How is fat removed from the bulge areas?
A cannula is a hollow tube with an opening near its blunt end and is inserted through small incisions beneath the skin and into the fatty tissue overlying the body’s musculature. This cannula breaks up the fatty tissue creating a honeycombing of the fat. A vacuum pump connected to the other end of the cannula then evacuates the loosened fat cells underneath the skin surface through a series of openings at the tip end of the cannula. The smaller the cannula, the smaller the tunnels and the more even the reduction. The cannulas that Dr. Schafer uses are generally 1.3 to 4.0 mm in outside diameter. In contrast, other surgeons often use cannulas 6.0 mm or larger in size. After surgery, these tiny tunnels collapse resulting in an improved body contour.
