Liposuction

Surgical procedure that has as purpose to eliminate the accumulation of fat on different areas of the body, like those of abdomen, back, hips, waist, etc.

It is ideal for people with an excellent skin quality, corporal located fat without abdominal flaccidity, since this it is a procedure that tends to create some cutaneous flaccidity.It doesn't improve the grooves, on the contrary it is not advisable in patients with great quantity of them. It doesn't work on the muscles of the abdomen, reason why the patient should be placed in a plan of postoperative exercises that improve the muscular tone.

Presurgical Evaluation

In the first interview the surgeon will evaluate in the patient the corporal areas that the patient wants to improve, obtaining a percentage of corporal fat and clarifying ahead of time that this procedure can never be classified as a treatment for obesity.The conditions of the skin, the capacity of retraction, the existence or not of grooves and the tone of the skin will also be evaluated.

The patient will express his/her current health condition, illnesses suffered, medication taken to the moment of the evaluation, mainly the drugs that alter clotting properties like the corticoides, aspirin, Vitamin E, etc.

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Area manipulated by the procedure

Surgical Procedure

It is a surgery that can be carried out most of the cases in ambulatory form, the anesthesia used is epidural, general and in selected cases local plus sedation depending on the volume of fat to be extracted. The average duration is approximately 3 to 4 hours.

The basic technique consists to place a solution to moisturize the adipose tissue through minimum and perfectly camouflaged incisions and with an aspiration machine extract the fat of the areas marked pre-surgically , being careful with the uniformity of the worked areas, this fat can be discarded or collected to be placed in different parts of the body like the glútes or trocantéricas or where; in opinion of the Surgeon and of conformity with to the patient it is necessary.

When concluding the procedure the patient will be dressed with a post-surgical strip previously made to their measure.

Post-Surgical

The post-surgical strip that has been placed the patient will be used permanently during an average of three weeks, during the first 24 to 48 hours it is normal that through some surgical wounds drainage of a bloody liquid is presented, which is normal and should not present problems to the patient.

It is important to follow the medical recommendations to take the medications for the pain and the inflammation, the use of local cold in form of ice or compresses above the medical strip, After the fourth day local heat should be placed, with some substance that helps reduce soreness as magnesium sulfate. It is important to try to walk the first day of the surgery, to take normal baths, trying to be careful with hot water to prevent burns in the skin.

The patient will be able to notice that during the first days of the surgery her figure is not what was expected and it is possible that clothes will not fit and should dress ampler clothes, this is normal until the 15th day when the patient begins to lose size in a quick manner, possibly something of weight, until the fourth month and then on the loss is slowed down.

It is recommended to have massages and ultrasound therapy by qualified personnel starting from the fourth day after the surgery.

Time needed to remain in Cali.

7 days.

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Before-and-after liposuction surgery pictures

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