Liposuction is
the surgical removal of fatty deposits under
the skin by
means of
suction through a very small incision. The
principal areas
affected by
fatty deposits are the inner and outer
thighs, the upper
and lower sections of the stomach, the hips
(love handles) and the
buttocks, although liposuction can also be
performed on the back,
the knees and the ankles.
Suitable candidates for liposuction may not
always be
overweight, but very often find their
overall shape
disproportionate, often varying in clothes
size in their upper and
lower body. These
patients will have attempted to reduce their
excess fat pockets through
conventional dieting and exercise
methods, but found certain areas stubborn,
and sometimes
impossible, to
shift; often finding that fat will leave
other body
areas first where weight loss isn’t
necessary.
For these people, liposuction is a very
successful cosmetic
surgery operation, but it must be stressed
that fat suction is not
a cure for general obesity.
The conventional method of removing stubborn
fat deposits is by
surgically excising fat through an incision,
which is made in the
natural folds of the body, e.g. buttock
creases. Incisions are no
more than a centimetre in length and fade
naturally into the body
folds, where they are hidden from view after
recovery and healing.
The procedure involves inserting a probe (canullae)
through the
tiny skin incision into the area of fat,
which is then broken down
and drawn off under a strong vacuum into a
collecting vessel. Once
the fat cells (cellulite) have been removed,
there is no way that fat
can be stored in the same quantities in that
area, and will not return
at a later date. |
