Laser Liposuction Surgery

The latest in surgical fat removal or lipoplasty is laser liposuction. The use of a laser has several advantages over the traditional method which uses a needle to suck out the fat cells under your skin.
The surgery is done under a local anesthesia. The cosmetic surgeon first inserts a little cannula under your skin. After the laser has done its work the surgeon can suck the fat out through this cannula.
A laser liposuction surgery can take anything between 30 and 120 minutes depending how many different areas are treated. The laser allows quicker working and a less invasive removal of the fat cells. The energy of the laser melts the fat cells which the can be removed with the cannula.
A little less than $1,000 is the cost of laser liposuction but only for small areas. Spreading over a large area such a surgery can quickly cost up to $10,000.
The advantage with laser lipo is that it can be used for many different areas of your body. There are popular areas like the thighs and the stomach area but there are also more sensible areas which are great for the laser like the neck, arms or even the face.
The use of the needle in the traditional liposuction causes more damage to the surrounding cells than the laser. The needle sucks the cells out of the body while the laser is melting the cells.
For this reason the laser has become more popular. Today laser lipo is the most popular cosmetic surgery procedure and performed a thousand times every month. Demand for surgical fat removal, which is also known as lipoplasty or liposculpture, is steadily increasing.
Statistics show that over hundred thousand liposuctions are done every year. Liposuction surgery has become a safe way for fat removal. The new method of laser liposuction is no exception but the statistics also show that it is not an effective long-term method of losing weight.
Best success is achieved if less than 10 pounds of fat are removed. The risks of a skin or issue damage and a large blood loss increase with the amount of fat removed. Another problem is the elasticity of the skin.
For best success you should be in good shape and in good health condition and only remove fat in limited amounts.