surgery which breaks up and "sucks" fat from various possible parts of the human body, most commonly the abdomen, thighs, buttocks, neck, chin, upper and backs of the arms, calves, and back.
The fat is removed through a hollow instrument called a cannula which is inserted under the skin. A powerful, high-pressure vacuum is applied to this instrument.
Liposuction is the most common cosmetic operation used in the United State of America and the United Kingdom. Over 400,000 procedures are carried out in the USA each year.
Patients who undergo liposuction generally have a stable body weight, but would like to remove undesirable deposits of body fat in specific parts of the body.
It is not an overall weight-loss method neither is it a treatment for obesity. Liposuction does not remove cellulite, dimples or stretch marks.
The main aim is esthetic that is the patient wishes to change and enhance the contour of his/her body.
Liposuction permanently removes fat cells from the body. It can alter the shape of a body. However, if the patient does not lead a healthy lifestyle after the operation there is a risk that the remaining fat cells grow bigger.
The amount of fat that can be safely removed is little. Liposuction has a number of possible risks, including infection, numbness and/or scarring.
If too much fat is removed there may be lumpiness or dents in the skin. Experts say that the surgical risks are linked to the amount of fat removed.
Some medical conditions that may benefit from liposuction, includes:
- Lipomas - benign fatty tumors.
- Gynecomastia - where fatty breast tissue has developed in men.
- Lipodystrophy syndrome - a lipid (fat) metabolism disturbance in which there is too much fat in some parts of the body and partial or total absence of fat in other parts. Sometimes a side effect of some HIV medications.
Liposuction - a short history
Liposuction was invented in 1974 by two Italian-American surgeons - Doctors Giorgio and Arpad Fischer. The roots of liposuction date back to the 1920s. Dr. Dujarier, a French surgeon performed a fat removal procedure on a model in 1926 which tragically resulted in gangrene in one of her legs; consequently, interest in body contouring receded for several decades.In the late 1960s Leon Forrester Tcheupdjian, a European surgeon used primitive curettage techniques to remove fat - however, results were patchy, there was a lot of bleeding and morbidity was high.
What we know as 'modern liposuction' started with a presentation in 1982 by Dr. Yves-Gerard Illouz, a French surgeon. He started what became known as the 'Illouz Method" - a technique of suction-assisted lipolysis (breakdown or destruction of fats) after infusing fluid into tissues using blunt cannulae and a high-vacuum suction. Illouz demonstrated both reproducible good results and low morbidity. During that decade several US surgeons experimented with liposuction, developing some variations from the Illouz Method, with mixed results.
Liposuction should only be carried out after a lot of thought. Results are never dramatic; they are subtle.
The following body areas are commonly targeted for liposuction treatment:
- Abdomen
- Back
- Buttocks
- Chest
- Inner knees
- Hips
- Flanks (love-handles)
- Neckline and the area under the chin (submental)
- Thighs - saddlebags (outer thighs), and inner thighs
- Upper arms
SOURCE: MEDICALNEWSTODAY
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