The Private Healthcare UK guide to cosmetic surgery contains
articles on cosmetic and plastic surgery which are aimed at improving your
knowledge of cosmetic surgery treatments, their benefits and potential risks.
These pages deal with Liposuction surgery.
Are you considering liposuction?
Liposuction surgery, sometimes referred to as body contouring, is
a procedure to remove localised fat deposits from the body, and is not aimed at
people who want to lose weight generally. Liposuction surgery (or lipoplasty) is
ideal for people who maintain a steady body weight, are close to their ideal,
but unable to shift certain pockets of fat with diet or exercise. People undergo
this operation if they want to make small adjustments to achieve a certain
contour or body shape. The most popular areas are abdominal liposuction, facial,
neck, thigh and chin liposuction, but it can also be performed on the backs of
the knees, hips, the back, arms, calves, or any other parts of the body where
it’s needed. Several areas can be done during one lipo suction operation, and
the procedure can be performed in conjunction with other cosmetic surgery.
Liposuction surgery can also be used to reduce breast size in men suffering from
gynecomastia, or can be performed to remove fat tumours (lipomas) in both men
and women.
There are several alternative techniques in the way surgeons
perform liposuction surgery, but in all cases undesirable fat deposits are
sucked out using a cannula (hollow metal needle or tube) after having first been
broken up. Lipoplasty can be done with ultrasonic or laser equipment, or using
tumescent, wet, super wet, dry, or power assisted methods. Your lipo
suction surgeon will discuss the different techniques with you and will be able
to advise you of the recommended way for treating various parts of the body.
Reading this guide will give you broad information about liposuction, but for
more details on your individual case please consult your surgeon.
Best lipo suction results are achieved while the skin remains
elastic, so that when fat is removed it will adjust smoothly to fit the new
shape of the body without sagging. In older patients skin may not necessarily
recover to a fluid contour and a skin tightening procedure may be necessary.
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