Introduction to Liposuction

Liposuction and Body Sculpture

Localized accumulations of fat which are often inherited and frequently prove impossible to eliminate by exercise or dieting can now be removed permanently by LipoSculpting or body sculpting with liposuction surgery.

Overview

Using the newer technique of tumescent liposuction, recovery is so quick that most of our tumescent liposuction patients are back at work
in 1-2 days.

The Tumescent Technique of liposuction is the most significant single advance in liposuction technique since liposuction was first performed. It has revolutionized liposuction.

Tumescent (pronounced too-mess’-sent) liposuction involves the use of a very dilute solution of local anesthetics to both numb the area and to decrease bleeding in the body site where liposuction is performed.   This is the only anesthesia needed; general anesthesia is not required. This means the procedure can be conducted more quickly and, with patient participation and movement, much more accurately and effectively than previously.

So much safer: The tumescent solution is introduced into the tissues prior to liposuction. The fat tissue receives enough solution that it actually plumps up and temporarily enlarges the fat compartments prior to liposuction, or “tumesces” them. The Tumescent Technique has a very much safer profile than non-tumescent liposuction, involves much less bleeding, a more rapid recovery, and eliminates the dangers of general anesthesia.

The advantages of the tumescent liposuction are so compelling that it is the only liposuction technique used by Dr Wright.

About Fat

Body fat of an adult tends to increase gradually over the years. After the age of 30, an individual tends to add fat according to a genetically predetermined pattern. This fat distribution is often resistant to exercising and dieting. An example of a genetically predetermined fat distribution which is resistant to dieting and exercise is the fat that appears on the abdomen and hips of a woman after pregnancy.

For many people who have inherited excessive accumulations of fat, liposuction is the only realistic means of changing the body’s silhouette. In effect, liposuction is equivalent to being able to focus the effects of dieting to specific areas of the body.

Areas Treated By Liposuction

The most frequently treated areas in women are the abdomen, hips, thighs, knees, calves, ankles, and beneath the chin. In men the most commonly treated areas include the love handles, the abdomen, breast and the neck/chin area.

Permanence Of Results

Fat cells that are removed by liposuction do not grow back. As long as the patient does not gain excessive amounts of weight, the new, more pleasing silhouette is permanent. A woman who always tends to put weight on her thighs and abdomen will find that after liposuction, these areas are less likely than other areas to accumulate fat when she gains weight. In fact in patients who have had liposuction and have subsequently gained weight, the areas originally treated by liposuction have maintained their new desirable silhouette, whereas areas not treated by liposuction have been the sites of new deposits of fat.

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