Liposuction, sometimes referred to as "lipo" by patients, slims and reshapes specific areas of the body by removing excess fat deposits and improving your body contours and proportion. Those assorted areas can be broadly ranged from the abdomen, thighs,  calves, buttocks, neck, chin, upper and backs of the arms and back.

For the procedure, a small, thin, blunt-tipped stainless steel tube, called a Cannula, connected to a powerful, high-pressure vacuum, is inserted into the fat through small incisions in the skin to create numbers of mini tunnels through the fatty layer. Then fat is suctioned out through these tubes as the surgeon moves the tubes around underneath the skin to target specific fat deposits. Once procedure finishes, these tunnels collapse and then result in a better contour of body.

Amount of fat to be removed per one session is dependent of numerous factors. It is very important that removing too much fat per one session shall be a high risk too. Also the amount of fat deposits removed will tell whether such surgery is considered a major or minor.

     Whichever type of Lipo will be done as an outpatient procedure, if only Lipo alone will be done without combining with any other of more-invasive surgery. Without a large volume of fat removed, Lipo doesn't require an overnight hospital-stay. Local anesthesia mostly can be used in many cases, but some case with a large volume of fat removed the sedative shall be used to make the patient simply sleep through the procedure.

 Liposuction has been performed in combination with other plastic surgery procedures, either Tummy Tuck, Breast Reduction and Facelift,  to achieve a finest result of Aesthetic.

Candidate for Liposuction

Any healthy ( either physically or psychologically ) people over 18 years old who have excess fat deposits those have not been responding the their super-tough / disciplinary diet, exercise and even weight-control program.

Preparation for LIPO

         fully declare all details about medical history of the patients, including all drug use, supplement bought without prescription, herbs, diseases either cured or in process of treatment, allergic history if presents, etc

         No need to struggle an intensive diet, before surgery - just taking a well-balanced nutritious meal

         Stop smoking prior to operation as long as you can. Tobacco affects directly to the healing time.

         Stop taking NSAID especially Aspirin, or drugs those their purposes are to prevent a blood-clotting and any medicine composed of Corticosteroid substance which will heal the body in an abnormal way from mechanism of human's immunity.

         Patient suffering from Anemia might be requested to take iron supplements for a specific period prior to surgery.

         For whichever type of surgery, it is strongly recommended that a hydration is very crucial, either pre or post surgery.

         If the surgeon recommends you to weight benchmark or change your lifestyles, you must completely do your best to comply such thing. The risk of complications and the best result that can extract will both reply on this.

         At home these items should be prepared as they will be very useful for you once you arrived home post-operatively ....Ice Packs, Loose and cozy clothing to be easily put on and off, vasline and shower cap and bathroom chair.

After Care and Recovery

         Make sure you have already prepared to get a lot of helps at home when discharges. Particularly when a high amount of fat deposits is removed, this shall be a major one. Therefore many things that you have simply been capable of managing at normal days shall be limited and needed for some helping hands herewith.

         For the first few days after surgery, you should rest quietly. But should you try to elevate any affected body part when possible. Keep in mind that you must not take any Aspirin other NSAID or Anti-Inflammatory medicines which can simply promote a bleeding.

         After surgery, some fluid drainage from the incision can happen. It is normal and shall be stopped in few days.

         During two days post-operative, it is normal that the swelling and bruising won't be avoided. Swelling will be at its worst at two days after surgery, but will go away in few weeks leaving a slight swelling for four months tops.  Where bruising is vanishing in a few week.

         Patient might experience some numbness in the incision site ( fat-removal site ). But it will gradually fade away within 6-8 weeks.

         If there are stitches done  to close the wound, these shall be scheduled to removed in 7 up to 10 days.

         Patient must not smoking after surgery in first two weeks. Smoking could simply incur a coughing and bleeding.

         Patient must stop alcohol-drink consumption for one week post-operatively

         In first two weeks, patient must avoid bending over or heavy lifting. Mostly you may start to retrieve your normal activities within 10 days.

         Gradually trying to be up and walking at the day after surgery. It is crucial to walk to help mitigating swelling and to prevent some blood-clotting in leg's area.

         Sun light exposure must be kept avoided as much as possible to prevent the swelling worsened, for 6 weeks.

         To control swelling and contribute to a skin contraction, a compression garment (abdominal binder) on the incision site is necessary to be worn for up to 6 weeks.