Liposuction

Information

Liposuction is a technique used for sculpturing the body through suction of fats, which requires only small incisions. It was developed in the middle of the 70s of the twentieth century by the French surgeon Dr. Illuz (to whom I had the honour of assisting personally several times in St Louis hospital in Paris).

This technique is based on the fact that the number of fat cells in the human body does not change with weight variations, but the very cell gets bigger. Thus when a number of cells are sucked out of a certain body area they do not regenerate and in that way the new body shape is preserved.

Here is the place to mention that it is impossible to suck out all fat cells from a certain area because there is a layer of fat tissue, the so-called useful fat tissue, which should be preserved and also that it is impossible (and not recommended) to suck out more than 2-2.5 litres of fat tissue per session, because there is a danger of electrolytic disbalance of the body.

Because of the above-mentioned facts we come to the following conclusions:

• Liposuction is not an intervention aiming at reducing the weight of the patient, but shaping and sculpturing of the body!
• In some cases when suction of bigger quantity of fat is required, in order to reach the final result more than one session is needed.

We do tumescent liposuction as well as laser assisted and ultrasound assisted liposuction.

Besides you should know that:

• The final result comes after 2-3 to 4 months after the intervention.
• It is necessary to wear special tight compressing garments minimum 1 month after the operation- 24 hours a day!
• Liposuction is not a method for losing weght after which you can eat everything in huge quantity, because even if you do not put on weight on the treated areas after uncontroled eating you will put on weight on the rest of the body, which leads to the perception that the fat tissue has moved from one place to another- something that is absolutely impossible.

On the days following the intervention there is a probability of dark spots and swellings on the treated areas, but the spots fade away within several days and the swellings- within several weeks.

The pain after the operation is light and resembles the pain when bruised - it can be relieved with the usual painkillers.