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Is Tickle Lipo Performed in Hawaii?

asked 1 year ago by kushun44 in hawaii
Latest answer by Kris M. Reddy, MD, FACS
Question viewed 263 times
Tags: doctor referral, tickle

7 answers to Is Tickle Lipo Performed in Hawaii?

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Tickle Lipo: simple explanation

Tickle liposuction is a modified power assisted technique that instead of an in-and-out uses a rotational movement of the tip similar to the tip of your finger drawing a small circle. It reportedly vibrates at an infrasonic frequency that stimulates the same nerves that are responsible for pain and tickling. This results in a tickling sensation for some patients.
Otto Joseph Placik, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon
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Tickle Lipo

Tickle Lipo is a marketing term. Consult with board certified plastic surgeons, and choose the one with experience, expertise, and understanding of your needs. The ASPS website is a good starting point.
Kris M. Reddy, MD, FACS

West Palm Beach Plastic Surgeon

www.drkrisreddy.com

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Tickle lipo

Tickle lipo? Is this like a tickle me Elmo?  Beware of marketed name brand liposuction.  I would find a surgeon who does standard liposuction with tumescence or vaser or power assisted. 
Steven Wallach, MD

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon
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The surgeon is more impoartant than the name of the tecnique when having liposuction.

Tickle lipo, Smart lipo, Cool Lipo, Vaser Lipo, EUA lipo, Power assisted lipo, Waterjet lipo. Pick an experienced board-certified plastic surgeon and look at their results. The surgeon performing the liposuction is a lot more important than the latest in marketing technologies that may be performed by someone who just learned "tickle lipo" last week.
Francisco Canales, MD

Santa Rosa Plastic Surgeon
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How many different names can we make for the same basic procedure.

Dear Kushun No doubt some enterprising plastic surgeon will be offering this procedure in your area.  However, please be aware that a new name does not imply a new or better procedure.  "Tickle Liposuction" is a marketing term of art designed to suggest a kinder, gentler form of liposuction.  However, since 1985 dermatologists have been performing the most "gentle" form of liposuction called tumescent liposuction with microcannulas.  This form... more
Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MD

Los Angeles Oculoplastic Surgeon
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Tickle liposuction

Tickle liposuction is a branded name for a liposuction technique.  It appears to use the PALS technique, a vibrating tip on the end of a liposuction tube.  PALS is widely used. As you will hear from many of the doctors answering these questions, it is far more important to research the surgeon than the branded technique. For procedures performed under purely local anesthesia with no sedation, despite what many patients are told, there is no "tickling"... more
Brent Moelleken, MD

Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon
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For liposuction choose the surgeon before the technology

There are a number of techniques used for liposuction, many of them with brand names and advertising and PR campaigns. However, most of the docs on Real Self will tell you that the most important thing in getting a good result and having a comfortable experience with lipo is to choose an experienced surgeon.
Richard Baxter, MD

Seattle Plastic Surgeon

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