Raleigh Liposuction
Raleigh liposuction qualfied surgeons use this technique to REFINE the figure, not for overall weight loss. So liposuctions is not some shortcut to becoming thinner without dieting or changing your eating habits.
Small amounts of fat are removed during a liposuction procedure so the patient really does not lose many pounds. The great thing about liposuction is that the surgeon can use it to remove fat from targeted areas of the body that are often resistant to efforts to lose weight in patients who have, overall, already taken off a lot of pounds.
Some common examples of the areas liposuction is used for are the tummy, love handles, hips, buttocks, thighs, knees, arms, chin and neck. In these cases, the patient has lost the weight but, no matter what they do, these areas stubbornly remain. During the procedure
Raleigh liposuction surgeons use equipment that lets them change the contour of the body by removing fat from these specific areas.
The problem area fat is literally vacuumed up with a suction device during the procedure. Although liposuction has been popular with women for years, men are beginning to use it more, usually to reduce breast size. Not everyone gets the same benefit from the procedure, according to several
Raleigh liposuction surgeons, with people that have specific fat areas and elastic, firm skin getting the most out of it.
For the results to look good, the skin must contract to conform to the new contours without sagging. Since older patients often have skin that is less elastic, they often are not good candidates for this procedure.
As far as recover goes, it depends on the size of the area that was treated, but, in general, patients are usually back to their routine within a week or two. But to fully recover from the procedure, it will usually take a patient 2 or 3 months. For the first few weeks after surgery, many surgeons recommend wearing a compression garment.
Ultrasound Assisted Liposculpture Surgery
Recently, a new variation on liposuction has appeared that is called Ultrasound-assisted Liposculpture, or "UAL" for short. In UAL a probe is used that produces a high frequency ultrasonic sound. This caused the fat cells around the probe to "liquefy" so they can then be easily removed.
Using this technique, larger amounts of fat can be removed since there is much less tissue damage and bleeding. Surgeons have also found that UAL does not produce as much bruising in the patient. UAL has another advantage over traditional liposuction in that it is much less likely that there will be irregularities in the contour of the treated area.
The sound emitting UAL probe cannot be used on all areas of the body and you should check with your surgeon to find if it can be used in your procedure. This technique may also be significantly more expensive, since the equipment used is quite costly. Finally, there are possibilities that earlier, first and second generation, UAL machines could damage skin with the powerful sound waves. Third and later generation machines do not have this problem.
When you have found the Raleigh liposuction surgeon you want to use for the procedure, you may find that they recommend using a combination of techniques to achieve the desired result.
