Following a liposuction procedure, patients must wear a specially designed garment to aide in recovery. This garment is also known as a compression garment, and is essentially snugly fitting clothing worn in the area that was treated. It may be an undershirt, pantyhose, a girdle, or a sports-style bra. It is used to help with [...]
It’s been a while that liposuction has been the top way to get rid of fat. No other cosmetic surgical treatment has been considered as effective and safe, despite the side effects that normally come along with an invasive procedure. But there is something that could give liposuction a run for its money. The hottest [...]
The baby boomer just can’t face the fact that his generation has ended. He was the great white hope of a generation meant to do great things. And now, if those great things haven’t been achieved…. Well he’ll just have to make his generation last that much longer so he has time to find his [...]
On Sept. 20, 2007, Krista Stryland, a lovely, vibrant, 32 year old professional woman, tragically went into cardiac arrest immediately following a liposuction procedure. Peri-operative death in cosmetic surgery in general, and liposuction surgery in particular, is such a rare occurrence that the knee-jerk reaction is to assume that someone caused it. The focus right [...]
If you could do nothing but stare at Demi Moore’s abs with contempt and jealousy in her last movie, I have good news. You too can get them with a little lipo. Well, we don’t actually know if it was a little liposuction since the Associated Press just reported that she has spent more than [...]
Lipodissolve is another method of liposuction that supposedly melts fat, much like Smartlipo. In 1995, the Brazilian dermatologist Dr. Patricia Rittes developed Lipodissolve to target areas on the body resistant to exercise and diet. Unlike the laser based device of Smartlipo, Lipodissolve uses Phosphatidylcholine, medicine which is injected into the fat of the target area [...]
The CelluBike is a contraption that supposedly helps the body shed cellulite naturally, without surgical means. Much like an exercise machine, the user simply rides the “bike”, which has infrared lights to focus on target areas, for a specific period of time everyday until the desired results are noticeable. The infrared lights are used to [...]
There’s an even easier way to get rid of those stubborn fat deposits. Traditional methods of liposuction, make way for the Smartlipo LaserBodySculpting Workstation manufactured by Cynosure. Approved by the FDA in November 2006 and sometime later by Health Canada, Smartlipo is the newest technique in the field of liposuction today. Smartlipo is a kind [...]
While too much fat is bad for your health, not to mention contributes to an undesirable appearance for most people, where the fat is located should also be considered when assessing one’s health. Fat near your internal organs, called visceral fat, is considered far more dangerous than what is subcutaneously located (under the skin). Sure, [...]
Rarely do the celebrities of TV talk about having undergone a cosmetic procedure. Sure, there are shows about it, but it’s always about other people getting it. Until now. British TV host, Louis Theroux, has followed a surgeon’s advice to undergo liposuction in order to remove his love handles and fat deposits in his stomach. [...]