Types of Liposuction
Liposuction procedures vary depending on: the location of fat to be removed, the type of fat, the goals of the patient and the plastic surgeon's recommendation. The most important step in choosing a liposuction procedure, is first visiting your plastic surgeon. With the many medical advances, you now can choose a non-invasive procedure using lasers or even ultrasound energy.
- Laser-Assisted Liposuction: In this laser-assisted technique, fat melts using a concentrated laser beam light which starts to break down your fatty tissue with less inflammation, less bruising and less bleeding.
- PAL (Power Assisted Liposuction): Moving quickly, a mechanical cannula extracts fat with smaller incisions and a more precise and shorter surgical experience.
- SAL (Suction Assisted Liposuction): A traditional method using a small cannula attached to a pressurized vacuum.
- TCAL (Twin Cannula Assisted Liposuction): With twin cannulas in one, this mechanical method removes most of the labor on your plastic surgeon's part. There is no burning and less scarring when using the twin cannula.
- Tumescent Liposuction: With tumescent fluid injected into fatty tissue, your plastic surgeon uses a cannula to suction out the fat while your blood vessels contract resulting in less blood loss and less bruising.
- UAL (Ultrasonic Assisted Liposuction): Unlike lasers and suction, ultrasound energy stimulates the fatty tissue's cells causing them to rupture and liquefy and then get extracted. Smoother, more efficient and less traumatic than other procedures.
Using our Liposuction Guide below, get the skinny on liposuction and find out the benefits and risks. Discover the parts of the body where you can get liposuction as well as browse before and after photos of liposuction patients.