Liposuction is the most popular
cosmetic surgery procedure in America today.
If you have deposits of fat that are resistant to
diet and exercise,
liposuction may be your key to success!
The number
of fat cells in an adult is said to be constant.
After puberty, your shape has been set. When weight is gained or lost, those fat cells simply grow or shrink.
If an area such as the flanks, hips, buttocks or
thighs have excess numbers of fat cells as compared
to the rest of the body, these areas will always be
out of proportion whether your weight is up or down. Liposuction permanently removes
these excess fat cells. While this is not a
protection against generalized weight gain, the area
that has been suctioned will remain proportionately
smaller forever! The term Body Sculpture comes from the procedure's ability to permanently reshape your problem area.
It is not true that the fat appears elsewhere after
liposuction.
The recontouring is permanent.
Some people think that if you take fat from one area, it appears in another. This is not true. Weight gain or loss will change all areas including where we took the fat away. The best way to understand that is in the use of an analogy: If you were shaped like a pear, with a big bottom, you will look like a fat pear or a skinny pear at any weight. After Smartlipo takes away the extra fat on your bottom, you know look more like an asparagus. Weight gain or loss will make you look like a fat asparagus or a skinny asparagus, but either way, you are now even from top to bottom, like an asparagus.
This
procedure takes from 30 minutes to three hours and
is done on an outpatient basis. Small areas can be done awake or asleep. Larger areas will be done asleep. This is an outpatient procedure either way. Down time is usually
only a few days.
Whether you
are best suited for for Tumescent Liposuction or
Smartlipo depends on the quality of the fat and skin
in the area. Smartlipo is a true advance. In this
procedure the skin is lasered at the same time the
fat is removed to help promote tightening. If you
are a good candidate for the procedure, the results
can be truly amazing!
Laser Body Sculpting
Smartlipo is the first
laser system designed for Laser Body Sculpting and
for the disruption of fat cells. It is ideal
for treating localized deposits of unwanted
fat, fat tissue irregularities and for
helping to tighten the overlying skin! Smartlipo is
ideal for treating small areas of the face,
neck, arms, tummy, flamks, knees, male breasts (gynecomastia), and
other areas.
How does the
Smartlipo work?
Smartlipo
laserlipolysis is a minimally invasive
surgical procedure. The procedure disrupts
the fat cells through a thermal and
photodisruptive action – vaporizing the fat cell membrane. The laser
coagulates the underlying vessels due to the
hemostatic properties of the laser,
resulting in almost no bleeding, bruising, or excess trauma
as well as less down time. As an added
benefit, the system has also been reported
to promote tightening. The reduced trauma results in almost no pain after this procedure for most.
Dr. Studin
received his training and certification in laser
cutaneous surgery during continuing education at
Harvard Medical School and is designated as an
instructor for the Smartlipo procedure. He has
also taught many courses in external laser skin
surgery.
