subject: Can Liposuction Remove Fat From Anywhere On My Body? [print this page] Liposuction (also known as lipoplasty and suction lipectomy) is a big and popular thing in the world today. This surgery regularly tops the lists as the number one most popular surgery in America; each year hundreds of thousands of Americans get this procedure. The surgery is similarly popular in many other places in the world.
The goal of the surgery is to improve a patient's appearance by removing excess fat from the body. Lipoplasties are typically performed under local anesthesia. During the surgery, the surgeon will make small cuts in the skin and insert a special surgical tool which breaks up and vacuums out the offending fat.
Because each area that is treated needs to be anesthetized, and because the actual surgery involves some amount of trauma, people typically need to pick just one or a few areas to be treated during each surgery. If there are more areas that need to be treated than can feasibly be done in one session, it is not uncommon for a patient to return at a later date to take care of other problem areas.
One of the reasons why liposuction is so popular is that it can be performed just about anywhere on the body. Almost any place where there is excess, unwanted fat, a lipoplasty can remove it.
One of the most popular areas is the abdomen. A large number of people have excess belly and flank fat. A lipoplasty can remove both of these, thus helping the patient to have a smaller, more streamlined figure.
Another popular area for treatent is the face and neck. As people age, they sometimes begin to store more fat around their faces than they would like. Studies have shown that the face is one of the things that people pay most attention to when it comes to physical appearance. By removing fat from the cheeks, neck and jawline, problems with large jowls, double chins and overly chubby cheeks can be ameliorated.
Another area where a lot of people get liposuctions is the breasts. When a man experiences unwanted swelling of the breasts, it is frequently due to an increase of fat. In these cases, a lipoplasty can be very helpful in reducing the size of the male breast. In some situations, though, the swelling is due to an actual increase in the size of the male breast tissue. This cannot be solved by lipoplasty.
In women, overly large breasts can sometimes cause health problems by interfering with good posture, by increasing the strain on the neck and shoulders and by interfering with cancer detection. In some cases, reducing the amount of fat in the breasts can help with these problems.
