Liposuction blog posts and news

SmartLipo Finally Reaches Northern Idaho

Spokane's KREM 7 News reported on SmartLipo, the alternative to traditional liposuction, which uses a tiny laser inserted under the skin, causing fat cells to rupture and melt.

Dr. Kevin Johnson, a surgeon and owner of Reflections Medical Spa in Coeur d'Alene, explains on the HealthLink segment that "SmartLipo melts the fat and rejuvenates the skin over the fat, with very little bleeding or bruising."

Although Dr. Johnson is the only Coeur d'Alene SmartLipo provider, another SmartLipo provider in Spokane is listed at the Inland Aesthetic Institute.

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NYC Derm Promoting New SmartLipo Dual Wavelength Laser

New York city dermatologist Bruce Katz, MD announced in a press release on June 16, 2008 that his Manhattan clinic has been chosen to debut a new version of the SmartLipo laser lipolysis device which integrates an additional wavelength known to be effective for skin tightening.

Combining the two wavelengths (1064 nm and the 1320 nm ) is supposed to improve the SmartLipo device's capabilities for fat liquefication and skin tightening.

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Men And Plastic Surgery - Who'd Have Thunk?

If you have a man around you right now, would you ask him a question? Ask him this:

Do you think you would ever have cosmetic surgery?

I asked this question of my husband, and he gave me one of "those looks" - you know the one. While my guy (and maybe yours?) thinks that cosmetic plastic surgery is strictly for women, more and more guys are choosing to have a little work done.

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New Jersey Men Demand "Man Boobs, Be Gone!"

According to the Hackensack Record, New Jersey plastic surgeons are reporting a noticeable increase in popularity of plastic surgery among men.

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Smart Lipo Invades Britain

The buzz is picking up in the UK about the laser liposuction treatment Smart lipo. 

The Times just interviewed Mr Ayham Ayoubi from the Hurlingham Clinic in London  According to the reporter, Mr Ayoubi "is a pioneer of Smartlipo in Britain" and incorporates Velashape in the body contouring treatment to "eliminate fluids and improve skin texture."

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Why VASER Liposuction

People are really working on perfecting liposuction, the most popular cosmetic procedure. A new variant is called VASER liposelection, and it is for people who really want their bodies defined and sculpted, not just their fat removed.

For men it's "love handles," women it's "saddlebags" and the "tummy pooch." Microcannular liposuction is now the standard of care. And it is done under local anaesthesia.

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Smart Lipo Studies Don't Show Better Results, Says Wall Street Journal

There I was on the airplane this morning reading a copy of the Wall Street Journal that had been donated to me by the guy next to me, who probably did not read the first article that drew my attention: "Body of Evidence: Popular Laser Treatment to Remove Fat Draws Skepticism." I can't give you the link to the article, because you have to be a subscriber to read it online, but I will summarize it for you:  SmartLipo is merely a marketing ploy to get people interested in liposuction again. This from the editor of the monthly Journal of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery.

Apparently, patients have been avoiding liposuction in droves for less invasive treatments, especially since traditional liposuction involved general anaesthesia. So some surgeons have thus invested in a Cynosure laser, which melts the fat and allows it to be sucked out through smaller tubes. However, yet another form of lipo, tumescent lipo, can also be done with a local anaesthetic and -- because it's on closeout because it's not this year's model (just a joke)--can be thousands of dollars cheaper. 100% of our readers thought tumescent liposuction was worth it, too.  In contrast, 74% of our community members thought SmartLipo was worth it.

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"Voyeur" Plastic Surgery

Has anyone else seen this show "Dr. 90210"? I tuned in the other night, in the interest of better serving realself readers. There was a young woman on there -- a mother of two, but she was probably no older than 25. She was asking the doctor for liposuction . . . but she had no fat to lose!

This girl was slender -- when the doctor went to gently pinch the fat around her tummy, there was maybe a centimeter's worth. Regardless, the doctor agreed to do the lipo. What the heck? Why? How funny; the website of the surgeon, Dr. Rey, states "Dr. Rey is concerned about the integrity of the plastic surgery industry."

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