I am not a fan of SmartLipo. I have not seen a single peer reviwed study that shows the advantage of Smartlipo vs. Other lipo. I do use traditional (tumescent lipooisuction) I also use Power assisted liposution for more ease for the physician and less trauma to the patient and recently I troduced vaser to my practice. The vaser is a form of unltrasonic lipo that works for fibrous fat in areas like the back and it is alos excellent for gynecomastia for laser skin reduction where skin contration ncan also be helpful.
Liposuction, is the most commonly performed surgical procedure each year in the United States. Here’s a statistic that you may not have heard: the majority of physicians performing liposuction in the United States are not plastic surgeons; in fact, many do not have any formal surgical training whatsoever. It seems hard to believe, but many physicians performing liposuction have had no more training in liposuction than a ‘weekend course’.
I fear that some practitioners view liposuction as a ‘simple’ surgery, since it does not involve making large incisions, and it requires little, if any, suturing. Nothing could be further from the truth. Liposuction, in my mind, is a very challenging operation that requires careful planning and preparation, and a great deal of care and finesse when it is actually performed. It requires a three-dimensional understanding of the layers of human anatomy, an understanding that is second nature to a surgeon alone.
I think that it is often an inadequate understanding of anatomy (and, perhaps, of the body’s response to surgery) which leads to the poor results in liposuction and body contouring that unfortunately are so often seen.
Liposuction can be performed with either local anesthesia or general anesthesia. The important thing to ask is whether or not your plstic surgeon has hospital privileges. Without them, a patient many not be able to me admitted to the hospital if a concern or complication arises. Hospitals have access to information the general public does not. If a hosptial will not gtant priileges to a physician that may be cause for concern
