Although the fundamentals of liposuction are one and the same, the procedure has advanced itself in many ways, especially by being used with other advanced techniques to make liposuction extremely safe, reliable, painless, and effective. The following are the main techniques of liposuction: • Fundamental Basic Technique – The basic underlying premise of liposuction involves removing extra fatty deposits from your body through suctioning. During liposuction, small, thin, and blunt tubes are inserted into tiny incisions made through the skin. Then, the unwanted fat is suctioned out through the tubes that target specific areas under the skin. This is the basic idea behind almost all liposuction techniques. • Tumescent Technique – This involves the basic technique although the only difference is that local anesthesia (lidocaine and epinephrine) is applied to large areas of fat in order to minimize pain. Liposuction NOT using local anesthesia is called a ‘Dry’ technique. • Wet Technique – This involves applying local anesthesia although on a smaller scale than the Tumescent technique. • Ultrasound-assisted Liposuction – This technique applies ultrasound waves to the fat in order to liquefy them, making the fat much easier to remove after suction is applied. • Smartlipo Triplex – This is a laser-assisted liposuction system brought to the market by Cynosure and is a well-known technique that safely sends laser energy in order to heat and liquefy fat before being removed by liposuction. • Waterjet-assisted Liposuction – This is where a slightly-pressurized stream of water (saline) is used to loosen the fatty deposits making for easier and gentler removal by the suction. There are other liposuction techniques but these aforementioned techniques are generally the most used and most widely-known. If you’re considering liposuction, make sure to call our Southeast-Michigan based Cosmetic Clinic, Laserduet, at (313) 992-7316 to set up a free consultation with our highly experienced doctors and professionals.