Liposuction

All of us have at some times of our lives felt like being slimmer than we really are. A double chin, an excessive volume in the lower abdomen, fat deposits on hips and medial thighs ... diets and exercises are unlikely to help with that.

Plastic surgery has a very popular technique which is intended not for weight reduction or cellulite treatment, as someone might think, but for body sculpting. Liposuction is an effective way to get rid of excessive local fat deposits in different parts of human body, including a chin, a neck, forearms, a back, an abdomen or legs. It's currently the most frequently sought-after cosmetic procedure in the world.

In fact, any person, a man or a woman, having local fat excess can be a candidate for liposuction. Women frequently undergo liposuction of hips, thighs, buttocks and knees, while for men the main areas of concern are flanks, an abdomen and a waistline.

The best results are, probably, achieved in people with normal or moderate excess weight, aged under 30 y.o. Skin elasticity is considered to be an important factor for obtaining good results. Better skin elasticity allows better skin contraction and redistribution over the volumetrically reduced underlying tissues. Generally, this procedure has no age limits.

This surgical body sculpting is achieved by removal of fat deposits using a vacuum-assisted suction pump introduced via small skin incisions. For the last few years many clinics all over the world have been using ultrasound for fat destruction, thus making the procedure less traumatic and decreasing the potential for complications. Moreover, use of the most-up-to-date costly equipment allows a surgeon to more accurately sculpt specific body areas.

Duration of the procedure may vary from half-an-hour to several hours depending on an estimated volume of lipoaspirate. Either local or general anesthesia may be used for absolute patient comfort.