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What Happens when Tumescent Lipo is Done to Area w/o Tumescent Fluid Injected?

asked 1 year ago by meganmarie123 in memphis
Latest answer by Thomas Fiala, MD
Question viewed 191 times
Tags: fluid, technique

6 answers to What Happens when Tumescent Lipo is Done to Area w/o Tumescent Fluid Injected?

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Liposuction without Tumescent Fluid

To answer your question about Tumescent Liposuction without Tumescent fluid, it is necessary to clarify the term "Tumescent Liposuction."  In the true meaning of the term, Tumescent Liposuction is liposuction performed by infusing a solution of dilute xylocaine (local anesthetic) and epinephrine (adrenalin) into the fatty tissue without any sedation or other type of anesthesia. The xylocaine provides the anesthesia and the epinephrine constricts the blood vessels, resulting in... more
Richard L. Dolsky, MD

Philadelphia Plastic Surgeon
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Tumescent lipo without tumescence?

Then, it's a form of "dry" liposuction...which tends to have a much higher degree of blood loss, and risk of requiring a transfusion. It's not done anymore, for these reasons, for liposuction of any significant volumes.
Thomas Fiala, MD

Altamonte Springs Plastic Surgeon
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Tumescent liposuction is not tumescent without the fluid

The safety of today's liposuction is owed to Dr. Jeffrey Klein, a dermatologic surgeon, who studied the physiology of liposuction and the anesthetic injections of very dilute lidocaine. The word tumesce means to make firm, usually with fluid. The large volume of dilute local anesthetic helps minimize blood loss so no longer to patients need to have their blood typed and have units of blood availalbe for transfusion as was common in the early 1980s when liposuction was done... more
Ronald Shelton, MD

Manhattan Dermatologist
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What happens if tumescent liposuction is done without tumescence?

If no tumescent fluid is injected then the technique is not "tumescent".  Sometimes, however, some of the suction may extend slightly outside of the region of tumescence and in these cases there is more bleeding and resulting bruising.
Neal Goldberg, MD

Westchester Plastic Surgeon
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What Happens when Tumescent Lipo is Done to Area w/o Tumescent Fluid Injected?

Than it is called "Dry technique". This is the term from the mid 80's, for no fluids injected. Dr. Fournier, France, popularized this for a few years. But the bleeding, excess swelling, pain caused this to be abandoned. Fluid injections using differing formulae and amounts injected have been done for years. There is "Wet", Super Wet" tumescent techniques. DSo I hope you understand now. From MIAMI 
Darryl J. Blinski, MD

Miami Plastic Surgeon
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Tumescent lipo

Your question basically is what if you do liposuction without fluid infusion. Then the area that does not have the fluid added will likely have more bruising and blood loss.
Steven Wallach, MD

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

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