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Recovery after Neck Liposuction

  Unhappiness with the shape of one’s neck is a common cosmetic concern. It is important to differentiate between a full neck, which is a fat problem, from that of a neck wattle which is more of a skin issue than that of fat. Usually a neck shape that is due primarily to fat is Read More…

Surgical Options for the Chubby Face (Fat Face)

  It is not uncommon to hear a patient’s concern about their chubby or ‘fat face’. For some of these patients their face matches their body habitus and some significant weight loss will do wonders for those concerns. But there are people who do have a chubby face that are not necessarily significantly overweight and Read More…

Liposuction of the Buffalo Hump Deformity – Effectiveness and Longevity

  The Buffalo Hump deformity, also known as a dorsocervical fat accumulation, is known to occur from many different diagnoses. It most commonly occurs in HIV patients from the effects of the antiviral medications. But chronic steroid use and certain endocrine disorders can also create a similar type posterior neck deformity, marked by a large Read More…

Common Questions about Liposuction Surgery

  1.      How much weight should I lose before having liposuction?   Ideally, liposuction is best used as a ‘spot’ treatment for resistant areas of fat. This would imply that one should be near to what they consider to be their ideal body weight. On a more practical basis, one’s weight should be down to Read More…

Uncommon But Effective Plastic Surgery Procedures

Cankle Liposuction   Liposuction can be performed almost anywhere there is some thickness of subcutaneous fat. The thick leg, between the knee and the ankle, represents differing thicknesses of subcutaneous fat which yield an amorphous lower leg that has a straight line shape. Creating an improved shape comes by creating a thinner profile, or inward Read More…

Weight Loss after Liposuction – How Much and For How Long?

  One of the most common questions that liposuction patients ask is…how much weight will I use after surgery? It is well known that plastic surgeons do not consider liposuction and weight loss in the same sentence. It is not a weight loss technique and we don’t want any patient to use that as a Read More…

Smartlipo and Local Anesthesia

Smartlipo, or laser-assisted liposuction, is a significant advance in fat removal technology. Using heat to liquefy fatty deposits provides a more effective means of mobilizing and evacuating unwanted body contours. Based on advertisements and promotions which is widespread across the internet and in local markets, Smartlipo is almost synonymous with the use of local anesthesia. Read More…

Defining the Role of Liposuction in Facial Reshaping

Liposuction is a very effective method of fat removal. While it can be used in almost any location of the body where there is fat, it does have limitations. And when applied to certain fat areas, it may even have the opposite effect of an undesired result. The face is one such area where the Read More…

Combining Liposuction in a Tummy Tuck for Improved Safety and a Faster Recovery

Liposuction and abdominoplasty are two of the most popular plastic surgery procedures. While commonly used to treat different body areas, they can be combined to improve one’s abdominal contour and shape. When done together and weaved into a single procedure, it is known as lipoabdominoplasty or liposuction abdominoplasty. A traditional abdominoplasty or tummy tuck involves Read More…

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