subject: A Quick Overview of Liposuction [print this page] A common cometic urgery i lipouction or lipoplaty. Thi routine procedure ha been practiced for the pat 18 year. The proce occur by a platic urgeon making an inciion through anethetized kin, inerting a vacuum tube and uctioning fatty depoit out from under the kin.
The urgeon may alo ue an inaudible ultraonic device, a vacillating motor, or a laer to help break up the fat tiue. The reult of thi procedure improve the natural contour of the body or imply thinning it different area. However, reult may take up to everal month to take their full effect.
Mot candidate for lipouction are typically unhappy with their body' appearance. There ha been ome peculation a to whether lipoplaty can reduce cardiovacular dieae, diabete, or other complication of obeity by imply removing the fat depoit. However, recent tudie have hown that inignificant reult that
lipouction help improve thee dieae.
Typically, lipouction i ued to treat exce fat on the thigh, tomach, hip, love handle, buttock, back, arm, and breat. Men with gynecomatia (enlarged breat) ue lipouction to reduce the unwanted fatty depoit. The ideal candidate eeking to correct thee area i typically within 30 per cent of hi ideal body weight and ha good kin elaticity. The later i eential becaue lipouction only remove ubcutaneou fat and not kin.
Before a peron receive lipouction, they will uually conult with their platic urgeon to review the proce and any complication. However, lipoplaty complication are very inignificant. The mot common problem aociated with lipouction i bruiing and welling. The patient can alo develop an infection at the urgical ite or have an allergic reaction to the anetheia that the urgeon ue. carring and damage to the mucle and ligament i alo poible.
However, the American ociety for Aethetic Platic urgery (AAP) ha intituted guideline, which have ignificant reduced thee complication. During the conultation, the platic urgeon will ak the patient to note the area for lipouction. The urgeon will be able to tell the patient during thi conultation whether the deired reult are achievable.
The urgeon will alo want to dicu the patient' lifetyle including further weight reduction through diet and exercie or even potential weight gain (through pregnancie). For an ideal conultation, it i recommended that the patient bring in hi or her medical hitory for review including the ue of current medication, condition, or allergie.
The actual procedure can be completed at a hopital or at an out-patient urgery center. The type of medication ued for edation varie baed on the type and area of lipouction. However, taff goe through great length to make the patient comfortable and reduce anxiety aociated with thi type of urgery.
Recovery alo varie baed on the type of urgery and the individual. It i recommended that the patient ret for everal day pot urgery. Becaue of the nature of the urgery, it i important that the patient follow the medication recommendation of hi or her phyician.
Often apirin and other type of blood thinning medication are avoided to reduce complication to the urgery. Typically, patient are able to reume mot activitie within 7-10 day.
