What can you expect from your liposuction?
When it's summer, everybody wants to show their best figure in a swimsuit. It is not always easy, though, to achieve the body you desire with simply diet and exercise. Liposuction is a safe and effective method for weight loss by suctioning the stubborn fat from certain body areas.
Liposuction can be used on your arms, neck, cheeks, chin, ankles, calves, thighs, hips, knees, abdomen, breasts and buttocks.
Are you the right candidate for liposuction?
If you are healthy and are near your ideal weight but only suffer from certain fat deposits in a few areas on your body, you are the right candidate to opt for liposuction. For getting good results from your lipo procedure, you must have firm and elastic skin. You must not be suffering from any life threatening diseases or a medical condition which could obstruct your recovery.
Some people may want to use it as a solution for their obesity but you must understand that liposuction is not a weight loss program. The procedure only addresses stubborn fat in certain areas of your body and the best results are only seen in those who are already near their ideal weight.
Anesthesia use during liposuction
Your doctor may choose to use an anesthesia or local sedation for your liposuction procedure. However, at times, he may decide to use general anesthesia in case extensive intervention is required for a large amount of stubborn fat in some areas. Fat is extracted using suction and a cannula which is connected to a vacuum machine.
Use of drains
It has been a common practice to use drains at the end of the procedure for at least three days. You may also have to use a compression garment to keep the swelling down. A well trained surgeon uses the latest techniques and equipment to help you achieve the best results.
Vaser liposuction is a new method of liposuction used for muscle definition and body contouring. The reason for its increasing popularity is that it uses ultrasound for fat removal. The technique works in the same way as the traditional liposuction procedure but it can reshape your body in a better way and is less invasive. The post operative complications are also reduced with this procedure.
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