Tumescent Liposuction

Tumescent liposuction

       Tumescent liposuction allows the patient to make liposuction under local anesthesia. Since it has been created tumescent liposuction has done an excellent job. Tumescent liposuction reduces blood loss and also the risks of a general anesthesia.

Tumescent liposuction technique

       This technique made liposuction to become number one in surgical cosmetics in the United States of America. It is one of the safest and effective procedures. This method is very simple in comparison with other liposuction techniques. It requires local anesthesia and it invades only little parts from the body, requiring only a few small incisions. In using this technique the patient is usually awake allowing the surgeon to feel the patient's muscles.

        This is an extremely big advantage of tumescent liposuction and allows the surgeon to take more fat than other liposuction method. If the patient is asleep, the surgeon is more reserved in removing the fat. The surgeon injects a solution into the fat tissue (local anesthesia). The area becomes rocky and swollen, and this helps the surgeon to extract the fat in a perfect and uniformly way.

       In this technique it is also used a thin cannula which is inserted through a small incision in a place which is hard to notice. The fat deposits are removed through this cannula which is a tube.

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The benefits of a tumescent liposuction

       In this procedure there is less bleeding which means less swelling after the operation. And without too much swelling the patient can be back on his/her feet next day. Another advantage of tumescent liposuction is that it can be combined with other liposuction techniques. Other techniques are usually performed for loosing the fat and what is left of the fat is removed.

Tumescent liposuction - areas that can be fixed

       The body areas that can be fixed with this kind of liposuction are: neck and jowls, arms abdomen, hips, knees, legs, flanks. People who can experience this kind of cosmetic surgery, have to be healthy and active persons. The overweight people can benefit of this surgery only if they are in the process of loosing weight. The person who suffer from significant medical problems can not experience the tumescent liposuction. The age is not a relative impediment in tumescent liposuction.

Tumescent liposuction recovery period

       The recovery period is variable, depending of how many fields are treated. Some patients may return to their daily activities in two days, but others may require more time to recover like six or seven days. The garments which are some special compressions that need to be worn under clothes for a period of time after tumescent liposuction surgery. These compressions are specifically designed for this surgery and are unnoticed under the clothes.

       The garments help the skin to contract and help the patients achieve a better result. The results of this procedure will be seen after ten or thirty days, and the results will improve for up to an year.This procedure can be repeated, but it is necessary to wait at least three months between surgeries.

        If you need to treat several areas, it is better to fix them in the course of different procedures. Exists a limit in the amount of fat that can be pulled out. Like any other intervention of this kind, it also carries risks. However, when it is performed by an experienced surgeon the technique has showed to be quite efficient.