Liposuction
- Liposuction (body liposuction) is the process of sculpting and redefining the body.
- It is performed for patients who have excessive amounts of fat in certain areas of the body, through which fat is removed in these areas (abdomen, hips, flanks, back, thighs, arms, neck and chest) and body contours are drawn.
- This operation is performed to improve the shape of the body and not to reduce weight primarily, and it is not performed in the case of a BMI greater than 35.
When is liposuction performed?
- It is performed to remove fat from areas of the body that did not respond to diet and sports (stubborn to disappear), such as:
- Abdomen.
- The arms.
- Characteristics.
- Legs.
- Noon.
- Chest (such as gynecomastia in males, or breast reduction in females).
- Hips and thighs.
- Chin and neck.
- After liposuction, the skin reshapes itself and takes the new texture of the areas that have undergone liposuction.
Anesthesia
- The surgery can be performed under local or general anesthesia, according to each case.
The stages of the surgery
- The surgeon injects a sterile solution into the area where the liposuction will be performed. This solution consists of fluids that help remove fat, anesthetic medication to relieve pain (lidocaine), and adrenaline medication that helps constrict blood vessels and reduce bleeding.
- Then the surgeon makes small holes in the skin and a cannulas is inserted into these holes and the excess fat is removed from the body.
The duration of the surgery
- The operation lasts several hours depending on the amount of fat that will be removed, and the patient stays in the hospital for 24 hours for observation.
Post-operative advice
- Some pain and swelling may occur after the operation, it is treated with simple painkillers and some antibiotics prescribed by the doctor to prevent infection.
- Corsets may need to be worn for several weeks depending on the doctor’s prescription.
- The result of the surgery appears after about several weeks, as the area will appear less massive, more graceful and aesthetic, and the results will last long as the person maintains his weight.
