Liposuction is a fantastic way to remove stubborn fatty deposits from the stomach, arms, thighs, and buttocks, and almost everywhere. It creates slimmer, firmer bodies and can enhance self-confidence and improve body image.

If you are considering liposuction, you may have many questions, one of which may be ‘What will the recovery process be like?’ It is a good idea to understand what will be required post-surgery before you start the plastic surgery procedure.

Some types of liposuction require incisions and some use just tiny holes to get to the desired area of fat. Either way, manually removing fat from your body can be a traumatic event to your system, or it will need time to heal. The more extensive the liposuction, the longer the recovery process will take.

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Exercise, dieting, eating sensible food, taking additions and weight reduction drugs are all strategies folk have used for handling weight. It may seem that with the number of these listed strategies, they might be enough to reply to the ever growing problem of obesity.

There are cases where this is not enough. What is the last resort if you continue to don’t shed pounds even if you follow your weight reduction program? Liposuction, of course!

What Is It?

Liposuction is one kind of cosmetic surgery. Fat is removed from a number of areas in your body. The areas worked on usually include: your midsection, butt, arms, thighs, and other places. If possible, this procedure is considered to the final resort for removing fat deposits which haven’t reduced even through determined exercise and dieting.

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Liposuction continues to the most common plastic surgery procedure all over the world, and also in India. It is basically a permanent removal of fat cells by the use of a suctioning device. It is a safe procedure, with minimum down time, and fast recovery. It has been shrouded in small controversies, and bad results, but this has been due to the procedure being done by untrained personnel, and other medicos who are not Cosmetic Surgeons. So it is important that a potential client look through the profile of their treating physician and asses really whether that person is actually capable of delivering all that he promises. Do not be led away by claims that they can remove 10 kgs or 12 kgs of fat and make you super thin. Please remember that the safe limits of liposuction are between 3-5% of the total body weight.

Procedure

The procedure involves infiltration of fluid into the areas to be liposuctioned. This has multiple benefits. It helps to loosen the fat, reduces the bleeding dramatically, and allows pain control after surgery as well. Usually I would infiltrate fluid in a ratio of 1:1 with the amount of fat that I plan to aspirate, ie, if I feel that I will aspirate about 1000 cc of fat from an area, I would like to infiltrate less than 10000 cc of the fluid in that area. I actually infiltrate much less than that, only about 0.5 :1 ratio. This has the benefit that I never face the risk of fluid overload ( potentially dangerous condition, where there is too much water in the body, and the lungs get filled with water). The other benefit is that, what is aspirated is pure fat, and not water mixed with fat. This gives an exact estimate of the amount of fat taken out. We surgeons have a bad habit of including the amount of fluid aspirated into the total volume taken out also, so that we can boast of having done large liposuctions. What is important is not the amount taken out, but how much of actual fat there is.

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Loose hanging skin in the region of the abdomen is very resistant to any kind of exercise. It is very distressing for the person, because it prevents wearing of proper clothes, and is visible as a hanging flab of tissue. This is particularly more common in post pregnant women, where the expanded abdominal skin fails to retract back to its normal contour. This is however less common in men.

The surgical procedure done in this condition is known as a tummy tuck or an “abdominoplasty”. A tummy tuck involves removal of the excess hanging skin along with the underlying fat to give a flat and toned abdomen. This procedure tightens the abdominal muscles and gives a new and rejuvenated abdomen. The position of the umbilicus is also shifted to a more natural position.

The scar

Patients are worried about the scar of the tummy tuck. It is reassuring to know that the scar can be placed according to the type of clothing that the patient prefers to wear, and it is not visible from under the clothing. Thus, if the patient wants to wear a particular type of bikini, we can site the scar accordingly. The scar can be shaped according to the type of jeans or dresses, which the patient may prefer. The scar is fine and tends to mature a lot over time.

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Laser liposuction, otherwise known as laser lipolysis, laser-assisted lipolysis or Smartlipo, is a new method of liposuction using laser technology. In traditional liposuction, significant force to disrupt the tissue that holds the fat together is needed to free it up. Almost everyone has seen on TV or videos of how the procedure is performed and few would doubt that the traditional approach is fairly traumatic. Effective, but traumatic. With Smartlipo, the required mechanical force is reduced by the heating or melting of the fat.

Fat is a unique tissue in that it is really globs of lipid (triglycerides) surrounded and encased in strands of connective tissue. To no surprise, fat has a fair amount of water in it which is very relevant in laser liposuction but largely unimportant in traditional liposuction. Fat is roughly 25% water. Running through the fat are small blood vessels and lymphatic channels. Some fat areas have globules that are quite big (’buttery fat”) and other fat areas have smaller globules with a lot of connective tissue. (’gritty fat’) Gritty fat, such as in the upper abdomen or back, takes a lot more force to break it up and be suctioned out.

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There are a lot of people who want laser liposuction to fix the small areas but feel they have no means to make the costs of liposuction surgery. Had they gone in for consultation, they would have found that on top of being a candidate for laser liposuction they also could qualify for financing. Many surgeons will work out a payment plan that can suit almost any budget. In fact, there is more than one option when it comes to paying for liposuction surgery.

Because of the potential patient’s price sensitivity, many people make the mistake of shopping for cosmetic surgery based on price instead of surgeon credentials. This is a recipe for potential disaster. Don’t choose your surgeon based on the price. Choosing a low qualifying surgeon could jeopardize your health in a major way.

Most surgeons offer patients a range of payment options such as check, credit card, cash or some financing strategy. Some clinics offer in-house financing and can tailor a payment plan based on your ability to pay and your credit history. Talk to a surgeon in your area to see what financing options are available. Some surgeons will work with local companies to help patients financing for their treatment. They can help break the costs of your liposuction costs into affordable monthly payments.

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During the liposuction surgery, fat cells are removed from beneath the skin. Many experts warn liposuction is not a solution for obesity and should not be a part of anybody’s weight loss plan. While it is a relatively safe procedure and medical advances have limited much of the risk of surgical complications, any surgery must be carefully considered before proceeding as no procedure is perfect and there will always be a small chance of complications.

Skin irregularities, hematomas and seromas, hyper-pigmentation are some minor complications most commonly experiences. Patients need to be aware of the possible consequences of liposuction surgery.

Skin irregularities occur when too many of the fat cells are removed resulting in dimples and grooves in the skin. We all naturally have fat stores and areas that have too many fat cells will look abnormal. It’s always safer to have your surgeon remove too little fat in the first run and do touch up sessions. Once fat cells are taken out, they cannot be replaced.

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Cosmetic Surgery is on the rise, and thanks to the technological development in this area it is now possible to have the body that you always dreamed of.

These days with cosmetic surgery anything is possible. Whether you want to blast stubborn fat away, alter your breast shape to be symmetrical with the rest of your body or even turn back the years.

Without doubt two of the most popular cosmetic surgeries are liposuction – a procedure that helps sculpt the body by removing unwanted fat from specific areas of the body, and breast enlargement which involves the insertion of an implant to increase the size of the breast.

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There is no shame in wanting a trim and toned body, but if you have been following a carefully controlled diet as well as slogging it out in the gym and all to no avail, you may feel like you have ran out of options.

If despite your best efforts you find that exercises do not help to reduce your problem areas then it may be worth considering liposuction and body shaping surgery.

Liposuction is a procedure which is widely used to improve your body shape by removing unwanted fat from specific areas of the body. As your body grows older you are more likely to store fat in specific areas and despite vigorous exercise and dieting it is sometimes too difficult to shift this excess weight.

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