Ultrasonic Liposuction Guide
Choosing to Use Ultrasonic Liposuction
There is a debate in the plastic surgery world as to which liposuction technique is the best to use. There are some who are proponents for tumescent liposuction, saying that it is the safest surgical procedure and the easiest to recovery from. There are others who promote ultrasonic liposuction as the best technique, saying it is easier to get a better body shape for the results after the liposuction, as well as still having a decent recovery time.
Types of Procedures
Those doctor’s who promote tumescent liposuction say that it has the least amount of blood lost during the procedure which is the safest for the patient. In addition, the patient does not have to be put to sleep for the procedure; they can use the local anesthetic that is injected into the fat as the anesthetic for the procedure. Tumescent liposuction involves the doctors pumping large quantities of a local anesthetic and a capillary constrictor into the fat of the area to be liposuctioned. This allows the fat to become firm and easy to work with, so that it can be suctioned out of the body and the body re-shaped. Since there is a capillary constrictor used, the capillaries are smaller which allows for less blood loss during and after the procedure is over. In addition, it is always better if the patient is not put to sleep, which can in itself lead to complications. Recovery time for tumescent liposuction is a couple of weeks where the individual must wear a body compression suit so that the body can reform and heal, retaining the new shape.
Ultrasonic liposuction uses some of the same techniques as tumescent liposuction initially. Ultrasonic liposuction begins with making the fat firm through the same technique used in tumescent liposuction. Once the fat in the area to be liposuctioned is hardened, a metal rod is inserted into the fat which emits an ultrasonic frequency that heats up and liquefies the fat. This makes the fat easier to work with in ultrasonic liposuction and doctors that support it claim that it is easier to reform the body by using this technique as well. In addition, the tube that is used to suction out the fat can be smaller since the fat is liquefied in the ultrasonic liposuction which is also better for results. The benefits of using the local anesthetic and the capillary constrictor are also the same, so ultrasonic liposuction is relatively safe. If the entire body is to be liposuctioned, then there may need to be a sedative given through IV to the patient.
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