Lipo: Remove Unwanted Fat That Won’t Burn Off

Lipo can be an effective tool for people who are trying to give their bodies a tighter, younger appearance. Although some people feel that they can use the procedure to lose weight, doctors usually prefer that it is used conservatively to treat areas where stubborn fat is located. In some areas of the body, people have difficulty having a smoother appearance - even after dieting and exercising. Lipo can be utilized to directly treat those areas.

Some of the most common areas for the treatment include the abdomen, the thighs, arms, and buttocks on the body. Sometimes women will also have the procedure conducted on the cheeks and neck. In the cheeks, the procedure can help women who would otherwise appear to have baby fat in that area, have a more grown-up appearance. The extra fat in the cheeks may not necessarily be reduced from exercise. The treatment can give patients a more sculpted look in their faces.

Those who have jowls or skin that is wrinkled, sometimes get this procedure in combination with other procedures to improve the texture of the skin in addition to eliminating fat deposits. Procedures that focus on skin resurfacing can help reduce the appearance of wrinkles, because liposuction primarily reduces fat, rather than eliminating the wrinkles or tightening the skin. Laser treatments may be more effective when combined with liposuction to tighten the skin when a face lift will not be conducted. Some women opt to have liposuction in lieu of a face lift because the procedure may require fewer incisions and therefore, fewer scars. The doctor, however, can examine the patient and determine if liposuction or another procedure would be more effective and safer.

Following the procedure, you can expect to wear a garment to support and suppress the area where the liposuction was completed. If the procedure was completed on the face, you can expect to wear a face dressing on the area for several hours. The doctor will also add thick dressing to absorb the fluids from your face after the surgery. The doctor can tell you when the dressing and the compression garment will be removed. Usually the dressings are removed soon after the area has stopped draining.

People who complain that they have chubby or fat knees may be interested in having lipo on their knees. Like other areas of the body, the doctor will remove the fat from small incisions. The patient will also wear a compression garment and dressing following the compression. As in the thighs, and other areas, people who are happy with the extra fat in these locations can have small amounts of fat removed. The doctor can recommend an appropriate amount of fat for each instance, and he or she may recommend follow-up visits if the patient desires subsequent treatments in the same areas. If your doctor tells you that he or she does not recommend that your desired amount of fat is removed in a single treatment, listen to his or her advice, because your doctor may feel that risks may rise according to the amount of fat that you would like to have removed, and he or she has your safety in mind.