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Why is Vaser liposuction risky for removing some types of belly fat?
asked 8 months ago by anon
Latest answer by Vivek Bansal, MD
Question viewed 210 times
Tags: belly fat, complication, reasons, risk, visceral fat
Is it safe to surgically remove this fat? Can it be done? How?
3 answers to Why is Vaser liposuction risky for removing some types of belly fat?
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You would have to be more specific. We remove a great diversity of fat and the only unsafe fat would be fat in a hernia. That fat we would like to leave where it is.
Vivek Bansal, MD
Danville Plastic Surgeon
Danville Plastic Surgeon
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Vaser for belly fat
Abdominal wall fat can be divided into superficial (just below skin), mid layer fat and deep fat -next to the muscle layer. Furthermore behind the muscle wall there is visceral fat which also can protrude if the muscle tone is weak.
Any liposuction obviously only can be used for the fat in the front of the muscle wall, we cannot suck out fat inside of the abdominal cavity - this is not safe.
Most surgeons prefer to work on mid layer fat and some of the deep fat,...
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Vaser is safe for belly fat liposuction (just not the intra-abdominal fat)!
Liposuction of any type (Vaser, SmartLipo, PAL, or "regular" liposuction, liposculpture, etc.) in the belly area treats fat beneath the skin and above the abdominal wall (muscle and fascia). Not every smooth-skin protruding abdomen is appropriate for liposuction, since in SOME patients the fatty bulge is due to intra-abdominal mesenteric and omental fat, not a thick subcutaneous layer.
The subcutaneous fat layer appropriate for liposuction is only one type of fat, and Vaser is...
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