LASERVASER
LIPOSUCTION from La VaLii AZ
Have you tried dieting for several years and still do not lose the extra
pound in your body? Or have you exercised daily, spend a lot in the gym and yet
there remains extra bulging fat in your belly or love handles? Well you are not
alone. Majority of people have this kind of problem. Women especially have this
problem more often after delivering a baby. They easily gained extra pounds in
the abdomen and the hips, and yet after delivery it takes years for this extra
weight to disappear. And if you’re lucky, if you lose weight, then there
is the prominent bulging lower abdomen that prevents you from wearing low waist
jeans or tight evening gowns. Don’t despair, there’s an answer.
AWAKE LASER LIPOSUCTION.
There are many types of liposuction but there are two main goals of this
procedure and they are to reduce the unwanted fat and contour the silhouette of
the body. Every liposuction uses tumescent fluid like normal saline combined
with lidocaine, epinephrine and sodium bicarbonate.
TRADITIONAL LIPOSUCTION – is done with the patient
under general anesthesia. You need to be asleep since the procedure is painful
due to the use of large cannulas that breaks the fat deposits of your body.
After tumescent fluid infusion, then the physician loosens the fat tissue and
once loose, applied with strong suction to get the fat. There are many
complications that may like pooling of blood under the skin called hematoma,
bruising seen as bluish red discoloration in the skin, bumpy appearance of the
skin, infection and scarring.
POWER ASSISTED LIPOSUCTION – is also done under
general anesthesia. This is the same as the traditional liposuction but the
advantage of this is that it requires less physical effort on the part of the
physician to break the fat. It is because the power assisted liposuction device
uses electric headpiece that pistons the tip of the attached liposuction
cannula a few millimeters, several thousand times per minute, which greatly
double the efficiency of fat removal. The physician becomes less tired and has
more time contouring the natural shape of the body.
WHAT I DO IS THE COMBINATION OF VASER AND LASER LIPOSUCTION – THIS
IS DONE UNDER LOCAL ANESTHESIA WITH THE PATIENT AWAKE AND TALKING TO ME WHILE
I’M DOING THE PROCEDURE.
VASER LIPOSUCTION – this is a less invasive
procedure since the patient is awake and can tell the doctor if she has
discomfort. Patient is given anti-anxiety medication, pain reliever, and
injection of local anesthesia. Afterwards, the tumescent fluid is injected to
the fatty layer and after about 15 minutes, the procedure is done without pain,
only a little discomfort. This liposuction is usually done to debulk the larger
fat deposits in the body but can also be used in smaller areas.
Vaser liposuction is the next generation body contouring since it uses
ultrasonic energy that breaks the fat of the body while preserving the
important part of the tissue, like the blood vessels, nerves and connective
tissue. It only breaks fat by emulsifying it into small fatty particles in
liquid form. Once the fat is liquefied then, it is gently suctioned. Just after
the procedure you can at once see the flattening of the treated part of the
body. After the procedure, the patient is applied with compression garment to
help the skin adhere and follows the normal shapely contour of the body. The
patient walks out of the operating room, rests at home for 1 or 2 days then if
she wants can go back to work.
LASER LIPOSUCTION – this is done just like the
VASER liposuction but the difference is, it doesn’t use ultrasonic energy
but heat the area to liquefy the fat. This is done on smaller parts of the body
that requires fine contouring of areas like the chin, neck, bra lines, etc. The
high powered laser though can also do large areas. The advantage of laser
liposuction is it dissolves the fat, coagulates the small blood vessels and
therefore produces less bleeding. Another advantage of this laser liposuction
is it produces heat under the skin which helps in the contraction of the
collagen thus tightening the skin. Those people with very flabby loose skin
though cannot be helped by this procedure. They may need a surgical tummy
tuck.
AS YOU SEE COMBINING THESE TWO PROCEDEURES WILL GIVE EXCELLENT
RESULT.
WHERE IS AWAKE LASERVASER LIPOSUCTION PERFORMED?
I perform this procedure in my office at ARROWHEAD MEDICAL CENTERAESTHETIC
CENTER.
The actual procedure usually lasts for 45 minutes to one hour per area of
the body.
IS LASERVASER LIPO RIGHT FOR ME?
If you have uncontrolled diabetes, fluctuating blood pressure, have
history of blood clots, stroke, heart disease and taking aspirin and Coumadin
blood thinners, then you are not a candidate for this procedure.
This procedure is for healthy patients that would like to shape their body
better, for those patients that are frustrated by the resistance of certain
body parts to exercise and diet.
This procedure is done for men and women on different parts of the body
like chin, neck, breast, bra lines, arms, waists, abdomen, pubic areas,
buttocks, thighs, legs, etc.
If you have uncontrolled perspiration of the armpit, then this is also
done to remedy this embarrassing condition. This is done by removing the fatty
tissue underlying the armpit.
FOR QUESTIONS please don’t hesitate to call or visit my office
CONSULTATION IS FREE. There is a special promo of $
1,000.00 OFF for the first area to be removed by lipo. (You can also contact me
if you have questions about Rhinoplasty, Breast Implants and
Blepahroplasty).
