How Liposuction Has Changed Over the Years
In 2020, liposuction was the #1 most popular plastic surgery in the US according to The Aesthetic Society. The procedure is an exceptional way to contour precise areas of your physique and fine-tune the work you’ve already done with exercising and eating healthy. Today, it’s often performed as a minimally invasive surgery, so you get the contouring you want with minimal recovery time.
Like any medical procedure, though, liposuction surgery has come a long way from its beginnings. To give you a better understanding of this surgery and how advanced it has become, let’s take a journey back through the history and evolution of liposuction.
The Early Days
The idea of surgical fat removal was first introduced in the 1920s by a French surgeon named Charles Dujarier. The procedure was unreliable, though, so it didn’t begin growing in popularity until the 1970s when Drs. Arpad and Giorgio Fischer, working in Italy at the time, developed more modern and reliable techniques for the procedure.
Using Fluid in Liposuction
In 1982, a French surgeon named Dr. Yves-Gerard Illouz introduced what he called the “Illouz Method” for liposuction. This was the first version of the surgery that involved injecting fluid into the treatment area to make it easier to break up and remove the fat cells. This was one more step toward the manageable version of liposuction surgery that we have today.
Tumescent Liposuction
Most liposuction procedures today use a method called tumescent liposuction, which was developed and introduced by a California surgeon named Dr. Jeffrey Klein. The procedure involves injecting fluid into the treatment area as in the Illouz Method, but it uses a more advanced fluid called tumescent fluid.
Tumescent fluid is a mixture of lidocaine, saline, and epinephrine. While it plumps and firms the fat to make it easier to remove, this fluid also improves your post-surgery comfort in addition to constricting your blood vessels in the area to reduce bleeding. Overall, tumescent fluid makes liposuction easier to perform with consistently strong results and it makes your recovery time easier.
Band Aid Liposuction
As a double board-certified plastic surgeon, I have a passion for creating exceptional cosmetic results for my patients while keeping recovery time to a minimum. With that goal, I created my unique Band Aid Liposuction.
Band Aid Liposuction uses minimally invasive techniques to remove small bulges of unwanted fat in-office using gentle numbing rather than general anesthesia. The recovery time is about half of what it would be for traditional liposuction, getting you back on your feet and enjoying your results more quickly.
Getting Your Body Contouring Results with Less Recovery Time
If you have small areas of unwanted fat you want to remove, whether they’re on your arms, legs, flanks, abdomen, “double chin,” or other areas, schedule a liposuction consultation today with me, Dr. John LeRoy, to learn more about my Band Aid Liposuction surgery. In the meantime, enjoy more plastic surgery news and tips when you follow me on Facebook and Twitter.
