Tumescent Liposuction in Beverly Hills & Los Angeles

Tumescent Liposuction was popularized in Los Angeles in the 1970’s. Currently, Tumescent Liposuction remains the most common, and the safest, method of liposuction used in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles. The term “tumescence” refers to the swelling and firming of fatty tissues by the means of infusing fluid into the tissue. First, tiny incisions are made over the areas to be suctioned; then, the area is infiltrated with a salt water (saline) solution that contains an anesthetic (Lidocaine) and adrenaline which reduces blood loss and bruising. This reduction of blood loss through the shrinking of capillaries has been a great advance, enabling Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeons to remove much fat with minimal blood loss. Tumescent liposuction involves infusing the areas to be suctioned with a solution that equals two to three times the amount of the fat and fluid that will be suctioned out. In the Super-Wet technique of liposuction, however, the tissues are infused with an amount of fluid that equals the fat and fluids that will be suctioned. Super-wet involves the us

e smaller amounts of, or no, Lidocaine, thereby reducing the risk of Lidocaine toxicity.

Once the area has been sufficiently plumped up, the cosmetic surgeon removes these fat cells through the insertion of a liposuction cannula, a tiny wand like instrument that suctions and removes the loosened fat cells via a high-power suction machine. The fat then glides through transparent vacuum-like tubes as fat and fluid are suctioned from your body. Because of the fluid loss, you need to be monitored carefully by an experienced anesthesiologist who can balance your fluid intake and output throughout the procedure.

UAL- Ultrasonic Assisted Liposuction- Fat cells Explode with Ultrasound Energy
There is nothing arbitrary about this process. A skilled Liposuction specialist, like a sculptor, has to use his sense of sight and touch to assess the areas of fat buildup and to contour and sculpt these areas into an ideal form. It also requires a great deal of arm movement and exertion by the plastic surgeon, as he or she both suctions and sculpts. The tumescent liposuction technique has a low complication rate in and of itself, yet is also used as preparation for other kinds of liposuction techniques.

Liposuction for men in Los Angeles- Beverly Hills male liposuction

Liposuction in Beverly Hills is one of the most popular plastic surgery procedures for men. Los Angeles men want to have the toned body and to look and feel their best. Liposuction and liposculpture enables Beverly Hills men to get the chiseled body that they can’t just get with exercises or dieting. Liposuction removes excess body fat from areas that is hard to get rid off, such as the flanks, “love handles”, abdomen, back, chest, and neck. As men age, their bodies also change. The changes that men observe with aging are in part due to the change in the hormone levels, such as Testosterone, as well as their metabolic rate. This, along with change in activity level can dramatically affect how and where men accumulate body fat. While some men gain weight around their waist, others accumulate fat within their abdominal viscera, and yet some gain fat in their chest and thus develop male breasts- Gynecomastia. In Beverly Hills and Los Angeles Gynecomastia is a taboo that is seldom talked about, while it has become an epidemic in aging men. Liposuction combined with micro-excision of breast gland is the preferred plastic surgery technique for the treatment of Gynecomastia.

Liposuction Techniques for Men in Beverly Hills
The most prevalent liposuction technique used by plastic surgeons in Beverly Hills is tumescent liposuction which can deliver great refinement and contouring of the male body with minimal side effects or complications. Other techniques such as UAL (Ultrasound Assisted Liposuction), Smart Lipo, Lipo Zap, and Laser Liposuction have recently been introduced that have questionable benefits over Tumescent Liposuction.

Liposuction Recovery for Men in Beverly Hills
Most men take off about a week after having had liposuction of abdomen in Beverly Hills. Liposuction of the chest for Gynecomastia has a similar recovery course. During this week men are able to move around and maybe work from home. They have to wear a post-surgical girdle or abdominal binder for up to six weeks, but this does not limit them from being active. In fact, I recommend my patients to start exercising as soon as they feel like it. I have found that early activity, and massaging of the liposuctioned areas, helps achieve the optimal results.

What happens if you gain weight after Liposuction?
Because liposuction removes the majority of the fat cells from the area that had been liposuctioned, such as the abdomen, if a man gains much weight, it tends to more so accumulate in other areas which had not been liposuctioned, such as the buttocks or thighs.

What is the most frustrating dilemma for men who seek liposuction in Los Angels?
While some men accumulate their excess body fat around their abdomen, and specifically in their subcutaneous tissue (under the skin); other store most of their fat in their gut or abdominal viscera. The fat that builds up in the abdominal viscera or gut can not be liposuctioned. Excess visceral fat gives men the appearance of having a “bear belly”. Only an experienced Board Certified Plastic Surgeon can adequately evaluated you to determine if the majority of your abdominal fat is located in the subcutaneous tissues or it is internal and thus can not be liposuctioned.