How Does Abdominal Etching Work?

I know ab etching involves lipo, but how does it differ from traditional liposuction?

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Abdominal Etching or Liposculpture

Men want to have and show off their abdominal muscles in Los Angeles! Sometimes exercise and dieting is not enough. Liposcupture thins out the abdominal skin so that you can see the definition of the underlying muscles. Obviously, if you do'nt have muscles under the abdominal skin, then you will not show any abdominal definition. Abdominal eching carves areas of fat under the skin to create what appears to be muscle definition. Although this sounds great in theory, in reality it does... more

Abdominal etching is not all that it's cracked up to be!

Abdominal etching is nothing more than using the liposuction cannula right under the skin to give the appearance of muscular definition. Even in the best of hands, it looks manufactured and most often appears uneven with contour irregularities. Lipousction is best performed deep within the subcutaneous tissues so that you avoid these problems. On occasion, surgeons will do a very small amount of etching in the midline above the belly button which can look natural, but again... more

Abdominal etching with liposuction

Abdominal etching is controversial. Some doctors do it with very nice results, but it involves very superficial and aggressive liposuction decreasing the fat in linear areas so that the skin almost sticks down to the underlying muscle. It can create a problem with not enough blood flow to the skin and risk development of an ulcer and eventual skin scarrring. There could even be long term soreness from the scarring holding the skin down in the creases.

Abdominal Etching is an art among liposuction experts.

Abdominal Etching can look fabulous with the right patient and right doc doing the procedure. Most docs can't give you a six pak if you don't have the bulging muscles and thin skin to start with. Modifying the fat layer takes an artist's eye. Sincerely, David Hansen,MD

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Abdominal Etching Is A Modified Liposuction Technique

Abdominal etching is the application of a modified liposuction technique to selectively remove linear strips of abdominal fat. This causes the overlying skin to indent which will then appear like the inscriptions of the underlying abdominal muscles creating the 'six-pack' look. This liposuction technique is done exactly the opposite of traditional methods in which an even layer of fat removal is sought to avoid any irregularities or indentations. Etching... more

ABDOMINAL ETCHING, HI-DEF LIPO, 3D LIPO and Liposuction

In the marketing craze to disinguish and exploit each modification from "Liposuction" the term "traditional liposuction" was introduced. The connotation is that it is old-school, superseded, old-fashioned, obsolete,bygone etc. In fact, ABDOMINAL ETCHING, HI-DEF LIPO, 3D LIPO etc are just mild modifications of "traditional tumescent liposcution" in which the Plastic surgeon EITHER brings out and unveils the underlying muscle appearance giving the person a... more