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Secondary Revisions of Liposuction Surgery

  The single most common aesthetic complication in liposuction surgery is irregularities or contour depressions. These aesthetic issues are not rare and are often present in very minor manifestations that are acceptable to most patients. They are most common on non-flat contour areas such as the thighs due to the use of a straight cannula Read More…

A Plastic Surgeon’s Observations on Fat and Obesity

  As a plastic surgeon, I get the ‘opportunity’ to see lots of fat-related concerns and, in the new world of bariatric plastic surgery, get to see patients who either still are or were obese prior to their bariatric bypass surgery. Looking at fat excesses, and I have to assume that the average U.S. citizen Read More…

Liposuction – Does It Last?

  One of the most frequent questions that I get asked by any patient considering liposuction is…..do the results last? That is a great question which, quite frankly, defies one simple answer. It is a very important question for any patient considering any type of cosmetic procedure because it addresses the issue of …value. What Read More…

Different Types of Liposuction – Does It Make A Difference?

  Not a week goes by that a patient seeing me for a liposuction consult does not ask…what type of liposuction do you do? Or….do you use tumescent liposuction? With the many different liposuction techniques that are available, and the media propaganda that often surrounds them, it is no wonder why many patients want one Read More…

Pectoral Etching and Liposculpture in Men

Pectoral Etching and Liposculpture for Better Chest Definition Contouring of the chest region by pectoral etching helps provide better definition to the pectoral muscles and the shape of the chest wall. Borrowing the concept from abdominal etching, in which the use of linear liposuction is used to define muscular edges and definitions, a similar technique Read More…

Liposuction of the Buttocks

Contouring of the Buttocks with Liposuction Reshaping of the buttocks can be done through a variety of plastic surgery techniques including, implants, fat injections, lifts, and liposuction. By far, liposuction is still the most common buttock contouring technique used. Liposuction of the buttocks, however, must be done with caution to avoid unsightly cosmetic complications. Typically, Read More…

Liposuction vs LipoDissolve – Proper Patient Selection is the Key

Liposuction vs LipoDissolve – Comments on the Importance of Patient Selection The treatment of undesired fat today can be done by either traditional liposuction or the newer fat injection technique known as lipoDissolve. The frequent question then for many patients is….which is best for me? The answer to that question lies in the understanding that Read More…

Liposuction – After Surgery Care and Expectations

Liposuction in Indianapolis: What to do and What You Can Expect after Surgery While liposuction is tremendously effective at removing fat, it does induce swelling, bruising, and discomfort that requires some time after the procedure to resolve. And because liposuction is really a ‘reductive sculpting’ procedure so to speak, it takes time for areas to Read More…

The Importance of Patient Selection in Liposuction

  The Skinny on Fat Removal by Liposuction – Choosing the Right Patient for Surgery Liposuction remains as one of the most popular and commonly done of all plastic surgery procedures. Part of its prevalence has to do with the ubiquitous problem that it treats….fat……and the many locations that can be treated from the neck Read More…

Different Techniques For Liposuction

The Skinny on Fat Removal – Which Liposuction Technique is Better? The popularity of Liposuction, since it was introduced in the U.S. in 1981, continues today due to its unparalleled success at removing fat. No other non-surgical fat removal method has yet proven as successful. Over the past 10 years, numerous new methods of liposuction Read More…

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