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Liposonix Vs Tummy Tuck?
asked 1 year ago by Velocity Girl in Canada
Latest answer by Raffy Karamanoukian, MD
Question viewed 1,950 times
Tags: abdomen, loose, skin
I've had a consult with a cosmetic surgeon and decided I am not prepared to have surgery to repair the loose skin I am left with after childbirth. She suggested liposonix as a non-surgical alternative, but said I have very little fat to remove. Will liposonix offer any improvement then? The skin seems thicker just under my bellybutton and horizontally across my abdomen from there. Does it really tighten the skin as well as remove fat?
7 answers to Liposonix Vs Tummy Tuck?
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No, Liposonix is only a modality to decrease and disrupt fat cells. There is no evidence that LipoSonix causes any kind of skin tightening. I would recommend thermage, the only FDA approved mmodality shown to work for non-surgical tightening of skin on the body. On the face, ulthera is the best alternative.
Cameron Rokhsar, MD
Manhattan Dermatologist
Manhattan Dermatologist
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Liposonix melts fat but does not replace tummy tuck
Liposonix just got FDA approved for fat reduction in the U.S. Nov 2011. As of Dec. 2011, I'm one of the first U.S. centers to offer the Liposonix, the first FDA approved fat melting device. It uses high-intensity focused ultrasound to cause lysis or destruction of the fat cells. There is no other device that can make this claim in the U.S. It is nonsurgical liposuction, a revolutionary technologic breakthrough. In order to be a candidate for LipoSonix,...
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Liposonix vs Tummy Tuck
Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty) addresses three issues- Lower Abdominal fat, Rectus Diastasis (the separation in the abdominal muscles that usually results from pregnancy), and Lax Abdominal Skin. Liposonix is a new breakthrough technology that will reduce abdominal fat and there is reason to believe that some skin tightening may also occur- but it does not do anything for the abdominal muscles. In my opinion the diastasis repair is what makes a tummy-tuck such a powerful procedure...
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Scott E. Newman, MD
New York Plastic Surgeon
New York Plastic Surgeon
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Liposonix vs. Thermage
If I am reading this correctly, it sounds as if your surgeon said that you do not have any herniation of your abdominal muscles, nor do you have any excess fat over the abdomen, but rather that you have loose skin over the abdomen, not excess fat. One must have at least an inch of fat that we can pinch between our fingers, or there isn't enough fat for the HIFU (Liposonix) to work. So, if it's just loose skin, then you might want to consider a Thermage treatment.
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Liposonix is not an alternative to a tummy tuck
Liposonix, which was recently approved by the FDA in the US, is a completely nonivasive way to reduce localized fat using high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU). Because HIFU causes tissue heating, it is possible that some degree of tightening could occur but that has not been clinically documented. In any case, fat reduction alone with any technique -" smart" lipo, VASER, tumescent, and so forth - does not cause enough skin tightening to substitute for a tummy tuck.
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Liposonix versus a tummy tuck
A plastic surgeon will be able to determine whether the amount of fascial laxity, muscle tone, excess skin, and fat deposition on your lower abdomen can be corrected by a non-surgical method. At this time, Liposonix cannot replace a tummy tuck in terms of fascial tightening, one of the key components of a properly performed tummy tuck.
Raffy Karamanoukian, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
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Liposonix, Vaser Shape, CoolLipo vs. Tumescent liposuction and/or Tummy Tuck
Tumescent liposcution with or without Tummy Tuck remains the gold standard for instant gratification. However, if one is looking for a noninvasive body sculpting procedure without risks of downtime or infection, one may want to pay attention to a new generation of external ultrasound-based fat melting devices such as Liposonix, Vaser Shape, Ultra Shape or external cryosurgical device Zeltiq.
