Before talking about the harm of liposuction, let’s talk about what liposuction actually is.
Liposuction is the process of removing excess fat that accumulates in some parts of the human body such as the abdomen, waist, hips, belly and legs, which disturbs the patient a lot, disrupts the proportion of the body and causes a decrease in self-confidence. It is a surgical treatment. The previously broken down fats are removed from the body with the help of suction.
Liposuction is not a weight loss operation but a regional thinning surgery . It offers a solution for stubborn fat deposits that don’t go away for a long time despite regular diet and exercises. Thanks to liposuction, the excess fat cells in the area of the body where there is fat accumulation can be removed and visible thinning may be achieved. Removed fat cells do not come back; However, if the person does not pay attention to his/her lifestyle, diet and sport and gains weight again, the remaining fat cells grow in volume and fat accumulation occurs in these cells. As a result, regional fat deposit and unwanted irregularities in body proportion may occur again.
So, what is the main side effect of Liposuction, which allows people to get rid of these stubborn fat deposits that they cannot get rid of by providing regional thinning?
As in every surgical procedure, liposuction surgery can have some side effects if they are not performed by experienced and well specialized doctors in this field. For example, if more fat than necessary is removed from the patient’s body obvious damage may occur.
Those who consume cigarettes and alcohol a lot and diabetic patients are not suitable for this surgery. Since the recovery process may be late in these groups of patients, complications may be experienced after the operation. For this reason, if the treatment is made to the people who are not suitable candidates for liposuction, difficult recovery processes and infection risks may await the patients after the procedure.
Likewise, patients over the age of 60 and people with active infections in the skin tissue are not suitable candidates for liposuction surgery. Again, if liposuction is applied to these people, they may experience complications or some other risks.
In addition, birth control drugs, blood thinners, aspirin and similar medicines, herbal drinks such as green tea, and all drugs and vitamins used for different reasons may cause risks such as embolism and bleeding during the operation. They should be stopped by the patient at least 4 weeks before the operation. It is very important to tell your doctor about all regularly used vitamins and drugs before the operation.
At the same time, the experience of the doctor in this field matters, because it is important to reduce the risks of the operation. Other than these, slight swelling and bruises seen after liposuction operations are short-term and temporary side effects of the procedure.
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Does Liposuction Surgery Have any Risk?
If you ask whether liposuction surgery is risky, our answer is that it is as risky as any other surgery. Of course, since liposuction surgeries are performed under general anesthesia, they carry a little risk. There is a certain difference between the classical liposuction surgeries performed in the past and the Vaser liposuction surgeries, which are frequently preferred today, in terms of their risks.
Serious and vital risks such as embolism and clotting, which are found in classical liposuction surgeries, which are no longer preferred, are not found in Vaser liposuction surgeries, which are more popular nowadays.
Likewise, the possibility of bruising, bleeding and edema after Vaser liposuction surgeries is much less than in classical liposuction surgeries. The reason why all these risks are less in Vaser liposuction is that Vaser, an ultrasonic device, is used in these surgeries. Thanks to this ultrasonic device, only fat cells are intervened during liposuction surgery. No intervention is made to affect other surrounding tissues.
Vaser ultrasonic liposuction device breaks up fat cells that stay together into smaller pieces, making them easier to remove from the body. During this whole process, the nerves and tissues around the fat cells that will be broken down are not interfered with. The risks of liposuction surgery are almost non-existent, especially if it is performed by a doctor who is experienced in this field.
Can Liposuction be Performed with Local Anesthesia?
Whether liposuction can be performed with local anesthesia varies according to the width of the area where the liposuction will be applied and the amount of fat that needs to be removed. In small areas such as the tickle and the inside of the legs where the amount of fat is low, that area can be anesthetized with local anesthesia and liposuction can be applied easily. However, it is much more convenient to perform the operation under general anesthesia for the comfort of the patient and for the healthy liposuction procedure in areas where fat accumulation is high and the application covers a wider area such as the abdomen, hips, hips and waist regions.
Likewise, if there is unwanted fat accumulation in more than one area of the patient’s body or if a combined application is to be performed according to the patient’s needs, it would be more appropriate to perform the operation under general anesthesia. Although liposuction may seem like simple surgery, they must be performed by experienced and professional doctors in a full-fledged hospital. It is very important that the person who will provide the anesthesia in liposuction operations is an expert in his/her field.
Is Liposuction Painful Surgery?
The question of whether liposuction is painful is one of the questions that people who are afraid of liposuction often wonder. Since liposuction operation is performed under local or general anesthesia according to the width of the area and the amount of fat to be removed, the patient does not feel any pain or pain during the actual treatment. After liposuction surgeries, it is normal to have a slight pain and bruising in the area where the surgery has been recently done. However, this pain is not too strong for the patient to bear. Thanks to the mild painkillers recommended by the doctor, the patient can spend this period very comfortably and return to his daily life easily.
Is There any Risk of Death while Liposuction?
There are no serious and vital risks for Vaser liposuction, which is popular and frequently performed today. In the past, in classical liposuction, there could be serious life risks such as embolism or coagulation problems; however, thanks to the Vaser device, which is an ultrasonic device used as the latest technology, only the accumulated fat cells are targeted during the surgery. The Vaser device breaks down these fat cells and allows them to be easily removed from the body in smaller pieces. While doing this, it only targets fat cells and does not harm the nerves or tissues around the cells. In this way, all vital risks in classical liposuction surgeries are eliminated. Of course, as in all surgical operations, the risk of liposuction depends on if the person performing the surgery is a specialist, is a specialist anesthesiologist is experienced and the surgery is performed in a full-fledged hospital.
In Which Situations Liposuction Does not Work?
Whether the liposuction works or not depends entirely on the attitude of the person after the surgery. With liposuction, the fat cells are targeted. These fat cells are broken down and removed from the body and there is no increase in the number of fat cells in the body after liposuction surgeries because these cell numbers are constant in the human body.
However, if the patient does not pay attention to the nutrition and sport after the liposuction surgery, the fat cells remaining in the body begin to expand and fill up after the treatment. After a while, regional fat accumulations and an uncomfortable appearance may occur again in the body. In this case, the previously performed liposuction process becomes useless and loses its function.
If the patient wants the stable and long lasting effect after liposuction, he/she has to pay attention to the diet and follow the specific diet for the rest of life.
