Liposuction - Removing Fat From Your Body

When watching TV, it is not hard to pick out the image of America's perfect person. He or she is usually rail-thin and gorgeous, with muscles if they're a man or long blonde hair and blue eyes if they're a woman. This picture can work its way into your subconscious, causing you to decide that you need to look just like this person in order to look good.

To that end, you may decide that you're just a little too chubby. There's just a bit too much junk in your trunk or in your belly. So, how do you set about fixing this problem? Luckily for you, liposuction may be exactly what you're looking for.

This procedure is fairly safe and easy. It is basically the removal of fat from your body, using a long tube and a vacuum. Since it can be painful, it is usually administered while the patient is under IV sedation, general anesthesia, or, in some cases, total anesthesia in the localized area where the surgery is actually taking place.

There are many different ways to measure the success of a liposuction surgeon, but mainly these are in terms of patient happiness, health, and freedom of movement following the surgery. When choosing a surgeon, you want to look at their ratio of success, not their technique or how fast they are. The bottom line is that you want to be sure their patients end up looking the way they want to look and are happy, not the fact that Surgeon A can do the procedure in under seven minutes, for example.

As with any surgery, there are risks involved with liposuction and, as the patient, it is your duty and your right to know what they are before you embark on this journey. Too much of a good thing is a bad thing. You have to know when to stop the procedures. There will always be "just a little more" or "just this one pocket of fat and I'll be good to go," but the more surgeries you have, the more at-risk you will be for infection or other complications. Never make appointments for a surgical medley in one day. Too much time spent under anesthesia, moving from one surgery to the next, is a road paved to surgical complications. Also, be aware of how much time your procedure is going to take. The more fatigued your surgeon gets, the more likely he is to make mistakes that could lead to disfigurement or cosmetic damage. Your surgeon is only human, so it's important to treat him or her like one.

After your surgery, you should not plan on getting behind the wheel and driving yourself home. You will probably still be out of it from the anesthesia and should plan on having a reliable adult with you all day. While they take care of you, you can revel in your new body, courtesy of your liposuction surgery.