This article was found at http://liposuction.com.
With SmartLipo, you will begin to recover as soon as the procedure is finished. You will first be escorted to a recovery room, where the doctor will review the procedure and give you instructions on how to take care of your wounds. You will generally be able to return home within two hours after the SmartLipo procedure. You will need to follow your doctor’s recovery instructions precisely, and he or she may prescribe minor pain medication.
You will also receive compression bandages that are key to the recovery process. They encourage healing by preventing the affected tissues from shifting after the SmartLipo procedure. They can also help prevent your blood from clotting.
Following surgery, your doctor may suggest a bit of movement in the following days to promote circulation but limited to only minor activity. In the days after, remember to not take any anti-inflammatory medicines or blood thinners like Aspirin. In addition, it is recommended that you do not smoke for a few days after the procedure.
You will heal from SmartLipo in several stages. First, minor bruising and numbness may occur right after the SmartLipo procedure. These side effects should disappear within days, if not hours, of leaving the recovery room. The swelling will go down within a week. At this time you will be able to resume normal activities, or at the request of your doctor. However, once the swelling is gone, your recovery is finished and you will be able view the SmartLipo surgery’s final results.
After your SmartLipo procedure, your doctor will schedule recovery checkups. During these follow-up visits, he will examine you to make sure they are healing well. It is critical that you keep your appointments as you recover. Doing so will ensure that you heal without scarring and/or infection. Most patients’ skin is completely back to normal within three months of the SmartLipo procedure.
SmartLipo…witness results fast.
For more information about SmartLipo, visit www.artlipo.com.
Monday, August 31, 2009
How Liposuction Is Performed
This article can be found at http://liposuction.
Step One: Marking your territory. Using a magic marker, your surgeon will literally mark the areas of your body where he or she will remove unwanted fat. Such markings before surgery help your plastic surgeon plan the liposuction procedure.
Step Two: Anesthesia awareness. Liposuction is typically performed under general anesthesia, but in some cases local anesthesia can be used. Other options include intravenous sedation or epidural block. The decision involves both you and your doctor. It takes into account how much time the surgery will take, as well as where on the body the liposuction will be performed and how much fat will be removed.
Step Three: Wetting solution savvy. Wetting solutions are infused into the area before fat is removed. The fluid contains saline (salt water) and epinephrine (which constricts blood vessels to minimize any blood loss in the aspirate) and a local anesthetic. The reason that surgeons use a wetting solution is simple: they want to minimize blood loss, to increase the safety of liposuction. Various types of wetting solutions are used in liposuction. The main difference among them is the amount of fluid used.
- The "dry" technique. Before wetting solutions came along, surgeons went in dry. This resulted in blood loss and bruising. In fact, about 45 percent of what was suctioned out was blood (not fat!), so it has fallen out of favor.
- The "wet" technique. The surgeon will infuse 100-300 milliliters of fluid (with or without epinephrine) into each treatment site. With the wet technique, about 20-25 percent of what is suctioned out is blood.
- The "super-wet" technique. As its name implies, the super-wet technique involves the infusion of greater amounts of fluid than with the wet technique. It is about a 1:1 or 1:1.5 ratio, meaning that the amount of fluid is approximately equal to the amount of fat to be removed. With the super-wet technique, less than 1 percent of what is suctioned out is blood.
- The tumescent technique. This involves even much more fluid than is used in the super-wet technique. Basically the surgeon will infuse three to six times as much fluid as the volume of the aspirate to be removed. Proponents say the tumescent technique swells the tissues, which aids in fat removal; but detractors say it interferes with the surgeon's ability to sculpt, and it is unsafe because of potential fluid overload and an overdose of anesthetic (which is used in the solution). Learn more about tumescent liposuction.
Step Four: Fat removal. There are many different ways to vacuum out the fat during liposuction.
- Traditional suction-assisted liposuction. This involves inserting a cannula (a long, thin tube) through a tiny incision to vacuum the fat cells. The surgeon moves the cannula back and forth through the fat layer to break it up, and then suction out, the excess fat.
- Ultrasound-assisted liposuction. Here the surgeon inserts a special cannula through small "access" incisions. The cannula emits sound waves to help break up the fat, presumably making it easier to vacuum. Vaser-assisted liposuction is the cutting-edge, third-generation version of ultrasound liposuction technology. In a nutshell, the cannula used for Vaser-assisted liposuction emits gentler sound waves to break up and then remove fat. These do not disturb blood vessels, nerves and connective tissue, resulting in less bruising, swelling and pain than traditional suction-assisted liposuction.
- Power-assisted liposuction. This uses a motorized cannula to break up fatty tissue that will then be vacuumed out. It is inserted through the same tiny incisions.
- Laser-assisted liposuction. This involves a small incision and the insertion of a laser fiber probe that produces a burst of energy to liquefy the fat before it is removed. (Two of the brand names you may see are SmartLipo and CoolLipo.) Proponents say that laser-assisted liposuction is the latest and greatest and may also tighten skin. But detractors say it adds nothing to the results of liposuction except for expense and for making the procedure more cumbersome for both the patient and surgeon. And, they say, it can add many hundreds of dollars to the cost of liposuction without proven extra benefit.
- Body-jet liposuction. Using a thin, fan-shaped jet that pulsates water, your surgeon loosens fat cells from connective tissue, while simultaneously vacuuming them out. It is sometimes called water-jet assisted liposuction or water-assisted liposuction. While other liposuction techniques destroy or break apart the fat cells before suctioning them out of the body, the new water-assisted technique may loosen the fat cells first. As a result, water-assisted liposuction may be less traumatic than traditional liposuction methods. There may also be a shorter recovery time if the technique is proven to be gentler.
Body-Jet liposuction does not use as much fluid as tumescent liposuction. What's more, the fluid is infused while the procedure is being performed, not beforehand as it is with other types of liposuction. The water is then immediately sucked back out with the fat; which may make it easier for your surgeon to determine if any areas need additional suctioning. Water-assisted liposuction flushes the fat instead of destroying it, so there may be an opportunity to harvest fat for fat transfer to other parts of the body where it is needed to restore plumpness. Water-assisted liposuction may be performed under local anesthesia, but general anesthesia will likely be needed for larger areas of fat removal. The bottom line is that more research is needed to determine the exact benefits and risks of water-assisted liposuction.
Regardless of the type of liposuction you and your doctor choose, the size of the cannula is also important. The cannula is a long, hollow instrument that is connected to the fat suctioning device. The cannula enables the plastic surgeon to suction out the fat.
Today, cannulas are about 3 millimeters or finer in diameter, while in the past they were as large as 10 to 12 millimeters in diameter. The smaller diameter causes less trauma to surrounding tissues and blood vessels. So smaller cannulas mean less bruising. Consider asking your doctor what his or her cannula choice is.
For more information on how liposuction is performed, go to www.artlipo.com.
Step One: Marking your territory. Using a magic marker, your surgeon will literally mark the areas of your body where he or she will remove unwanted fat. Such markings before surgery help your plastic surgeon plan the liposuction procedure.
Step Two: Anesthesia awareness. Liposuction is typically performed under general anesthesia, but in some cases local anesthesia can be used. Other options include intravenous sedation or epidural block. The decision involves both you and your doctor. It takes into account how much time the surgery will take, as well as where on the body the liposuction will be performed and how much fat will be removed.
Step Three: Wetting solution savvy. Wetting solutions are infused into the area before fat is removed. The fluid contains saline (salt water) and epinephrine (which constricts blood vessels to minimize any blood loss in the aspirate) and a local anesthetic. The reason that surgeons use a wetting solution is simple: they want to minimize blood loss, to increase the safety of liposuction. Various types of wetting solutions are used in liposuction. The main difference among them is the amount of fluid used.
- The "dry" technique. Before wetting solutions came along, surgeons went in dry. This resulted in blood loss and bruising. In fact, about 45 percent of what was suctioned out was blood (not fat!), so it has fallen out of favor.
- The "wet" technique. The surgeon will infuse 100-300 milliliters of fluid (with or without epinephrine) into each treatment site. With the wet technique, about 20-25 percent of what is suctioned out is blood.
- The "super-wet" technique. As its name implies, the super-wet technique involves the infusion of greater amounts of fluid than with the wet technique. It is about a 1:1 or 1:1.5 ratio, meaning that the amount of fluid is approximately equal to the amount of fat to be removed. With the super-wet technique, less than 1 percent of what is suctioned out is blood.
- The tumescent technique. This involves even much more fluid than is used in the super-wet technique. Basically the surgeon will infuse three to six times as much fluid as the volume of the aspirate to be removed. Proponents say the tumescent technique swells the tissues, which aids in fat removal; but detractors say it interferes with the surgeon's ability to sculpt, and it is unsafe because of potential fluid overload and an overdose of anesthetic (which is used in the solution). Learn more about tumescent liposuction.
Step Four: Fat removal. There are many different ways to vacuum out the fat during liposuction.
- Traditional suction-assisted liposuction. This involves inserting a cannula (a long, thin tube) through a tiny incision to vacuum the fat cells. The surgeon moves the cannula back and forth through the fat layer to break it up, and then suction out, the excess fat.
- Ultrasound-assisted liposuction. Here the surgeon inserts a special cannula through small "access" incisions. The cannula emits sound waves to help break up the fat, presumably making it easier to vacuum. Vaser-assisted liposuction is the cutting-edge, third-generation version of ultrasound liposuction technology. In a nutshell, the cannula used for Vaser-assisted liposuction emits gentler sound waves to break up and then remove fat. These do not disturb blood vessels, nerves and connective tissue, resulting in less bruising, swelling and pain than traditional suction-assisted liposuction.
- Power-assisted liposuction. This uses a motorized cannula to break up fatty tissue that will then be vacuumed out. It is inserted through the same tiny incisions.
- Laser-assisted liposuction. This involves a small incision and the insertion of a laser fiber probe that produces a burst of energy to liquefy the fat before it is removed. (Two of the brand names you may see are SmartLipo and CoolLipo.) Proponents say that laser-assisted liposuction is the latest and greatest and may also tighten skin. But detractors say it adds nothing to the results of liposuction except for expense and for making the procedure more cumbersome for both the patient and surgeon. And, they say, it can add many hundreds of dollars to the cost of liposuction without proven extra benefit.
- Body-jet liposuction. Using a thin, fan-shaped jet that pulsates water, your surgeon loosens fat cells from connective tissue, while simultaneously vacuuming them out. It is sometimes called water-jet assisted liposuction or water-assisted liposuction. While other liposuction techniques destroy or break apart the fat cells before suctioning them out of the body, the new water-assisted technique may loosen the fat cells first. As a result, water-assisted liposuction may be less traumatic than traditional liposuction methods. There may also be a shorter recovery time if the technique is proven to be gentler.
Body-Jet liposuction does not use as much fluid as tumescent liposuction. What's more, the fluid is infused while the procedure is being performed, not beforehand as it is with other types of liposuction. The water is then immediately sucked back out with the fat; which may make it easier for your surgeon to determine if any areas need additional suctioning. Water-assisted liposuction flushes the fat instead of destroying it, so there may be an opportunity to harvest fat for fat transfer to other parts of the body where it is needed to restore plumpness. Water-assisted liposuction may be performed under local anesthesia, but general anesthesia will likely be needed for larger areas of fat removal. The bottom line is that more research is needed to determine the exact benefits and risks of water-assisted liposuction.
Regardless of the type of liposuction you and your doctor choose, the size of the cannula is also important. The cannula is a long, hollow instrument that is connected to the fat suctioning device. The cannula enables the plastic surgeon to suction out the fat.
Today, cannulas are about 3 millimeters or finer in diameter, while in the past they were as large as 10 to 12 millimeters in diameter. The smaller diameter causes less trauma to surrounding tissues and blood vessels. So smaller cannulas mean less bruising. Consider asking your doctor what his or her cannula choice is.
For more information on how liposuction is performed, go to www.artlipo.com.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Research Shows VASER Lipo Results In Excellent Skin Tightening
This article can be found at http://liposuction.com.
Preliminary findings from a multi-center clinical study measuring postoperative skin retraction in VASER Lipo patients shows 40% to 60% tightening. Patients in the study underwent body contouring treatments in one or more body areas with the VASER Lipo System. Skin markings were placed on areas to be treated and measurements have been taken over a 6 month period.
"Physicians have been reporting skin tightening benefits with the VASER Lipo System since the technology was released in 2002," said Dan Goldberger, CEO of Sound Surgical Technologies LLC. "This study now provides the empirical proof of the clear advantage of using VASER ultrasonic energy in all body contouring procedures."
Most doctors agree that the key to good skin retraction is related to treating the layer of fat directly under the skin. This allows the physician to effectively sculpt an area and stimulate the dermal collagen resulting in skin tightening. The precision of the VASER ultrasonic energy allows a physician to safely treat this area to give patients smooth, predictable results.
The VASER Lipo System was designed to provide physicians with a versatile tool to treat all areas of the body, from small procedures in the face and neck, to large volume treatments in the abdomen and back. VASER ultrasonic energy is able to selectively liquefy fat while preserving important tissue structures vital to natural skin tightening. By preserving nerves, blood vessels and collagen, patients also experience minimal to no pain and bruising postoperatively allowing for a fast return to normal activities.
About Sound Surgical -- Founded in 1998, Sound Surgical Technologies placed its first VASER Lipo System on the market in March 2001. More than 100,000 procedures have been performed worldwide using the VASER System. An alternative to traditional tumescent liposuction, the VASER - Vibration Amplification of Sound Energy at Resonance - Lipo System uses an advanced ultrasonic fat removal technology that has become a trusted method in a society saturated with fad procedures. Demanded by physicians and patients alike, the results are smooth and consistent with fast patient recovery. The VASER Lipo System is FDA cleared for body contouring.
Readers interested in learning more about VASER Lipo should visit http://www.VASER.com.
Sound Surgical Technologies
http://www.vaser.com
For more information on VASER liposuction, please visit www.artlipo.com.
Preliminary findings from a multi-center clinical study measuring postoperative skin retraction in VASER Lipo patients shows 40% to 60% tightening. Patients in the study underwent body contouring treatments in one or more body areas with the VASER Lipo System. Skin markings were placed on areas to be treated and measurements have been taken over a 6 month period.
"Physicians have been reporting skin tightening benefits with the VASER Lipo System since the technology was released in 2002," said Dan Goldberger, CEO of Sound Surgical Technologies LLC. "This study now provides the empirical proof of the clear advantage of using VASER ultrasonic energy in all body contouring procedures."
Most doctors agree that the key to good skin retraction is related to treating the layer of fat directly under the skin. This allows the physician to effectively sculpt an area and stimulate the dermal collagen resulting in skin tightening. The precision of the VASER ultrasonic energy allows a physician to safely treat this area to give patients smooth, predictable results.
The VASER Lipo System was designed to provide physicians with a versatile tool to treat all areas of the body, from small procedures in the face and neck, to large volume treatments in the abdomen and back. VASER ultrasonic energy is able to selectively liquefy fat while preserving important tissue structures vital to natural skin tightening. By preserving nerves, blood vessels and collagen, patients also experience minimal to no pain and bruising postoperatively allowing for a fast return to normal activities.
About Sound Surgical -- Founded in 1998, Sound Surgical Technologies placed its first VASER Lipo System on the market in March 2001. More than 100,000 procedures have been performed worldwide using the VASER System. An alternative to traditional tumescent liposuction, the VASER - Vibration Amplification of Sound Energy at Resonance - Lipo System uses an advanced ultrasonic fat removal technology that has become a trusted method in a society saturated with fad procedures. Demanded by physicians and patients alike, the results are smooth and consistent with fast patient recovery. The VASER Lipo System is FDA cleared for body contouring.
Readers interested in learning more about VASER Lipo should visit http://www.VASER.com.
Sound Surgical Technologies
http://www.vaser.com
For more information on VASER liposuction, please visit www.artlipo.com.
Is liposuction safe?
This article can be found at http://liposuction.com.
Safety and Complications
SmartLipo is an extremely safe procedure. The SmartLipo procedure was approved by the FDA in November of 2006, and a serious life-threatening complication has never resulted from SmartLipo. That is because SmartLipo is performed under local anesthetic—not the much more risky general anesthesia. SmartLipo has been performed thousands of times since being brought to North America in 2005 and has shown itself to be one of the safest cosmetic surgeries available.
The SmartLipo procedure is safer than traditional liposuction because there is minimal bleeding and minimal invasion. In addition, only local anesthetic drugs are used in the SmartLipo procedure. There are no extensive stitches or incisions to possibly get infected, and no lengthy hospital stays are required. SmartLipo is an outpatient procedure that is one of the safest and fastest-growing cosmetic surgery options available today.
SmartLipo…body-contouring results without the traditional risks.
For more information on SmartLipo, please visit www.artlipo.com.
Safety and Complications
SmartLipo is an extremely safe procedure. The SmartLipo procedure was approved by the FDA in November of 2006, and a serious life-threatening complication has never resulted from SmartLipo. That is because SmartLipo is performed under local anesthetic—not the much more risky general anesthesia. SmartLipo has been performed thousands of times since being brought to North America in 2005 and has shown itself to be one of the safest cosmetic surgeries available.
The SmartLipo procedure is safer than traditional liposuction because there is minimal bleeding and minimal invasion. In addition, only local anesthetic drugs are used in the SmartLipo procedure. There are no extensive stitches or incisions to possibly get infected, and no lengthy hospital stays are required. SmartLipo is an outpatient procedure that is one of the safest and fastest-growing cosmetic surgery options available today.
SmartLipo…body-contouring results without the traditional risks.
For more information on SmartLipo, please visit www.artlipo.com.
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