Non surgical liposuction

i am wondering if non surgical liposuction can give the same results as liposuction surgery, but without long recovery (read here bruises last 6 months!). i'd like to get fat taken out of love handles.

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6 answers to “Non surgical liposuction”

A: I wonder what non surgical lipo is?

Ronald Shelton, MD

I wonder what non surgical liposuction is?  Is it an external device that treats the fat to help dissolve it? Is there no invasive technique and therefore, a true non surgical procedure. If so, it shouldn’t be called liposuction. The suction refers to an invasive procedure. A cannula is moved back... more

A: Non-surgical Liposuction can give similar results to Liposuction in thin areas

David Hansen, MD

By nonsurgical liposuction I suspect you mean ZERONA which is a non surgical laser treatment to thin fat areas. It does work but only on thin areas. If your love handles are not too big then it would be a consideration to do @ $2400 for a series of 6 treatments over a 2 wk period. It is totally painless, no... more

A: Never heard of nonsurgical liposuction

Richard P. Rand, MD

 As Dr. Baxter explained, there are maybe some other things you mean but none will give you the result of proprly done liposuction in a good candidate.

A: Liposuction is what you need.

Toby G. Mayer, MD

You will get much better results with liposuction. Even when we remove a large amount of fat the patient goes to work in 3-4 days and the bruising is gone in 2-3 weeks! 

A: what is nonsurgical liposuction?

Richard Baxter, MD

There are a lot of terms being thrown around these days, so when you say "nonsurgical liposuction" you could be referring to several things. One is injection lipolysis, which is related to mesotherapy. This is not an FDA-approved procedure and very controversial. Another is using ultrasound to... more

A: Liposuction is more efficient

Hisham Seify, MD, PhD

The short answer is NO. Non-surgical body contouring techniques could help, but are not as practical as liposuction. Liposuction mechanicaly removes fat from the body and that makes it work better.

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