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Tumescent liposuction is a technique that provides local anesthesia to large volumes of subcutaneous fat and thus permits liposuction. While the suctioned fat cells are permanently gone, after a few months overall body fat generally returned to the same level as before treatment. [1] This is despite maintaining the previous diet and exercise ...
Tumescent anesthesia is a surgical technique for delivery of local anesthesia. It also makes the target tissue firm and turgid from absorbed water, which can aid certain procedures. It was originally devised for use in liposuction, but has since been applied to other surgical situations, including plastic surgery, burn care, and vascular surgery.
Liposuction, or simply lipo, is a type of fat-removal procedure used in plastic surgery. [1] Evidence does not support an effect on weight beyond a couple of months and does not appear to affect obesity-related problems.
Fat removal procedures are used mostly in cosmetic surgery with the intention of removing unwanted adipose tissue.The procedure may be invasive, as with liposuction, [1] or noninvasive using laser therapy, radiofrequency, ultrasound or cold (cryoablation or cryolipolysis) to reduce fat, sometimes in combination with injections.
She said she decided to get liposuction 360 — named for its full-circle method of targeting the abdomen, sides, and back — a year and a half ago, explaining she wanted to “invest in myself ...
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The abdomen is inflated with carbon dioxide gas to facilitate visualization and, often, a small video camera is used to show the procedure on a monitor in the operating room. The surgeon manipulates instruments within the abdominal cavity to perform procedures such as cholecystectomy ( gallbladder removal), the most common laparoscopic procedure.
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