What is the tumescent technique? What is the difference between super wet and wet?
The tumescent technique involves injection beneath the skin of large volumes of salt water containing lidocaine, a local anesthetic and small amounts of adrenaline, a naturally occurring hormone which shrinks blood vessels. By injecting this solution to the fat prior to performing liposuction, the plastic surgeon numbs the tissues and shrinks the blood vessels thereby eliminating pain and reducing and minimizing bleeding, bruising, and swelling. The tumescent technique permits some patients who were previously treated under general anesthesia to be treated under local anesthesia with sedation. The words tumescent, wet and super-wet refer to the amount of fluid used during the liposuction. If the amount of fluid injected is less than the amount of fat to be removed then it is called the wet technique. If the amount of fluid injected equals the amount of fat to be removed it is called super-wet if the amount of fluid injected is twice or more the amount of fat to be removed, then it is c
