Laser assisted liposuction

Laser Assisted Liposuction is one of the new techniques for liposuction. It has been popularised in Europe, China, and Japan but only recently in America. Compared to traditional liposuction, laser liposuction has its pros and cons. This article is to give a balanced view so as to assist the reader in making informed choices about laser assisted liposuction.

Advantages of laser assisted liposuction

One obvious benefit of laser liposuction is the increased rate of recovery. Patents using this technique can cut to one to two days of recovery time and decreases blood loss during the procedure. It is quite common for patients to return to their homes after a short period of rest. For some, they can even return to normal activity with only small discomfort. In some of the cases the subject was requested to wear a compression garment for a week.

More importantly, laser assisted liposuction also reduces the post-operative pain. This means you have to go through less pain, which I think is what most people will want to avoid. The reason is because laser assisted liposuction only targets the "yellow material", or fat, in the body, allowing the body to absorb up to 500 mL on its own without any suction.

Finally, laser assisted liposuction can have the positive effect of tightening the skin. Patients need not have to worry about going through other procedures to tighten the excessive skins that are bought about by the liposuction. Less operations mean less money and less pain.

Disadvantages of laser assisted liposuction

Laser liposuction is not really suited for large surface areas. Too large an area would mean a more intense laser with longer duration, which could result in the skins being burnt. This means people with large layers of fats need not apply. For this group of people, having a healthy diet and regular exercise is a better way to go. For laser assisted liposuction, it is more suited for the following:

* chin liposuction
* neck liposuction
* facial liposuction
* tumescent liposuction

The other disadvantage of laser assisted liposuction is its costs. This is the result of new technologies and new processes. New equipment have to bought and training has to be conducted for these new procedures. All these will drive the initial costs high. However, I expect the cost to come down over time and this disadvantage might not be relevant in a couple of years.

Conclusions

Laser liposuction is not a the cure-all solutions to all your obesity problems. In fact, I recommend that healthy people only consider this procedure to remove fats in difficult areas. Please remember that despite our advances in technology, operations still carry certain amount of risks. Hence, to repeat, only if you have a well balanced diet and exercise regiment but has a couple trouble spots that won't disappear, then the ideal solution would be laser assisted liposuction.