In a quick-fix society, we tend to want immediate solutions to problems. People sometimes apply this way of thinking to their bodies. But can liposuction really remove all the unwanted fat from a person's body?The answer to that question is a little complex, and it partly depends on how much fat is on the person's body. In most cases, it would be unsafe or even impossible to remove all the excess fat from a person's body all at once. ...more
Liposuction (also called lipectomy and lipoplasty) is typically billed as a quick-recovery procedure. It is far less invasive than many other types of cosmetic surgery, and because of this, the recovery time is drastically reduced. However, a number of people want to know exactly how long they can expect their recovery to take. While exact amounts of time will be largely dictated by personal factors such as personal health, surgeon skill, area...more
As more celebrities undergo various nip and tuck procedures, the audiences that follow their lives also start to consider these methods. Celebrities often have a large influence on the choices of young people and this reflects in an added number of underage patients asking for liposuction and other cosmetic surgeries.While it's probably harmless to allow teenagers' choices of cosmetics or clothing be influenced by celebrities and their choices, it's probably not okay to let them be examples for how to treat your body.Interestingly enough, there is no age requirement to undergo lipectomy at this time. In November of 2006, a young, obese, twelve-year-old underwent lipoplasty and sparked the debate over how young is too young for this type of surgery?Most surgeons hold seventeen or eighteen as personal standard for anyone wishing to have this sort of surgery done. The claim for this is the possibility of serious underlying psychiatric problems like body morphic disorder that no amount of physical procedures will fix. If any minors go in to discuss the possibility of surgery with a doctor, this doctor will probably recommend psychiatric treatment of any perceived condition that may...more
Roseanne, known for her self-titled nineties TV sitcom, recently came out with an interesting quote about the liposuction she had one about a decade ago.Roseanne Barr, famous for being loud, crude and obnoxious recently made a statement about her cosmetic surgery experience. In the nineties, during her TV golden age, this celebrity had just about...more
Liposuction (also known as lipoplasty and suction lipectomy) is a surgery that has helped a number of people. There are a lot of people who have undergone the procedure and have been happy and satisfied with the way that they have lost weight and with their new, post-surgery procedure.However, not everybody knows that there's also a darker side to...more
With the recent economic downturn, people have been being more careful about their spending. In just about all arenas of life, people are deciding to save, to wait, and to be thrifty.This increased caution can be seen especially strongly in luxury businesses like cosmetic surgery. While still popular, liposuction (also referred to as lipoplasty and suction lipectomy) has definitely taken a hit because of the recession.From 2007 to 2008, the number of lipoplasties performed in the United States fell by nearly one hundred thousand procedures, or by almost twenty five percent. Experts suggest that people are waiting to get their lipectomies, and they expect that we will see a large spike in lipoplasty popularity next year or perhaps the year after. They say that these numbers will climb as people undergo the surgeries that they were waiting to get throughout the recession.However, recent developments suggest that waiting may not be the ideal answer for everybody. The legislature is currently discussing a health care bill which could influence the future of cosmetic surgery in America.Among its many different clauses, the current health care bill includes a tax on cosmetic...more
Anytime a celebrity suddenly gets looking a lot better, people start wondering whether or not they got cosmetic surgery. So it is with the controversial talk show host Elisabeth Hasselbeck.Hasselbeck, a co-host on the morning television show "The...more
Liposuction (also referred to as lipoplasty and suction lipectomy) enjoys a huge amount of popularity. Every year, hundreds of thousands of Americans undergo the procedure. Even last year, during a recession, over 350,000 people underwent the...more
It seems like just about every day you see news about some celebrity or another getting liposuction. The list of female celebrities rumored to have undergone the treatment is long and it includes such women as Britney and Jamie Lynn Spears, Jennifer...more
Julia Roberts, famous actress and now mother of three young children, was spotted playing on the beach in early May, 2009. Although reporters noted her tattoo and polka-dot bikini they also noticed some other things.Roberts' abdominal region looked...more
Although when people say "celebrity liposuction," most people think instinctively of women, a growing number of men in the public eye are undergoing the surgery (which is also called lipoplasty and suction lipectomy). Jon Schneider is one of these...more
What do Howard Stern, Jon Schneider and Dwayne Johnson have in common? They're all men who've undergone surgical liposuction (also called lipoplasty and suction lipectomy). These three fairly different celebrities have all undergone the surgery,...more