Category: liposuction

Smartlipo Body Contouring – Local, IV Sedation or General Anesthesia?

Smartlipo, also known as laser liposuction or laser lipolysis, is the newest development in liposuction technology for getting rid of unwanted fat. The concept of using laser energy to literally melt fat makes an otherwise traumatic procedure a little more ‘gentler’, but allowing the heat to replace some of the ‘elbow grease’ used in Read More…

Pubic Lifts and Liposuction for Mons Rejuvenation

Weight gain and loss, pregnancy, and aging all contribute to a sagging abdominal area…and often the pubis as well. Even after a tummy tuck or abdominal panniculectomy, the pubic area can be left full and with some sag. The abdomen may be quite flat above the tummy tuck scar, but the pubis or mons Read More…

Liposuction of Belly Fat

Many people have too much belly fat and have difficulty losing it. But some belly or abdominal fat is an important component of one’s body. It serves numerous important functions such as temperature regulation, protection of vital organs, and a large surface area for energy storage. The belly area represents the largest depot site in Read More…

Getting Rid of the Double Chin Deformity

The double chin is not truly two chins in the classic sense. Rather it is one upper chin (true chin) that is bony in nature and a lower chin that is really an accumulation of fat. (false chin) The development of fat accumulation can occur quite easily beneath the jawline in some people. For Read More…

Smartlipo and Its Capability of Skin Tightening

One of the basic principles of liposuction is that after fat is removed, you need less skin. In other words, skin must shrink down due to less fat underneath it after surgery. A good result is often very dependent on that happening. And how well it happens has a lot to do with the Read More…

The Recovery Process from Smartlipo

While some plastic surgery procedures require a long list of post-op instructions, SmartLipo’s recovery process is much simpler. The heat from the laser’s energy results in significantly reduced side effects and lessens the risk of complications after surgery. The laser used in SmartLipo seals the open blood vessels and lymphatic channels as it goes Read More…

Lipoabdominoplasty – Improvement over the Traditional Tummy Tuck

Tummy tuck surgery remains as one of the most sought after elective plastic surgery procedures. To the person struggling with a loose or unsightly stomach area that has not changed with diet and exercise (and it almost never does), tummy tuck surgery offers a result that is otherwise unobtainable. But tummy tuck surgery has Read More…

Smartlipo (Laser-Assisted Liposuction) – How Does It Work?

Smartlipo, otherwise known as laser lipolysis or laser-assisted lipolysis, is a new method of liposuction using laser technology. In traditional liposuction, significant force to disrupt the tissue that holds the fat together is needed to free it up. Almost everyone has seen on TV or videos of how the procedure is performed and few Read More…

Smartlipo – Who Is A Good Candidate and What Are Its Advantages?

Who is a good candidate for Smartlipo? In general, the best candidates are those that are in good health, within 25 lbs of their ideal body weight, can’t lose the fat by traditional means of diet and exercise, have one or more areas of fat they would like to get rid of, and someone Read More…

Smartlipo MPX – The Next Generation of Laser Liposuction

The introduction of the first laser lipolysis system, SmartLipo, brought a new technology to a cosmetic procedure that had not changed significantly in the past decade. Until laser technology was brought to fat removal, the vast majority of liposuction procedures had been done by methods that were not vastly different from those done when it Read More…