Coronation Street's Kimberley Hart-Simpson is at the centre of a heated storyline on the soap as sex worker Nicky Wheatley - but temperatures plummeted as she took time out from the drama to have a fat freezing treatment.
Kimberley, whose escort character Nicky is ruffling feathers in Weatherfield, underwent Cryo Lipo at Manchester Cryotherapy clinic The CryoLab.
She stepped inside a cryotherapy chamber that drops down to -130°C for three minutes for the slimming treatment.
Advocates claim it can cause up to 40 per cent of fat cells in a treated area to gradually die off, for the body to then eliminate via the lymphatic system.
Proponents claim cryotherapy, which uses liquid nitrogen, can kickstart the body's fight or flight mode, triggering a release of epinephrine, endorphins and anti-inflammatory proteins.
They claim the process can increase metabolism and energy levels.
Sharing photos on Instagram, Kimberley joked that it resembled the famous dry ice on the singing talent show Stars In Their Eyes as she stepped out of the chamber.
"Tonight Matthew I'm gunna be," she wrote.
Kimberley's character Nicky has caused ructions for widower Daniel Osbourne, played by Rob Mallard, after he met her at a work drinks.
He discovered she was a sex worker and has since been paying her to dress up in his late wife Sinead's clothes while opening up to her about his late wife and their son Bertie.
His nephew Adam Barlow discovered their secret and has warned Daniel, who has baby boy Bertie with Sinead, that he's playing with fire.
"This is the last thing you need in your life right now and Bertie's," he warned.
