Instead, the driving force for UAL media hyperbole and the public's passion for anything high-tech. When there is money to be made, entrepreneurs are not reluctant to use deceptive anecdotal information to convince prospective customers of the benefits of a new product. Until proven otherwise it is prudent to suspect that the risk of internal or external ultrasonic-assisted liposuction do not outweigh the purported benefits. The following are excerpts only. Find the complete statement in your library .
Tumescent liposuction is currently the standard of care for surgical fat removal.
This technique has proven to be effective and safe, and has been employed worldwide by physicians since its development by dermatologic surgeons in the mid 1980s. Ultrasonic liposuction, originally developed in Italy, was introduced into the United States in 1996. This approach, which involves the use of rapidly vibrating cannulas to liquify fat, was initially proposed as an alternative to tumescent liposuction. The primary drawback of this technology, heat production, dictates that it be performed in a wet environment such as that produced by the tumescent liposuction technique. Initially, ultrasonic liposuction was promoted as a method that produced better skin retraction and less bleeding than traditional liposuction.