Liposuction

Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery - Houston, Texas

Liposuction is a surgical technique that improves the body's contour by removing excess fat from deposits located between the skin and muscle. Liposuction involves the use of a small stainless steel tube, called a cannula (from the Latin word for reed, tube, cane). The cannula is connected to a powerful suction pump and inserted into the fat through small incisions in the skin. Fat removal is accomplished as the suction cannula creates tiny tunnels through the fatty layers. After surgery, these tiny tunnels collapse and thus result in an improved body contour.

Liposuction is the most commonly performed plastic surgery procedure. It is ideally suited to eliminate bulges of fat from different areas of the body with minimal scarring and quick recovery times. When done properly it is easily tolerated and very safe. Although the amount of weight loss is not remarkable, because the fat is taken from targeted areas, the changes in body contour can be dramatic.

The body has certain places where it stores prefers to store ‘slow burning’ fat. This varies from individual to individual. These bulges of slow burning fat give the figure its particular shape, whether it be an ‘hourglass’ or a ‘pear’ figure. Unfortunately, if you don’t like these bulges, they can be hard to get rid of as they are ‘slow burning’ fat. Even with diet and exercise, you will probably lose weight in other areas before you lose those bulges.

Fortunately, liposuction targets these areas specifically. Once the fat producing cells in those areas are eliminated or reduced in number, the body starts storing fat in other areas. In this way, the body contour is changed.