Who are the best candidates for Liposuction?
The best candidates for liposuction are in good health and have realistic expectations of what liposuction can accomplish. Liposuction can provide a good candidate with a significant improvement, but it is unlikely to achieve perfection. A good candidate usually has one or more localized accumulations of fat that can be removed by liposuction. There is no definite age or weight limit for patients who are good candidates for liposuction. Many liposuction patients are of average size but are concerned about localized accumulations of fat. People who are overly obese or those that have serious medical problems are not good candidates for liposuction. Liposuction is not a good treatment of obesity. Liposuction is not effective, even as a last resort, for people who are unable to lose weight by dieting and exercise. Obese patients almost always regain the weight that is removed by liposuction unless there is a dramatic reduction in calorie intake (by dieting) or a significant increase in ca
The ideal candidates for liposuction are physically healthy patients with pockets of excess fat in localized areas who are psychologically stable and realistic in their expectations. The best results are achieved in patients with good skin tone and quality that allows their skin to conform to the new body contour.
Both men and women can benefit from liposuction. There are no absolute age limitations for liposuction, but as the skin becomes looser, either through age or through repeated pregnancies, it is less likely to return to its previous shape. It is important to remember that liposuction is not a treatment for obesity. It aims to mould the body into a more pleasing shape. How is liposuction performed? Depending on the size of the area to be treated and the amount of fat to be removed, liposuction is either performed in our office or in an outpatient surgery center. The areas for fat removal are marked and the sites for the injection of the injecting solution are numbed with local anesthetic. Tiny (1/2″ or less) incisions are made, in inconspicuous areas, and the injecting solution, which is a dilute mixture of local anesthetic and epinephrine in saline, is injected into the area to be treated. A small blunt hollow tube, the cannula, is inserted into the skin openings and the fat is broken u
