCK HER IN THERE?
I DON'T KNOW IF THE FAMILY SAYS THAT.
I AM GUESSING THAT IT MALFUNCTIONED ñ
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS PURPOSEFUL.
I DON'T KNOW.
OF COURSE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.
SHE WAS THE ONLY ONE AT THE STORE.
OVERALL, WOULD YOU DO THIS?
MY ANSWER IS NO.
WHY NOT?
I DON'T BELIEVE IT.
EVERY GUY WHO IS AN ADVOCATE OF THIS WILL TALK YOUR EAR OFF.
WITH THESE CRYOTHERAPY GUYS, THEY JUST CONSTANTLY TALK
ABOUT IT.
NOW, LEBRON JAMES DOES IT, ñ
IT'S AN ALTERNATIVE TO AN ICE BATH.
IT HELPS WITH JOINTS AND MUSCLES AND BOOSTS YOUR METABOLISM.
PEOPLE USE IT FOR WEIGHT LOSS OR FOR THERAPY.
IT'S AN EXTREME VERSION OF PUTTING AN ICE PACK ON.
THE REASON YOU PUT ICE ON AN INJURY IS BECAUSE IT
REDUCES INFLAMMATION.
AND THEY HAVE HAD REALLY GOOD RESULTS WITH CRYOTHERAPY.
STANFORD ATHLETIC PROGRAM HAS A GLOVE THAT YOU PUT ON YOUR
ARM THAT FREEZES.
I DON'T LIKE WHEN FOLKS SAY STUFF LIKE, IT JUST SEALS
IT ALL IN.
THERE IS NO SCIENCE THAT I HEAR BEHIND THAT.
WHATEVER THE REASON WAS, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE STORIES THAT
IS VITAL BECAUSE OF HOW IRONIC IT IS.
LOOK, HANNAH HAS THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING THE FACTS.
YOU ARE RIGHT, IT DOES DO ALL THOSE THINGS WITH YOUR MUSCLES.
YOU ARE NOT AN ADVOCATE FOR IT, YOU JUST PRESENTED THE FACTS.
I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS LIKE THIS WHERE
THERE ARE DIFFERENT TREATMENTS THAT PEOPLE MAY OVERDO
BECAUSE THEY ARE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.
WE DON'T KNOW WHY SHE WENT IN THERE, NONETHELESS, IT IS
EXTREMELY TRAGIC.
IT'S SAD AND I FEEL BAD FOR HER FAMILY.
BUT THAT IS WHY I WOULDN'T DO IT.
YOU ARE TAKING SOME SMALL CHANCE THAT IT WILL GET DONE IN A
WRONG WAY.
I HAVE BEEN IN THE WORK ENVIRONMENT FOR 25 YEARS
NOW, EVEN THE SMARTEST PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES FAIRLY ROUTINELY.
THERE ARE SOME PROFESSIONS WHERE WHEN YOU MAKE A ROUTINE
MISTAKE, THE OTHER PERSON DIES.
THIS IS WHY I DON'T GO SKYDIVING.
SOMEDAY SOMEONE WILL FORGET TO PUT THE PARACHUTE IN.
BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF INSTANCES WHERE YOU PUT
YOUR LIFE IN DANGER.
WE ALL KNOW STATISTICALLY THAT PLANES ARE SAFER THAN CARS.
I GO IN A CAR BECAUSE I AM NOT A HERMIT.
I HAVE TO LIVE WITH PEOPLE THAT I DON'T HAVE TO GO IN A
CHAMBER WHERE I MIGHT ACCIDENTALLY FREEZE TO DEATH.
IT'S THAT SAYING THAT I HAVE MEMORIZED.
THAT IS THE TAGLINE ON EVERY LIKE FIVE HOUR ENERGY, IT
IS NOT APPROVED BY THE FDA.
SAY WHAT YOU WILL ABOUT FDA APPROVAL AND HOW THE DRUG
INDUSTRY HAS LOBBYIST THAT KEEP PEOPLE FROM ALLOWING THE
FDA TO APPROVE THINGS UNLESS IT MAKES SENSE FINANCIALLY,
BUT THIS IS THE POINT WHERE CRYOTHERAPY ALSO BRINGS
THINGS LIKE A GINKGO BILOBA TO MY MIND.
AT THIS POINT, IF IT IS IN
HOSPITALS AND THEY ARE
DOING IT, I HAVE MORE FAITH THAN IF I DRIVE TO HENDERSON
OUTSIDE OF VEGAS AND HAVE SOMEONE TRY SOMETHING ON ME.
I AM NOT A SUPPORTER OF CRYOTHERAPY, BUT THERE ARE A LOT
OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THE FDA.
I GET WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, BUT I DON'T WANT TO DO IS GO INTO
A TERRITORY WHERE WE ARE BLAMING HER FOR DOING SOMETHING
ACTIVE, AND THEN SOMETHING AWFUL HAPPENS TO HER.
I AM NOT BLAMING HER.
I FEEL TERRIBLE FOR HER.
PEOPLE DO LASIK ON THEIR EYES FOR 20
YEARS BEFORE I DECIDED OKAY, IT WORKS.
I JUST DON'T EXPERIMENT.
SO, YOU'D IF
YOU TRY IT FOR 20
YEARS AND IT WORKS, THEN IF I THOUGHT I COULD LOSE
WEIGHT FROM IT, THEN I WOULD FREEZE MY ASS.