By Pier Montague

Cosmetic surgery is a very strong industry throughout the world, no matter if the economy is booming or if it's suffering from a recession. In the USA, liposculpture continues to be a popular treatment, with upwards of half a million Americans getting treatments each year. Many mistakenly think that this is the main place for such a treatment, but in fact, it's become very popular and widespread in other parts of the world, including Japan and China. Men are also stepping up the table in large numbers to improve their appearance. In this article, we will give an overview of the surgical procedure that will be helpful to anyone interested in learning more about liposculpture.

The whole point of getting liposculpture is to remove fat from the body and improve the appearance of the body in general. Liposculpture treatments can be used to work with a wildly diverse list of body parts and areas, from the face to the knees to the arms and legs to someones abs or buttocks. (Note that while treatments can be done on the face - known as facial liposculpture - this is actually not recommended any longer by many doctors as other forms of cosmetic enhancement can work with the face better - and safer.)

Whether we are working with the thighs or the abs, many of the bigger details are the same though, and will work the same way no matter what area is being worked on. It starts off with the patients body receiving very small cuts - called incisions - into which tools are inserted that perform the fat sucking techniques. These cuts can leave visible, if light, scarring on the patients body. Because of this, most of the time doctors are able to place them in the hidden folds naturally present in the skin.

The cannula is carefully moved through the patients body. Once positioned correctly, it disrupts the fat cells and then sucks them out! This is probably the most well know part of the surgery, and it's not so far off a metaphor to imagine this happening similar to how a vacuum cleaner pulls dirt from the carpet. Note though that while a patient may wish it not to be true, the most fat that can be safely removed maxes out at about 10 pounds!

While that figure might not sound like a lot, note that the less advertised, post-surgery work will make things better. After removing the fat, the cannula is taken out and the doctors get to work on the skin itself, smoothing it and tightening it to improve it's appearance. Because of this, the doctors can make it appear that more than 10 pounds of fat was removed!

As long as it stays safe and relatively affordable to the middle and upper class, cosmetic surgery is going to stick around as a mammoth industry. It's likely that the details of the surgery might scare some people and that's understandable. Being at the receiving end of a surgeons knife is never a pleasant experience. However, if you can focus on the outcome of liposculpture it'll make the path towards getting there much more bearable!

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