Not sure SmartLipo has advantages

John LoMonaco, MD answers: Liposuction vs. SmartLipo - which is better?

I have been to two doctors, one wants to do smart lipo and one is a plastic surgeon and said smart lipo is not as good and performs only traditional liposuctions. How can I decide which is the best choice?


John LoMonaco, MD
5 months ago

Now that most practitioners are ending the "SmartLipo" procedure with regular old lipo to remove the liquified fat, I'm trying to figure out why that's better than just doing standard tumescent lipo to begin with.

I have yet to see convincing photographic results to show that SmartLipo produces more favorable skin tightening tahn standard lipo.

Without doubt, the technique has been insanely marketed and hyped up before there has been any meaniingful data to support the claims.  In my community, very few (if any) board-certified plastic surgeons use it. 

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