Who are ideal candidates for liposuction?
Non-smoking patients who have reached their ideal weight and cannot lose more, who have an elastic skin and a well muscular tone are ideal candidates for liposuction. These patients generally have fat accumulations disrupting their body contour, which cannot be corrected with dietary measures of exercising. Liposuction will be the ideal solution in this case.
What are the risks of a liposuction operation?
Undergoing a liposuction operation is a personal decision to give. You should consult to your physician and make a risk-benefit assessment to decide about undergoing a liposuction. Anesthesia-related risks, bruising, changes in skin sensation, damage to the vascular, neural and abdominal organs and asymmetries, contour irregularities, edema, delay of wound healing and emboli are among the risks posed by liposuction.
How should I get prepared for a liposuction operation?
You should stop smoking at least 4 weeks in advance of a liposuction operation. Consumption of food supplements or vitamins containing blood thinners and multi-vitamin pills containing Ginseng, Gingko Bilbao, CO-enzyme Q etc., herbal products like green tea, linseeds, cherry stalk and tomato seeds etc. and all weight-loss products should be stopped 10 days in advance of the operation.
How is the healing processes after a liposuction operation?
You need to wear a corset specially designed for the application areas. This corset shouldn’t be taken off for 6 weeks. You can have a shower with your corset on and you can dry it using a hair dryer. We advise lymph drainage massage to help the post-surgery edema to relieve and to minimize contour irregularities.