Liposuction (LS) is firstly the sucking of fat out of your body. From here forward, there are variations and opinions on what way, which catheter, approach to anesthesia etc. etc.
Let's start out with the
anesthesia. You may either put someone under general anesthesia or do tumescent
anesthesia. The former is obvious. Using a gas, you're put to sleep throughout
the process. The pros are that you will feel nothing initially, but afterwards
there is quite severe pain. The second and many distressing fact is that 95% of
all adverse side effects, including death, have all occurred under general
Anesthesia!! The reason is simple. Most Plastic surgeons who do it under
general anesthesia do multiple procedures or multiple fatty areas all at one
time. And all Physicians realize that the more procedures you do under general,
the higher the risk.
Now Tumescent anesthesia. First,
you're awake for the entire procedure. Using Dr Klein's Solution, the area to
be suctioned is infiltrated (filled) with the fluid, which numbs the area, and
then, making use of your preferred catheter (we'll talk more on this later) you
evacuate the fat. You're monitored, just like under general anesthesia but
because the physician can and does talk to the patient during the entire
procedure, you've control of the sufferer. Up until this past year there had
not been a reported death doing this method, but a very careless and cavalier
doctor who used inappropriate drugs during the procedure, after which left the
operating room prior to the end of the procedure, did cause the death of one
patient. Again, In my opinion after reading the case that it was the
inappropriate use of the drugs that killed the individual. So it had nothing to
do with the actual anesthetic solution.
Catheters are just like tackle,
all of us have their very own favorites and swears by their selection, but
actually, there's a specific lure, or catheter, for each specific fish, or area
to be suctioned. There are catheters with vibrating tips, ultrasound tips,
laser tips, oscillating tips (most of which go up and down, and others side
ways.) Others whirl randomly everywhere. And then there are the straight
catheters. I personally use the straight catheters because I believe that you
have the most control - even though it takes a lot longer to do the procedure,
the results, for me, are far superior. Dr Gasparotti, perhaps the most artistic
liposuctionist in the world likes to say, "It isn't the catheter that
counts, but the man (woman) holding the catheter". I agree.
So when would you chose
liposuction over Lipodissolve? In my opinion the answer is, when there is a
large volume of fat to get rid of, multiple areas that need addressing, when
the patient wants everything done at the same time, and in the love handles in
males as well as the knee areas in both women and men.
LIPODISSOLVE (LD), RAPID LASER
LIIPODISSOLVE AND HIGH DEFINITION RAPID LASER LIPODISSOLVE
Lipodissolve is the injection of
Phosphatidyl Choline (PC) directly into the fat. PC is a natural derivative of
the soybean. Unfortunately, there has been freelance writers who have, out of
ignorance, claimed that we don't know how it works. We do know! The PC works by
inducing the cell membrane to reverse its polarity so that as it does,
microscopic holes are produced in the cell membrane. We call this a
"Zwitterionic defect". The cell membrane disintegrates, the
triglycerides (that is what fat is made of) are released and the body turns
them into diglycerides. The body breaks these down one step further to
mono-glycerides and finally to free-fatty-acids. This is what the body uses as
energy. So essentially fat is stored energy, and also the PC breaks down those
fat stores in specific areas and turns them into energy. This can be a
permanent loss of fat in the areas injected. I like to say that it's
"chemical liposuction".
Rapid Laser Lipodissolve is all
of the above, plus we add three sessions of a cold laser for the areas being
injected. This causes more destruction of the fat cell membrane along with a
more rapid resolution to a thinner you.
High Definition Rapid Laser
Lipodissolve is the final addition to these non-invasive ways of losing fat. In
addition to all of the above, we add in a hormone injection that aids in the
dissolution of fat. In our studies not only did it appear to enhance the weight
loss in the injected areas, but also (as has been established over a long
time,) helps with the resolution of subcutaneous fat in the whole body.
LIPOCAVITRON
This can be a patented French
machine that utilizes low frequency Ultrasound to dissolve the cellulite. The
low frequency ultrasound is at 27 KHz, which is just above the hearing for a
human and it painlessly dissolves the fat beneath the surface of the skin. In medical
terms the fat is "cavitated". In essence, ultrasound transducers are
applied to the skin with a gel interface and you lie there for about 30 min.
The drawback to this is that it takes about 10 sessions to see a really good
result. Typically the skin is much smoother and the dimpling is greatly
reduced. The positives are that there is absolutely no discomfort whatsoever,
and it is completely noninvasive. For the best results, the ten sessions should
occur on the one-month period. The transducers can be applied to just about any
kind from the body.
