WebMD discusses liposuction and tummy tuck options for women after childbirth as well as patients interested in achieving a more firm mid-section especially for beach this summer season. In Newport Beach plastic surgeonexperts offer a wide range of facial and body contouring procedures designed to meet an individual’s unique aesthetic needs.
Tummy tucks can be done immediately following childbirth but the results will never be as good as if one waits 6 months to a year after childbirth. Immediately after childbirth the uterus is still enlarged and most people have some extra weight on them from pregnancy, both of which will prevent the optimal abdominoplasty result. If a woman were to get an immediate tummy tuck following childbirth, they will almost certainly have some recurrence of loose tissues (skin and abdominal muscles) due to shrinking of the uterus over 6 weeks and the usually weight loss most women experience over the next 6 months to a year after childbirth. For patients in Newport Beach cosmetic surgeon of the abdomen performed too soon after childbirth will prevent maximal tissue tightening due to the extra volume of the uterus and subcutaneous fat. Should this happen, a revision may not even provide an equally optimal result as compared to Orange County tummy tuck after the patient’s body reaches a steady state or new baseline.
Liposuction (or suction lipectomy) by definition is the removal of subcutaneous fat by the mechanism of negative pressure (or suction). Therefore any variation on the theme is purely an additional mechanism to assist the basic technique. Any technique that does not remove the fat via liposuction is not a variation of liposuction, but a different technique entirely.
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In Los Angeles and Orange County liposuction and liposculpture refer to the same technique that requires the infusion on fluid that contains epinephrine to help control bleeding and lidocaine to control discomfort. The fluid also assist the fat to flow through the cannula more easily. Liposculpture is actually the same as liposuction, though some have come to use the term to refer to liposuction meant to fine tune the physique.
Liposuction techniques do vary in terms of the amount of fluid pre-injected prior to the suctioning out of the fat, the most common of which is named the “Super-wet” technique. Liposuction can also be done under local anesthesia (awake) or general anesthesia(asleep) depending on how many areas and patient/surgeon preference. Contact your local tummy tuck and liposuction specialists to learn more about these figure enhancing procedures.
