Liposuction

Liposuction

A PowerPoint for kinesiology by Aylin Castillo

Risk of liposuction

• The biggest risk of liposuction is to choose a doctor who has had the training or experience to administer the procedure properly
• One of the other biggest risk of course is the risk of infection

Tenderness in certain parts

Red streaks or redness on skin

High fever

Vomiting

• Other risk include embolisms, seroma, and edema

History/Background of Liposuction

• Roots can be traced back as far as the 1920s, when french surgeon Charles Dujarier first introduced the concept of body contorung and fat removal.
• After a procedure performed that gave a model gangrene the topic was lost for decades.
• Then in 1974, doctors Arpad and Girogio Fisher working in Rome, Italy, developed the blunt tunneling technique from which modern liposuction evolved
• Towards the end of 1990, doctors introduced the use of ultrasound for liquifying fat so it could be removed more easily.

Realistic expectations

Benefits to Liposuction

What is liposuction?

Procedure of liposuction

• Liposuction can help you achieve your aesthetic goals and make you a more social person
• You would be able to benefit both mentally and physically
• More benefits

Safe removal of fat

Improved health , usually associated with fat loss

Changes the way you look and the way others percieve you

Sculpt areas of your body that even exercise and diet dont impact

• Cost will be higher if you choose to treat a difficult area such as the chin or cheeks
• Determining cost of treatment

Treatment area

Multiple treatment areas

Body type

Procedure used

The doctor

Geographic area

• Through small incisions the cannula is inserted into fatty areas between skin and muscle where it removes excess fat either using a suction pump or a large syringe.
• This results in a smother, improved body contour. the length of the procedure will with the amount of fat needing removed.

• A technique in cosmetic surgery for removing excess fat from the skin by suction.
• Can Also be called Lipoplasty, liposculpture suction lipectomy, or lipo
• Most common places is the abdomen, thighs, buttocks, neck, chin, upper and back of the arms, calves, and backs.

Procedure of Liposuction

• Before you can do the the procedure your candidacy must first be determined by a qualified plastic surgean.
• Best candidate is someone who is in excellent health and condition, 25 pounds of his or her ideal body weight, and has deposits of fat that have not responded to diet or exercise
• Not good candidates...

Women who are pregnant or nursing

Individuals with health problems

People who are taking blood thinning medications

People who are allergic to idocaine

Realistic expectations

• liposuction is not a weight loss procedure and it cannot remove stretchmarks and cellulite from the skin

Can only remove small, localized concentrations of fat

• In most cases only 10 pounds or less will removed, and people with diabetes are most likely to receive less than desirable results
• Cost

Cost can be different from patient to patient

Usually cost between 2,000 to 3,500 per treatment area ( not including hospital, an anesthesia, and other expenses)