What is liposuction surgery?

Liposuction surgery is one of the most common plastic surgeries in the world. It is a cosmetic fat removal procedure whereby fat cells are removed from the section of the body that you want to improve. It literally helps in getting rid of stubborn fat that doesn’t respond to exercise and diet.

Before you undergo this plastic surgery, you will have to undergo anaesthesia. This is when your surgeon will make a small incision in your skin and attach a small stainless steel instrument – a cannula – into the fatty areas.

Afterwards, the cannula is moved around your body to break or liquefy your body fat. Then a suction pipe or large syringe is used to remove the excess fat. Your surgeon will then close up the incision already made with stitches.

You can do your liposuction surgery on any part of your body, depending on where you have the most fat. Some of the common areas people remove fat from are the face, chin, neck, buttocks, abdomen, waist, thighs, and hips. 

Before you can be eligible for this kind of plastic surgery, you must not be underweight, you must not have a serious life-threatening health issue, poor skin, and so on. 

Reasons for liposuction

People undergo liposuction for various reasons. The common factors are:

1. The urge to have a perfect body shape or modification. 

2. After numerous trials of dieting and exercise without any significant result of fat shrinking or the body responding.

Types of liposuction

Liposuction surgery is done based on what you want or the goals of your treatment. 

1. Tumescent liposuction

This is the most common type of liposuction. It is a process whereby your surgeon would inject a saline solution into your fatty area, which shrinks your blood vessels. This solution contains medicines such as epinephrine that help to remove fat quickly and reduce blood loss. 

2. Ultrasound-assisted liposuction

Here, your surgeon would use ultrasonic energy through a metal rod placed underneath your skin to liquefy your fat before extracting it from your body. 

3. Vibration amplification of sound energy at resonance (VASER)

For this type of liposuction surgery, cannula and ultrasound are used to break up and remove fat cells from the body. 

4. Laser-assisted liposuction

Strong laser lights are used on a tube to break down and liquefy your fat for easy removal. This laser liposuction surgery only requires a small incision in your skin in order to perform the procedure.