August 18, 2008
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The latest in surgical fat removal or lipoplasty is laser liposuction. The use of a laser has several advantages over the traditional method which uses a needle to suck out the fat cells under your skin.
Before the surgery starts a local anesthesia is applied to the targeted area. Thereafter the cosmetic surgeon puts a cannula under your skin in order to be able to suck out the melted fat.
A short laser liposuction can be finished within a half hour. However, if you want to remove a larger amount of fat or if you want a laser liposuction on larger areas or different areas, then it can take up to two hours until finished.
Depending on how long the surgery lasts, how much fat was removed and on how many different areas of your body it was applied, the costs can range between $1,000 for smaller areas to $10,000 for an extensive fat removal surgery.
With laser lipo you can remove fat from many different areas of your body. Most popular areas are the stomach area and the buttocks. But it also works for the arms, the back or the thighs.
The traditional method uses a needle to suck the fat cells out of your body. You may have seen this procedure in the TV already. It looks quite brutal and in some way it is. That’s why the laser gains popularity. It works gentler and doesn’t cause that much damage.
Therefore the laser has become increasingly popular. Nowadays laser liposuction is the most popular cosmetic surgery technique. Liposculpture, lipoplasty or suction lipectomy are just other names for surgical fat removal.
Liposuction surgery is performed more than 100,000 a year and has proven to be a safe way of surgical fat removal. Laser liposuction is a new technique but is also known to be very safe today. Like with any other surgery there are always risks. Another risk also lies in the abuse of the technique. It is not a weight loss strategy and shouldn’t be used as one.
Removing very large amounts of fat can lead to serious complications and even death. Although the laser works more gentle, each surgery still means a damage to the body. There is also the problem of skin elasticity. Best results are achieved if not more than 10 pounds are removed.
Talk with your surgeon and clearly limit the amount of fat you want to have removed. The smaller the amount the better the results and the smaller the risks.
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