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Starting previous article about liposuction I could not imagine how many people are concerned with own weight. Basically I wrote about increasing share of low cost plastic surgery clinics in global market of plastic surgery services. And the point was just to show that Baltic countries like Estonia or Latvia (http://plastic-surgery-in-latvia.com) has become a popular directions in plastic surgery.
However, discussion about the article turned into surprising direction of pros and contras of liposuction, or rasvaimu in some Baltic languages.
Crazy times require rapid changes in personality and losing weight quickly becomes a tool for that. The recent survey by staff of liposuction portal http://rasvaimu.net shows that globally 48 percent of men and 46 percent of women admitted to being dissatisfied with own weight and 80 percent from them have tried to slim down. Most of these “trials” were about dietary or exercising methods of losing weight. However, the research also shows increasing share of people willing to pump-off fat through liposuction or other cosmetic surgery operations like a “tummy tuck” (abdominoplasty), breast reduction, or face-lift.
I would like to clarify whether liposuction-rasvaimu may be used to lose weight. And I will start from definition. Liposuction pumps fat from your body through thin, blunt-tipped tubes (cannula) which are inserted into the skin. Fat deposits are suctioned out as the tubes are moved around tiny cuts.
The recent years bring advanced techniques which make liposuction safer, easier, and less painful. Just imagine that first liposuction was made by surgeon to his wife by knife. I am curious which relationships were supported by these spouses.
Modern methods of liposuction include:
1. Tumescent liposuction. After a local anesthesia (lidocaine and epinephrine) in the fatty tissue makes the fat expand and become firmer and blood vessels to temporarily shrink, the tubes are moved under the skin.
2. Ultrasonic tumescent liposuction. This technique uses ultrasound to liquefy the fat before it is pumped. The procedure may take 2 to 4 hours longer than standard tumescent liposuction. Ultrasonic liposuction has been the most common method of liposuction.
3. Laser liposuction. This technique uses a laser to liquefy the fat before it is removed. It is similar to ultrasonic liposuction, but laser also may be used to tighten the skin over the area where the fat was removed.
However, most of these methods exist from early eighties. Though good results are still achievable, the aggressive nature of these techniques may result in prolonged recovery time, pain, swelling and bruising. Ultrasonic and laser liposuctions appeared promising when were introduced, but later on fell into disrepute due to the risks of burns and prolonged indurations or hardening of the treated areas.
All these problems has become possible to avoid after creation of the latest technique of Vibro-Liposuction, now described as the Rolls-Royce of liposuction. In this technique the fat cells are first broken down or emulsified by vibratory movements of tube and the fat emulsion is then ‘gently aspirated’. Surgeon Dr. Sergei Kyylo, who had experience with all techniques of liposuction, including ultrasonic and laser ones, explained from experience, that most patients were able to go home the same day after the procedure, while at least one night stay in hospital is required after conventional liposuction.
However, liposuction is not used to treat obesity. It will not get rid of cellulite or stretch marks, because cellulite is a skin condition that isn’t usually changed or improved. Liposuction just reshapes one or more areas of your body, like “problem” areas that have not responded well to diet and exercise. These areas are often on the outer thighs and hips on women and the waist and back on men. The face, neck, abdomen, back, buttocks, legs, and upper arms are all commonly treated areas. Dr. Kyylo points that people who expect liposuction to help them lose weight were usually disappointed. Moreover, whenever large-volume liposuction has been used in an attempt to treat obesity by surgery, there has been a significant increase in the incidence of serious surgical complications. However, an overweight person whose weight has been stable for many years and has certain problem-areas of fat may be a good candidate for liposuction.
As a rule of thumb, liposuction should be used only to remove area of fat that resist diet and exercise. It is not safe to remove huge amounts of fat by liposuction. It is dangerous to remove more than 5 kilos of fat by liposuction in a single day. Usually, improvements in body contour are noticeable right after the procedure, and may continue for several weeks or even. The full effects of having liposuction may not be visible for several months to a year. In fact, the fat accumulates in every area of the body in proportion to the amount of fat cells in each area. Areas where fat cells have been removed by liposuction will accumulate relatively little fat, while areas not treated by liposuction will collect relatively more fat. For example, if a woman gains weight after liposuction of her hips, outer thighs, and abdomen, then most of the fat will be deposited elsewhere such as the woman’s breasts, face, back and legs.
As a general conclusion, cosmetic surgeons from Villa Medica agree that the best candidates for liposuction are healthy people who are at or close to a healthy weight but who have stubborn fat deposits that do not respond to exercise.
As an every plastic surgery procedure, liposuction has own risks. First of all, it should be performed by an experienced doctor in a facility, using modern techniques, like described above. Common side effects of liposuction include: temporary swelling, bruising, soreness, and numbness in and around the treated areas. Irritation and minor scarring may happen in places where the cannulas were inserted. The skin will usually tighten and retract after a few months. But in some people the skin may remain somewhat loose. Less common side effects include: color changes in the skin, uneven skin would surface over the treated area, the heat generated during ultrasonic or laser liposuction may burn the skin or damage the tissue under the skin.
If you are having a large amount of fat removed your risks go up and importance of a good clinics and a professional doctor also increases.
To imagine liposuction effects, let’s look at typical volume removed after the procedure. Generally it is considered safe to remove at once about 6,000 ml (about 12 lb of fat and fluid aspirate), or 6 liters. However, this doesn’t mean you lose 6 or more kilos. It means that the fat, blood and tumescent fluid that is taken off of you during the procedure will be about 6 kilo, assuming that you go for the maximum removal amount. After liposuction the body’s new shape becomes more or less permanent. If a client does gain a moderate amount of weight after liposuction, then the figure will simply be a larger version of the new body shape.
So, what makes liposuction surgery successful ? Just what makes the patient happy with the results. Surgeons like Dr. Kyylo perceives his goal as to obtain an optimal aesthetic result rather than to maximize the amount of fat pumped out. This sounds as a common sense, and should be a motto for any plastic surgery procedure, not only for liposuction- rasvaimu.
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Patrick French, researcher, Merqum LLC
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