Tumescent Liposuction - A Safe Way Of Fat Removal

Everybody is afraid of a surgery. How much pain does it cause, how much damage. Will the outcome be worth paying the price? This is especially true when it comes to cosmetic surgery, when the operation is done for aesthetic reasons only. Here you want to be sure that the outcome is perfect.

Most of us have seen a liposuction on television already. The doctor rams a needle into the body and sucks out the fat of the body. It doesn’t look gentle and it isn’t. That’s the traditional way of doing liposuction but there is a better way of doing it.

That’s why many look for less invasive ways of surgical fat removal. One of these ways is so called tumescent liposuction. It is known today as the safest liposuction.

Compared to the traditional way of doing this surgery, tumescent liposuction is superior. The results are much better. There is less blood loss for example because much less damage is done to the tissue. Beside of that, for the traditional method a full anesthesia is needed but for the tumescent liposuction a local anesthesia is sufficient. These reasons made the tumescent liposuction to the most requested liposuction surgery today.

How does tumescent liposuction work? Basically it is not much different to the traditional method beside the fact that during the surgery a lot of fluid is injected under the skin. If one liter fat is going to be removed than about three liters of fluid are injected. The liquid consists of saline, lidocaine and epinephrine. It shrinks the capillaries and reduces blood loss that way.

Once the fluid has caused quite a swelling the fat is removed by the inserted cannula. Since the fluid has caused the swelling, there is much more room now for the needle to do its work.

After a tumescent liposuction you are quickly back in business. You can go back to work after three or four days already. The pain after the surgery can easily be suppressed with pain killers.

Beside of the liquid it is the same surgery, just yielding into much better results. The only negative side effect is that the tumescent liposuction takes a little longer than the normal liposuction. The extra time is needed to insert the fluid and then to suck it out of the body slowly afterwards.

There are common side effects like with any surgery. You may experience swelling and pain of course. There will be scars and some numbness. All these things should disappear after a few days to weeks and no longer bother you. Beside of that there are other typical complications for a liposuction. Your doctor has a list of all possible outcomes. Beside of that, tumescent liposuction is known to be very safe nowadays.