Risks From Tumescent Liposuctions
Written by Jake Gadlin on August 17th, 2008Nobody likes to have surgery, not even a cosmetic surgery. But we all want or need the results. A surgery can always cause damage and the outcome may not be as desired. If it comes to a surgery that is done for cosmetic reasons only, then you want to be sure that the results are perfect.
The most popular cosmetic surgery today is a liposuction. A needle is inserted under your skin and then the cosmetic surgeon is removing the fat quite ungently. If you have seen the procedure on television already, you won’t feel safer for your body yet.
There is an option to make this surgery much safer and less invasive. It is called tumescent liposuction and beside the safety it has a couple of other advantages.
The advantages of tumescent liposuction are clear. Much less blood loss, a much faster recovery time and it just requires a local anesthesia instead of a full one. The procedure allows a fat removal with much less tissue damage and is therefore the number one technique in liposuction today.
Why is tumescent liposuction better? There is not really much of a difference but the one thing that is done differently is responsible for the good results. It is the liquid that is injected into the body that makes the difference. The liquid consists of lidocaine, epinephrine and saline and results in a slower blood circulation because the capillaries shrink.
The liquid is responsible for a swelling. This gives the needle much more room to operate and to remove the fat with less damage to the tissue.
Once the surgery is finished, you recover more quickly. Usually it just takes less than 4 days to recover enough to go back to work. There is pain of course but it is not that big that it causes troubles.
Beside of the liquid it is the same surgery, just yielding into much better results. The only negative side effect is that the tumescent liposuction takes a little longer than the normal liposuction. The extra time is needed to insert the fluid and then to suck it out of the body slowly afterwards.
There are no special side effects of tumescent beside the ones you experience with any other surgery. These are bruising, swelling, scars, pain or numbness for example. All these effects should go away from alone after a while. There are other complications and your doctor will have a complete list of all possible negative outcomes. However, today liposuction is considered to be very safe.
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