Tumescent Liposuction- The Secret to Body Shaping With Local Anesthetic

Dermatologists have now discovered the secret to body shaping using only local anaesthetics. With the Tumescent Liposuction technique, liposuction is now quicker, safer with much less pain, bleeding and a shortened recovery time. Now body shaping is easier than ever and can be safely performed at your local dermatology clinic. While traditional liposuction is done under general anaesthesia with the patient completely unconscious, the Tumescent Liposuction technique uses the powerful local numbing agents, lidocaine and epinephrine, to provide complete local anaesthesia while the patient is alert and awake. This makes it possible to receive body contouring and beauty treatments in the same in-office visit.

Here is how Tumescent Liposuction is performed. Large volumes of diluted local anaesthesia is injected into the fatty layers between the skin and muscle, in the desired area causing the layers to swell and firm. This firming action allows doctors to access these areas with more precision and ease with less pain and discomfort for the patient. Due to the injection of the anaesthetic solution, profound localized capillary shrinkage also occurs minimizing surgical bleeding, bruising and swelling. Fat is then suctioned using small suction tools creating tiny chambers where the fat has been removed. These small chambers then collapse filling in the spaces after surgery leaving the desired improved contour.

Since there is no need for intravenous sedatives, narcotic analgesics, or general anaesthesia, the Tumescent technique has eliminated the greatest dangers and complications associated with the older forms of liposuction by using smaller more precise instruments which require fewer incisions. This results in less bleeding and bruising leaving you with much more freedom to continue your daily lifestyle than any form of liposuction before. The Tumescent Liposuction technique usually provides at least 24 hours of significant postoperative analgesia. You will never leave your in-office visit in pain.

The best candidates for Tumescent Liposuction treatments are patients who are 20 percent or less overweight or for those with resistant or problem areas of fat that won’t respond to diet and exercise. Treatment is not recommended for severely obese patients. Healthy patients in good physical condition and who have some form of daily exercise resulting in good muscle tone respond best to Tumescent Liposuction treatments. Daily exercise and following a calorie-controlled diet will offer patients enhanced results. Smoking will lengthen recovery time and healing

Tumescent Liposuction is considered very low-cost compared to other liposuction techniques depending on the Doctor, location and size of treatment. You can return to work within 48 hours of treatment. You will be able to return to your normal workout routine within 2-4 weeks of your procedure. It also requires less bandaging. Only a special compression cloth worn for a short period of time after the office visit is needed. Full results are seen between 1-3 month versus 3-6 month with traditional liposuction. Ask your local Dermatologist more about Tumescent Liposuction treatments. There you will learn more about the risks and benefits of body contouring as well as diagnosis and treatment of the skin, hair and nails.