There is often the need for removing fat from particular areas of the body including abdomen, thighs, hips, buttocks, neck or arms. Liposuction is a surgical procedure that helps to achieve this using a suction technique. This procedure also gives a proper shape to these areas. Body contouring and lipoplasty are the other names of liposuction. If your body weight is stable but there is excess body fat in some particular areas, you can go for liposuction. It’s not a procedure for overall weight-loss. For more information about this, you can have an online doctor consultation in India.

Reasons for Liposuction

In order to remove fat from the following areas of the body, liposuction is an effective procedure:

  • Abdomen
  • Buttocks
  • Upper arms
  • Chest and back
  • Ankles and calves
  • Neck and chins
  • Thighs and hips

For breast reduction or gynecomastia treatment, liposuction is sometimes used.

There is an increase in the size and volume of the fat cells when you gain weight. In a specific area of the body, liposuction reduces the number of fat cells. The fat volume and the appearance of the area are the factors on which the amount of fat removed depends. The skin moulds itself as per the new contours of the areas. You must meet certain criteria to become eligible for liposuction.

Preparations

When you are considering liposuction, you can have an online doctor consultation in Kolkata to discuss it. After finalization of the surgery, you should ask your surgeon about the preparations. He/she may ask you to stop taking certain medicines a few weeks before the surgery. You should arrange for someone to take you home after the surgery.

The procedure

The surgeon will mark the areas of your body that need treatment. The surgeon will decide the procedure on the basis of different factors. The different procedures are:

  • Tumescent liposuction: A sterile solution is injected into your body by the surgeon in this procedure. He/she also uses an anaesthetic for reducing pain and a drug constricting the blood vessels in that area. The area swells and stiffens due to the fluid mixture. After making small cuts into your skin, the surgeon inserts a cannula, which is a thin tube, under your skin. He/she then sucks fat and fluids with the help of vacuum through that tube.

  • Ultrasound-assisted liposuction (UAL): The surgeon uses a metal rod that emits ultrasonic energy under your skin in this procedure. The energy ruptures the walls of the fat-cells. This breaks down the fat and the removal becomes easy.

  • Laser-assisted liposuction (LAL): There is the use of high-intensity laser light in this procedure to break down the fat and remove it. He/she emulsifies fat deposits by making a small incision in the skin and inserting a laser fibre through it. The surgeon then removes the fat through a cannula.

  • Power-assisted liposuction (PAL): The surgeon moves the cannula in a rapid back-and-forth motion in this procedure. This leads to fast and easy removal of tough fat.