What Can You Expect from A Dermatologist While Going for Liposuction?

Liposuction is a process conducted by reliable skin specialists in which excess fat deposits are removed from the specific areas of patients’ bodies to reshape them and make them look slimmer than before by improving the body contour and proportion.

Given below are the expectations that you can have from this fat removal surgical procedure:

1. Before Liposuction Procedure

First of all, before starting the liposuction procedure, your skin specialists may mark fine lines of small circles on your body regions that need to be treated. In addition, they also initially take your pictures to compare your results by watching before and after images.

However, there are several further types of liposuction procedures like

1. Tumescent liposuction

2. Ultrasound-Assisted Liposuction (UAL)

3. Laser-Assisted Liposuction (LAL)

4. Power-Associated Liposuction (PAL)

5. Suction-Assisted Liposuction (SAL), and many more.

The type of liposuction procedure you need depends on the specific technique utilized. Your dermatologist will select the most appropriate type of liposuction for you primarily depending on

• your treatment goals

• the area of your body to be treated

• determining whether you have had any previous cosmetic procedures in the past or not.

2. Expectations during the liposuction procedure

A few liposuction procedures may need local or regional anesthesia, which means giving anesthesia to any specific limited area of the patient’s body. While on the other hand, some other liposuction techniques typically require general anesthesia, which includes inducing a temporary state of unconsciousness to the region where the surgery is to be conducted. Moreover, sometimes a skin specialist may also give a sedative, mainly through an intravenous injection, to help you stay relaxed and calm during the surgery.

Then after anesthesia induction, the surgical team generally monitors your blood pressure, blood oxygen level, and heart rate throughout the liposuction procedure. If you are given local anesthesia by a dermatologist beforehand and still feel pain during the surgery, immediately tell your surgeon to prevent further complications. Your motions or medications may somehow need some adjustments.

The liposuction procedure may proceed and last up to several hours of a day, primarily depending on the area to be treated and the extent of fat removal required.

3. After the liposuction Procedure

After having passed liposuction surgery, you may expect some swelling, pain, or bruising to some extent. However, your skin specialist may prescribe a few medications and aftercare tips to help control pain and feel better. In addition to that, a surgeon may also suggest antibiotics to reduce the risk of any skin infection significantly.

Moreover, your concerned dermatologist may sometimes leave your incisions open and temporarily place a few drains to promote fluid drainage. In such a case, you generally need to wear some tight compression undergarments for a few weeks to help reduce swelling soon.

Also, you may have to take leave from your work for a few days or weeks before resuming your previous routine activities, even including exercising. Additionally, you may expect a few contour irregularities during the entire recovery period as the remaining fat tends to settle into its appropriate position.