Dan wants to lose his love handles and the fat in his stomach. Having his wife nearby gives him support. Colette will have liposuction on her waist and back. For Dan, the big reason he's comfortable with his decision is that his downtime is only two days. For their procedure, Abergel uses a technique that he calls external sound wave liposuction.
Short waves penetrate the skin and warms the fat.
As fat gets warmer, it's easier to remove. Colette and Dan remain awake with only a local anesthetic. Colette's skin is punctured with a small instrument called a canula. Abergel says the canula causes far less trauma to the body. Paitents show a lot less swelling and bruising.