One of the biggest troubles that people are facing nowadays relates to their weight. It is very simple to gain weight but equally difficult to do away with it. To attain this goal, the most practical way out is undergoing surgery . It is the most popular plastic surgery in the United Kingdom. Introduction Liposuction is a plastic surgery operation to develop your body shape by taking away undesired fat from areas of hips, thighs and tummy. What can it do for you? Liposuction is not a treatment for weight control or obesity. According to consultant cosmetic surgeon Adrian Richards, liposuction is a surgical procedure that removes fat deposits from under the skin which is not possible with diet and exercise. Cellulite which is not eliminated during this method may trouble you. The Method At first your surgeon marks the areas to be removed. Liposuction is normally done under a general anaesthetic, which means that you will be asleep all through the procedure and will feel no pain. In a liposuction surgery you make a number of small nicks in the skin, states consultant plastic surgeon Simon Withey. You then introduce a fluid containing local anaesthetic and adrenaline into these this fluid helps make it easier to remove the fat, but is also designed to improve healing. In this wet liposuction, the epinephrine lessens blood loss and bruising whereas the local anaesthetic makes things less painful in the days after the operation. After the fluid is injected, a thin metal tube called a cannula is being introduced. This will be connected to a vacuum pump or a syringe and will be moved about forcefully within the fatty tissue to remove the fat and the fluid. This used to be quite a brutal process, with the surgeon using the cannula to physically churn things up. Now surgeons have thinner cannulas, which are less critical, and can also make use of ones that emit ultrasound waves (called as ultrasound-assisted lipoplasty) to release fat from the cells. Cost of liposuction For major liposuction you will have to pay around 6,000. Getting Back to Normal Patients are usually sent home after a few hours once the surgery is done. Adrian Richards, a well-known lipo physician says that the receiver will experience bruising and pain for couple of days after surgery. Well, he further adds, how long it will take to recuperate relies on the size of the treated area and amount of fat eliminated. Youll probably be up and about in a few days, but from seven to 10 days off work are suggested. Youll be bruised for up to a month after ultrasonic liposuction surgery and youll have to use a compression cloths day and night for two to three weeks to reduce postoperative swelling. However, it can take up to six months for all the swelling to disappear, and only then will your new shape be completely revealed. Youll also see tiny scars where the cuts were made. The Minor Liposuction and risks it involves This type of liposuction is most definitely major surgery, hence there are the typical risks associated with a general anaesthetic in addition to the risks of infection and deep vein thrombosis. Recipients have even been known to die as a result of liposuction treatment, even if this is very uncommon. It is found that most of the patients make complaints about its imperfect results and doubts associated with the treatment. One out of ten procedures needs to be performed again and about 40% need to go for an improvement because of dissatisfaction with the results of liposuction. The inability of liposuction surgery to remove cellulite leads you to look very clumsy at the area from where the fat is removed. Situation is more worsened when you are thinner. Finally, if your skin has been expanded by pregnancy or other weight gain or is low in natural elasticity because of age or skin type, it might not snap back properly over the portion and could finish looking saggy. What to expect and do after the treatment? Its ever lasting in the areas where the fat has been sucked out, at least. Once you reach adulthood, you dont produce new fat cells. You increase weight because the ones you have expanded, says Adrian. If those cells have been sucked out, they cant plump up but it doesnt indicates you cant gain pounds elsewhere. Its very important to control your weight after liposuction
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