It differs from past operations for body contouring in that it can be performed with less risk, less scar, less cost, less discomfort and less work-time lost by the patient. Utilizing a high vacuum suction probe, we are able to disrupt the fat cells and then remove them. While not yet a treatment for generalized obesity, this technique is ideally suited for the removal of localized fat deposits. Expanding on the French technique, Dermatologists and other members of the American Society of Liposuction Surgery have perfected new techniques to include fat suction removal of the facial areas including the neck, cheeks and jowls. To understand Liposuction Surgery, you need to have some basic facts about fat.
Fat cells lie beneath the skin in virtually all body areas.
In the adult, it is believed that there is a fixed number of fat cells. A person has acquired all of their fat cells by the time they reach puberty. When you gain weight, the fat cells increase in size, not number, due to their storage capacity. When you lose weight, these fat cells will shrink in size. This means that after weight gain even if one returns to original weight, the body shape may be permanently altered.