LIPOPLASTY

In lipoplasty, lipo-aspiration is the most sought procedure in the plastic surgery field. It may be performed on several parts of the body: trocantheric region, hips, abdomen, waist line, internal region of thighs, interior region of knees, arms, double chin, amongst other regions of the body. The age recommended for the surgery is after adolescence, when growth process ends. Lipo-aspiration is not to treat obesity. The patient has to be with his/her weight within the normal range. It is a surgery to treat located fat!

Anesthesia may be local, with sedation or peridural, and the surgery lasts 1 -3 hours as an average, depending on the extension of the areas. The internment lasts from 8 to 24 hours. It may be performed within the clinic or in a day hospital, depending on each case.
Since the incision is small (less than one centimeter), the scar generally remains hidden under a natural fold. As pré-surgery, routine lab tests are demanded. In the post-surgical the bandage protecting the scar has to be kept for a few days. Generally a elastic band is used for containing.

A five-day rest is needed for a good recovery, and light physical exercises may be done after 30 days, and after 3 months the patient is free for sun exposure. However, everything depends on the region where lipo-aspiration was performed.
Lymphatic drainage is performed as a complementary treatment to allow to speed the recovery and improve the circulation status, so reducing swellings.

There is lipo-aspiration and lipo-sculpture. Lipo-aspiration consists in removing located fat. Lipo-sculpture, on the other hand, involves two procedures: in a first moment, the plastic surgeon aspirates fat and afterwards he/she uses part of the removed fat to fill depressions of the body shape.
Lipo-aspiration is currently the most sought method in Brazil and in the United States for those who need to have a rapid improvement of his/her look. The method removes located fat in a rapid and efficient way. However, be careful! It should be done by a plastic surgeon because he/she has specialized skills to do it, which gives you higher safety.

In the lipo-sculpture you may remove that ‘small fat’ which upsets you around your trocantheric region, and replace it within your buttocks, for example. Or even, to use the removed fat to fill expression wrinkles around the mouth, also known as Chinese moustache. The injected fat is mostly absorbed by the body. The absorption varies according to each patient’s status, but the procedure may be repeated up to the desired result is reached. A five-day relative rest is demanded during the post-surgery period, but the patient may return to the work from the third day of the recovery period. A very special caution should be taken with areas where fats were injected in order to avoid pressures and to minimize reabsorption effects. After 30 days, it is already possible to resume physical exercises and, in three months, the patient is free to receive direct sunlight. Scars are minimal. In order that scars (5 to 8 mm) become unperceived, plastic surgeons use to make the incisions on existing natural folds of the body. Results give wide satisfaction to patients, so increasing their self-esteem.

These directions may vary, depending on each patient conditions.