Liposuction is dangerous or not?

Liposuction or liposuction is a procedure done to help beautify the body shape by removing fat-unwanted fat in certain areas such as abdomen, hips, buttocks, thighs, knees, arms, cheeks, chin and neck.

The main objective is to improve the form of liposuction that many buried body fat so achieved the ideal body shape and proportion, so liposuction is not to lose weight

Liposuction is also performed for medical indications, such as throwing breast glands in men who have a condition called gynecomastia, dispose of tumors derived from fat tissue (lipoma) or to treat obese patients with fat suction procedure is done many times (serial). But in general liposuction for cosmetic purposes.

The procedure, the doctor will inject anesthetic under the skin, making a small hole in the skin (3-4mm) and inserting a blunt needle in fat tissue to be suctioned. Blunt needle injecting the drug's function is a local anesthetic (tumescent) on fat to be removed.

The procedure can begin the process of local anesthesia, regional or general anesthesia if needed. After waiting for 15-20 minutes, a new liposuction done. Performed using a suction cannula (vacuum-suction cannula), which is a blunt air pipe diameter of about 4 mm (for drinking straws) which digerak-motion back and forth in order to suck out the fat body.

Once the desired shape is achieved, suction was stopped. Operation is completed, a small hole in the skin will be sutured with 1-2 sutures, the skin is just so used for only 4-5 mm. Once the action, the fat is allowed a maximum of 2000 ml aspirated (2 liters). More than that posed risks will be greater.

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