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Liposuction, also known as lipoplasty ("fat modeling"), liposculpture suction lipectomy or simply lipo ("suction-assisted fat removal") is a cosmetic surgery operation that removes fat from many different sites on the human body. Areas affected can range from the abdomen, thighs and buttocks, to the neck, backs of the arms and elsewhere.

Approximate Costs, Prices, and Fees for Liposuction Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery

Liposuction costs and pricesTumescent Liposuction costs depend on the number and size of the areas treated. Prices also vary in different parts of the country and from doctor to doctor.

Dry liposuction

The dry method does not use any fluid injection at all. This method is seldom used today.

Wet liposuction

A small amount of fluid, less in volume than the amount of fat to be removed, is injected into the area. It contains lidocaine as a local anesthetic, adrenaline to contract the blood vessels and thus minimize bleeding, and a salt solution to make it saline, like bodily fluids. This fluid helps to loosen the fat cells and reduce bruising. The fat cells are then suctioned out as in the basic procedure.

Super-wet liposuction

In this method, the infusate volume is in about the same amount as the volume of fat expected to be removed. This is the preferred technique for high-volume liposuction by many plastic surgeons as it better balances homeostasis and potential fluid overload (as with the tumescent technique). It takes one to three hours, depending on the size of the treated area/ areas. It may require either IV sedation as well as the local lidocaine, or complete anesthesia.

Tumescent liposuction

Tumescent liposuction is the precursor of wet liposuction. The surgeon injects a solution containing a local anesthetic and vasoconstrictor (often lidocaine and epinephrine respectively) directly into the subcutaneous fat to be removed. The volume of fluid creates a space between the muscle and the fatty tissue allowing more room for the cannula. Despite a potentially large total volume of local anaesthetic injected into the tissue, absorption by the body is spread over 12–36 hours because of the vasoconstrive effect, and systemic toxicity from lidocaine is rare.

Laser assisted liposuction

Laser assisted liposuction which uses thermal energy to affect lipolysis has involved either of the Erchonia or YAG powered devices.

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