If you have decide for a cosmetic surgery then you have probably two problems. The first one is the surgery itself. Every surgery has risks which could probably even be fatal. The second problem is that you are doing the surgery for aesthetic reasons. So the surgery must also deliver aesthetic results beside the medical ones.
Most of us have seen a liposuction on television already. The doctor rams a needle into the body and sucks out the fat of the body. It doesn’t look gentle and it isn’t. That’s the traditional way of doing liposuction but there is a better way of doing it.
There is an option to make this surgery much safer and less invasive. It is called tumescent liposuction and beside the safety it has a couple of other advantages.
Compared to the traditional way of doing this surgery, tumescent liposuction is superior. The results are much better. There is less blood loss for example because much less damage is done to the tissue. Beside of that, for the traditional method a full anesthesia is needed but for the tumescent liposuction a local anesthesia is sufficient. These reasons made the tumescent liposuction to the most requested liposuction surgery today.
How does tumescent liposuction work? Basically it is not much different to the traditional method beside the fact that during the surgery a lot of fluid is injected under the skin. If one liter fat is going to be removed than about three liters of fluid are injected. The liquid consists of saline, lidocaine and epinephrine. It shrinks the capillaries and reduces blood loss that way.
This fluid causes a swelling and when the needle is inserted to remove the fat cells, the doctor has much more room to operate and causes less damage.
After a tumescent liposuction you are quickly back in business. You can go back to work after three or four days already. The pain after the surgery can easily be suppressed with pain killers.
There is one disadvantage of tumescent liposuction but it is something you can neglect. The surgery takes a little longer than without the fluid because inserting the fluid and removing it slowly after the surgery just takes its time. Beside of that it is the same surgery, just with better results.
There are no special side effects of tumescent beside the ones you experience with any other surgery. These are bruising, swelling, scars, pain or numbness for example. All these effects should go away from alone after a while. There are other complications and your doctor will have a complete list of all possible negative outcomes. However, today liposuction is considered to be very safe.