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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. |
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