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What is the Difference Between Smart Lipo and Tumescent Liposuction?

asked 10 months ago by Trishchar in Ohio
Latest answer by Vivek Bansal, MD
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What is the Difference Between Smart Lipo and Tumescent Liposuction?

2 answers to What is the Difference Between Smart Lipo and Tumescent Liposuction?

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Tumescent Lipo

Smart lipo needs a fluid in the fat tissue prior to use. Tumescent lipo is the infiltration of fluid prior, they are competing modalities. You need fluid prior to lipo with Smart lipo, Vaser lipo, Slim lipo, Lipotherme, conventional lipo, and all the rest.
Vivek Bansal, MD

Danville Plastic Surgeon
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Tumescent liposuction describes the anesthesia technique used while performing liposuction, and

Smart Lipo is a technique of performing liposuction in which internal laser treatment is combined with liposuction to improve the skin tightening. Liposuction originally required anesthesia and was associated with significant pain and blood loss. The technique of tumescent liposuction refers to placement of high dose saline anesthesia, with epinephrine and xylocaine, by injection into the area to be treated by liposuction. This enables us to do the liposuction with... more
Michael H. Rosenberg, MD

White Plains Plastic Surgeon

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