What the Savvy Patient Needs to Know Liposuction costs anywhere from about $2,000 to $6,000 or more, depending on several things: how many areas are being done, what type of anesthesia is used, the facility where the operation is done, and add-on technologies such as laser or ultrasound. While it is important to have an… Read More »
Category: Liposuction
Tummy tuck vs. liposuction
Do I need a tummy tuck or will liposuction work?
If liposuction could do what a tummy tuck does without the scar, recovery time, and expense, tummy tucks would be a thing of the past. But while liposuction remains the number one cosmetic surgery procedure, the number of abdominoplasties has increased 5-fold over the past 20 years according to statistics from ASAPS. So when is lipo… Read More »
If I have liposuction on one area, won’t the fat just go somewhere else?
Liposuction and other body contouring operations such as tummy tucks target localized areas of fat that are in disproportion to the rest of the body. A common question is “Doesn’t the fat just come back or go somewhere else?” The short answer is that when done properly, it doesn’t. That’s because fat cells on those areas… Read More »
Mythbusting: Latisse, breast implants, liposuction, weekend facelift
It’s interesting to me how certain perceptions regarding plastic surgery and related procedures persist despite ample evidence to the contrary. Take the eyelash growing product Latisse for example. I was discussing it with a patient last week, and her first question was: “Isn’t that the thing that changes your eye color?” Her confusion is understandable in one sense,… Read More »
Trends in liposuction: a consumer guide
What started out as a fairly simple idea – vacuum out stubborn areas of excess fat – has morphed into an alphabet soup of techniques and technologies. Smart lipo, Slim lipo, Tickle lipo, power lipo, Smooth lipo, VASER lipo, tumescent, liposculpting, and others, all claiming to be safer, more effective, and with minimal or no… Read More »
