Liposuction is a procedure that can help design the body form by removing excess fat from separate areas, such as: abdomen, hips, buttocks, thighs, knees, upper arms, chin, cheeks and neck. During the past ten years, liposuction, also known as "lipoplasty" or "suction lipectomy," has profit from several new improvements.

Nowadays, a large number of new techniques, including ultrasound-assisted lipoplasty (UAL), the tumescent technique and the super-wet technique are helping many plastic surgeons to give elected patients with more specific results and faster healing times. Don’t forget that liposuction is not an alternate for dieting and exercise. Liposuction is a process of removing obstinate areas of fat that can't be done by usual weight-loss methods.

If you're thinking about a liposuction you have to know basic information about the procedure: when it can help, how it's performed, and how you will look and feel after surgery. You can't have an answer to all of your questions at once, because many things depend on your individual health conditions. Don’t be afraid to ask your doctor everything that is interesting you if there is anything about the procedure you don't understand.

Procedure:	Make better body shape by removing excess fat with a tube and vacuum machine. It can be done by means of the tumescent technique. The purposeful fat cells are infused with solution which contains saline with a local anesthetic before liposuction. It helps to reduce post-operative injuring and tumoring. General fat sediments which need liposuction can be: chin, cheeks, neck, upper arms, above breasts, abdomen, buttocks, hips, thighs, knees, calves, ankles. For larger sediments of fat or for stringy body areas can use an ultrasound-assisted lipoplasty (UAL). UAL is a new technique in which an ultrasound probe is inserted under the skin to " liquefy " the fat before it is exhausted.
Length:	to 2 hours or more. UAL: 20-40 % longer than usual liposuction.
Anesthesia:	Local, epidural or general.
In/Outpatient:	Usually outpatient. Spacious procedures can require short inpatient stay.
Side Effects:	Temporary injuring, tumoring, numbness, pain, burning sensation. Tumescent: short term fluid drainage from incision sites. UAL: Larger incisions for cannula.
Risks:	Asymmetry. Corrugation or bagginess of skin. Pigmentation changes. Skin harm. Fluid holding. Large fluid loss can cause a shock. Infection. UAL: thermal burn injury caused by the heat from the ultrasound machine.
Recovery:	Return to work: 1 to 2 weeks. More vigorous activity: 2 to 4 weeks. Complete recovery from tumors and livid spots: 1 to 6 months or more. Apply of tumescent technique or UAL can decrease post-operative bruising and swelling.
Duration of Results:	Permanent, with rational diet and exercise