LIPOSUCTION
Removal of body fat
What is LIPOSUCTION?
Liposuction is the surgical removal of body fat. Also called lipoplasty, body shaping, and body contouring, liposuction can remove excess fat tissue on many body areas. These include the abdomen, buttocks, back, face, neck, arms, breasts, hips and legs. Most often people seek liposuction for aesthetic reasons. However, in some cases, doctors use liposuction to treat medical conditions involving excess fat deposits, such as gynecomastia and lipoma.
How might liposuction affect my everyday life?
If you have liposuction for a medical disease or condition, such as a lipoma, the liposuction may cure your condition or significantly reduce your fat deposits. If you have liposuction for cosmetic reasons, the new appearance of your affected body area or areas may give you increased satisfaction with your appearance and increase your self-confidence.
PRODEDURE
Before the procedure, you get anesthesia. You may have local (just in the surgical area) or general anesthesia (which puts you to sleep). Then surgeon:
- Uses a suction device attached to a small, stainless steel instrument called a cannula.
- Makes small incisions and inserts the cannula into the fatty areas between skin and muscle.
- Removes excess fat with a suction pipe or large syringe.
