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Tumescent Liposuction Vs. Liposuction Surgery
What's tumescent liposuction and how's it difft from normal lipo?
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ALL liposuction IS SURGERY, and Well Done liposution always is tumescent
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The term "tumescent" simply means that a large amount of medicated fluid is first injected into your fatty tissue layer to improve the safety and effectiveness of the liposuction procedure.
A well trained surgeon certified by The American Board of Plastic Surgery will ALWAYS use this step, regardless of the machine they prefer to do the surgery.
Make no mistake about it- no matter where it is being done, and no matter what type of anesthesia you have, or who...
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Tumescent liposuction allows for better results and is safer than traditional liposuction
Tumescent liposuction is local anesthesia (not general anesthesia) and is associated with those docs who tend to do more up to date liposuctions. It is safer and usually gives better results since docs who do it tend to use the smaller micro canulas.
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Tumescent vs regular liposuction
Tumescent comes from the word tumor, or hard lump. You inject a dilute anesthetic solution until the tissues are hard, or tumescent. It is not a liposuction technique per se, but a way of anesthetizing the tissues. It became very popular because it diminishes blood loss.
The next thing you should look into is cannula size, and whether there is an extra energy component to the wand, such as ultrasound or laser.
Check out the video and link below for detailed explanations.
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Tumescence is a preparation not liposuction
Tumescence is not liposuction at all but a preparation of the fat for removal used in almost all cases. The technigque involves filling the fat with a dilute solution of lidocaine (an anesthetic) and epinephrine (to reduce bleeding and bruising). It also makes passage of the liposuction cannula (the tube that removes the fat) physically easier for the surgeon.
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Traditional Liposuction vs Tumescent Liposuction
Traditional liposuction represents a historical procedure which has been largely replaced by tumescent liposuction. The procedures are essentially the same with one exception, before starting the actual liposuction procedure fluid is infused into the subcutaneous tissue when tumescent liposuction is performed. This fluid is rich in epinephrine and lidocaine.
This approach offers several advantages over traditional liposuction. The lidocaine minimizes pain in the immediate...
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Tumescent Liposuction Vs. Liposuction Surgery. What's the difference?
The word tumescent refers to injecting a specific fluid into the area to be liposuctioned prior to doing the liposuction. This was formulated by Dr. Jeffrey Klein in the 1980's. The idea was and still is brilliant. The fluid infiltrated into the area contains an anesthetic and epinephrine, which constricts the blood vessels. The word tumescent refers to injecting the area until it is tight with the fluid. The result is ,much less bleeding, less bruising, and the ability to perform the...
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Tumescent liposuction vs traditional liposuction
Tumescence is a fluid of dilute pain relieving (lidocaine) and blood vessel constricting (epinephrine) medications. It is used to decrease pain and minimize blood loss associated with surgery. It generally decreases recovery time and minimizes collateral damage associated with liposuction. The fluid is injected under the skin and into the fat that is to be liposuctioned. After waiting several minutes for the medications to work the liposuction is performed. Larger...
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Tumescent Liposuction
Liposuction is a surgical procedure where subcutaneous fat is removed with a small metal cannula hooked to a powerful vacuum device. There are different types of liposuction; laser, power assisted, ultrasound, vaser,etc, but they all rely on a suction device to remove the fat and leave the skin, muscle, blood vessels, nerves and lymphatics intact.
Tumescence is placing large amounts of fluid in the subcutaneous space prior to liposuction to assist in the removal of the fat....
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Tumescent Is A Liposuction Technique Not A Special Kind Of Liposuction
There is general public confusion about tumescent liposuction. Tumescent refers to the infusion of a special fluid before doing the actual suctioning of fat. It reduces bleeding and provides a numbing effect. It also makes the glide of the suction cannula easier. Every liposuction technique today uses the tumescent concept and has so for several decades. It is not a special kind of liposuction but an established and standard liposuction technique. The only time tumescent...
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Normal Liposuction: Does it exist?
With the ever evolving subject of liposuction, I find it difficult to define normal technique. Liposuction was initially described for cosmetic surgery in 1978 by french plastic surgeon, Dr. Ilouz. This involved use of large bore cannulas to suction fat. Larger volumes of liposuction would cause significant blood loss and fluid shifts.
Dr. Jeffrey Klein and Dr. Patrick Lillis described tumescent liposuction in 1985. This involved injecting fluid into the...
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Tumescent Liposuction
There are different types of liposuction, depending on the amount of solution that is injected prior to the liposuction.... dry, wet, superwet, and tumescent. However, most surgeons these days inject a lot of fluid to make their procedure superwet to tumescent. Because it's so common, most likely your surgeon refers to superwet or tumescent lipo as 'normal' lipo.
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The difference between tumescent liposuction and liposuction
These days, most liposuction surgeries are a form of tumescent liposuction. When liposuction was first described, the fat was removed through the small cannulas but no water was added beforehand. This created significant swelling and bruising. The next advance in liposuction was tumescent liposuction. With this technique, fluid is added to the area will be treated beforehad. This allows us to remove fat more safely with less discomfort for the patient and less bruising. The amount of...
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Tumescent Liposuction allows liposuction with minimal pain
Tumescent liposuction refers to the fluid (saline and lidocaine) which is injected into the tissue before liposuction.
It is beneficial because it significantly decreases swelling and bruising after the procedure. It also makes the procedure virtually pain free.
Because of the decreased pain and bruising it enables many patients to receive the procedure without needing to have a general anaesthetic or be sedated.
The vast majority of patients are able to resume their normal activity...
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Tumescence should be step one - then many liposuction methods possible
Placing numbing fluid beneath the skin is the preparatory step for liposuction of whatever method is chosen.
It enables the procedure to be done without the discomfort, risk, or cost of a general anesthesia. It also brings blood loss down to a tiny amount, compared with older methods.
As to the next step- the actual liposuction, there are several variations. They can include traditional liposuction, laser or ultrasound assisted liposuction, power assisted liposuction, and recently water...
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Difference between Tumescent Liposuction and "regular liposuction"
Tumescent liposuction is the injection of large volumes of dilute local anesthetic and adrenaline into the fatty tissue. This technique was developed by a California dermatologist seeking a safe method to perform liposuction without general anesthesia. The benefits are providing anesthesia and more importantly reducing blood loss to almost nothing. In 1987, I did the first major research on blood loss in liposuction and concluded that liposuction should never be performed without Tumescent...
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Tumescent liposuction is the standard for liposuction
Tumescent liposuction is the technique used by pretty much EVERY surgeon performing liposuction. The two terms have become synonymous. Tumescent liposuction technique was originally invented to reduce bleeding during liposuction - and it works very well.
Basically, the surgeon puts some fluid into the areas to be suctioned before performing the actual suctioning. This fluid contains local anesthesia (usually lidocaine) and epinepherine which shrinks the little arteries in the fat to a tiny...
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Tumescent liposuction is traditional liposuction
The term tumescent liposuction is synonymous with traditional liposuction. Tumescent is the technique of infiltrating the fat with fluid to make removal of the fat easier with less bleeding and less pain. In answer to your question, tumescent liposuction is no different than "normal" liposuction.
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Liposuction Explosion
Liposuction is the most popular cosmetic surgical procedure performed by plastic surgeons. All board certified plastic surgeons are well trained in tumescent technique and use it routinely. However, the explosion of market and internet advertising has resulted in the development of confusion as to what the differences are in techniques, tumescent, wet, super-wet, laser, ultrasonic, blah, blah, blah. Yes, the listed techniques have their differences in application, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS NOT...
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All liposuction done properly today is tumescent liposuction
Tumescent liposuction
is simply injecting a special solution into the fat before performing
liposuction
. The benefits are:
less bleeding
less pain
better results
All board certified plastic surgeons who are experienced in liposuction use the tumescent liposuction technique today.
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Tumescent liposuction is normal liposuction
Tumescent liposuction has been the gold standard for liposuction for the past 20 years. This procedure involves injecting large volumes of a dilute anesthetic solution to facilitate fat removal with a minimum degree of discomfort and blood loss. Nearly all current techniques to include laser liposuction, ultrasonic liposuction, power assisted liposuction, Vaser liposuction use tumescent technique as a component of the procedure.
These added devices facilitate more rapid removal of fat as...
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Liposuction surgery vs. Tumescent technique
With all the marketing out there for different liposuction techniques, your confusion is very understandable. First, ALL liposuction techniques are surgical procedures. Therefore, for your safety, it is critical to check the credentials of your surgeon and their board certification status. Now, most plastic surgeons perform some form of tumescent liposuction. This entails infiltrating (filling) the areas to be treated with a solution that helps constrict blood vessels and makes the fat...
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DIFFERENCE between Tumescent Liposuction and Traditional Liposuction
I fully understand your confusion. But it will not last much longer.
In the very early days of Suction Assisted Lipectomy or Lipoplasty (SAL), in the early 1970's, the suction tubes were pushed into the fatty areas and with a high vacuum the fat was pulled into the tubes and removed. The problem was that along with fat removal so was a considerable amount of blood. In those early days liposuction was not tumescent (note use of adjective) liposuction.
To correct the issue of blood lose and...
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Tumescent Liposuction
Tumescent liposuction is the gold standard or traditional liposuction. It involves infiltrating the tissues with tumescent solution which is normal saline or lactated ringers with added epinephrine and sometimes local anesthetic. In my opinion this is still the best, time tested, method of Liposuction. Use of small suction cannulas, 2.5-3.7mm, with tumescent solution yields the best results.
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Safe Liposuction is enhanced by Tumescent Technique
Liposuction, or suction assisted lipectomy, is a safe procedure when performed by an experienced plastic surgeon. Never compromise on credentials when it comes to liposuction.
The tumescent technique minimizes the amount of blood loss by the administration of an anesthetic solution with epinephrine. This allows for the safe removal of fat from the anatomic area with minimal blood loss.
Some older physicians still perform liposuction with tumescent solution. The benefits of this technique...
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Most plastic surgeons utilize 'tumescent' technique for liposuction
Most plastic surgeons will utilize a 'tumescent' technique for liposuction. By definition, a 'tumescent' technique indicates that one is infusing roughly 3 cc's of a dilute anesthetic fluid into the subcutaneous/fatty tissues prior to removing 1 cc of fatty tissue.
Most plastic surgeons will uitlize a 'superwet' technique in reality, which involves injecting 1-1.5 cc of fluid for every 1 cc of fat removed. It is more of a 'marketing' terminology used today. Mostly, every surgeon will...
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Tumescent technique frequently done with Liposuction
Tumescent technique is used for almost all liposuction, and has been for a quite some time. 'Tumescent technique' essentially means that a saline solution containing epinephrine (and usually a local anesthetic such as lidocaine) is injected into the areas to be suctioned, so that the blood vessels in the fat constrict prior to the passage of the liposuction cannula.
The vasoconstriction produced by the epinephrine solution minimizes bleeding during fat removal, and liposuction of...
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Liposuction has become the most commonly performed...
Liposuction has become the most commonly performed cosmetic procedure in the United States. Since it was first introduced in the United States in the early 1980s, many refinements have been made. The most significant improvement was the use of a diluted local anesthetic instead of general anesthesia. This improvement is referred to as the tumescent technique.
The tumescent technique utilizes natural saline solution containing a precise amount of very local anesthetic (lidocaine) which is...
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