Liposuction Surgery Procedure

You will receive particular instructions about how to prepare for your liposuction surgery before going for your surgery. This will include particular instructions on eating and drinking, smoking, taking or avoiding certain medications and vitamins.

Liposuction surgery may also be postponed, if you develop a cold or an infection. Some surgeons recommend you have blood drawn prior to your surgery in case there is a need for it during or after the surgery.

Following the liposuction surgery procedure you should also make sure there will be a relative or friend available to take you home and be available to look after you a day or two after you have been discharged from the clinic or hospital.

Place Where Liposuction Surgery Is Performed

Often, Liposuction is performed in the surgeon’s outpatient centre or in a hospital. Procedures involving smaller volume liposuction are often done in an outpatient centre, this helps minimise cost and is more convenient for may people.

A night's stay in hospital is usually required for liposuction surgery procedure involving large volume of fat is removed, or if the liposuction is being performed alongside another procedure.

Anaesthesia Types That Are Used In Liposuction Surgery

There are different types of anaesthesia that may be used for liposuction surgery procedures. You should discuss these with your surgeon to decide which will provide the safest and most efficient comfort during your liposuction surgery.

Local Anaesthesia

If only a small amount of fat and a smaller amount of body sites are to receive liposuction surgery, it may be performed under local anaesthesia. This will numb the areas affected.

Some patients prefer to use local anaesthesia in combination with sedation to allow them to feel more relaxed whilst the liposuction surgery procedure is taking place. An epidural block is a popular choice for more extensive procedures.

General Anaesthesia

Many patients prefer a general anaesthesia, particularly those who are having a large amount of fat removed. An Anaesthetist will be present throughout the liposuction surgery procedure to make sure you are asleep during the procedure and there are no complications relating to the anaesthetic.

Duration Of The Liposuction Surgery Procedure

The duration of the liposuction surgery procedure depends upon the size of the area to receive liposuction, the amount of fat that is to be removed and the type of anaesthesia that is to be used.

There are several techniques used to make the procedure easier whilst enhancing the outcome to improve the outcome of the liposuction surgery procedure.

The liposuction surgery procedure itself involves ensuring localised deposits of fat are removed and one or more areas of the body are re-contoured. Through an incision in the skin, a narrow cannula or tube is inserted and used to vacuum the fat layer sitting quite deeply beneath the skin.

To break up the fat cells and suck them out, the tube or cannula is then pushed and pulled through the layer of fat. A vacuum pump or large syringe provides the suction action. The surgeon will repeat this procedure on each site if you are having many sites treated. The incisions are kept as inconspicuous as possible.