What Makes For Successful Liposuction? Look for These Factors

Liposuction has long been ranked as one of the most popular procedures in plastic surgery due to the ability to remove fat from your body. 

While fat removal techniques have evolved, providing safer and more accurate results, traditional lipo has been regarded as barbaric and simplistic.

That could be true for treatments that still use manual techniques involving scalpels and invasive cannulas.

Nevertheless, it's essential to understand that liposuction in itself is a challenging procedure to perform, requiring years of experience and an artistic sense to sculpt the body properly.

How Is Liposuction Traditionally Performed?

Traditional liposuction is a procedure that involves suctioning fat through a small incision. Major liposuction procedures use general anesthesia, while more minor procedures use a local anesthetic.

There are also other variations of liposuction that use laser and ultrasound technology to facilitate the fat extraction process.

All in all, you must understand that liposuction isn't a weight-loss method. It's solely a procedure designed to extract fat and sculpt the patient's body.

That being said, the ideal candidates for liposuction are those close to a healthy weight, understanding that a maximum of five liters of fat can be extracted for the procedure to be safe.

Cannula Scarring

One of the main concerns for people undergoing plastic surgery is to ensure that the procedure doesn't show tracks such as scars, etc.

Surgeons tend to place the incisions on the natural lines of skin folds or areas that would be concealed by clothing.

Many body parts provide hiding spots, such as the belly button for abdominal liposuction and creases on the middle back. Still, traditional lipo often uses large incisions cut with scalpels, so even experienced surgeons leave noticeable scars.

Avoiding Issues

Surgeons undergo extensive training to provide outstanding results, ensuring that the procedure doesn't form irregularities or asymmetries on the patient's body.

Contour irregularities are the more common complication within liposuction, where textural differences, dimples, and visible lumps can occur. 

To minimize dents during liposuction, surgeons tend to perform fat equalization, during which they go over liposuction sites with a cannula to provide a smooth contour on the body.

In some cases where a dent has to be filled, a fat transfer can be used to move fat from one area to the area with irregularities. 

Elite Body Sculpture Provides Ideal Results 

Elite Body Sculpture works under the philosophy that all fat removal processes should be comfortable and accurate for all patients. 

We ensure outstanding liposuction outcomes with AirSculpt® technology, a minimally invasive technique that doesn't use a scalpel, needle, stitches, or general anesthesia to remove fat.

Our patented AirSculpt® cannula allows providers to simultaneously remove fat and help tighten skin with ease, an aspect that traditional liposuction cannot fulfill. Plus, our tools are far more automated than the manual ones used during other procedures, and the tiny entry points made heal to resemble a mere freckle.

Call our Salt Lake City office to set up your first consultation for more information on how we can provide natural-looking results.