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Vaser Liposuction on Neck Area?
asked 3 years ago by AJ in Seattle in Kenmore, WA
Latest answer by Braden Stridde, MD
Question viewed 616 times
Tags: sagging, fat reduction
I am considering Vaser Liposuction on my neck area, but also concerned about the risk of making my neck look worse if it's not successful. Is this a legitimate concern? If there's a significant risk with Vaser, what would be the best procedure for removing fat from the neck area?
3 answers to Vaser Liposuction on Neck Area?
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The neck: so many options
Different surgeons = Different techniques.
Surgeons debate this all the time and there is no definitive treatment. Some recommend no liposuction, while others advise conservative suction, yet others believe in external fat "melting" such as thermage, but other physicians promote laser lipolysis, and some strongly push for direct removal with scalpel or scissors.
Vaser uses ultrasonic energy. If performed conservatively, it can be just as successful as any other technique. Some...
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Otto Joseph Placik, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon
Chicago Plastic Surgeon
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Is VASER liposuction useful in the neck area?
The short answer is yes, VASER liposuction is effective in this area. However, having used traditional liposuction, VASER liposuction, and LASER liposuction (SmartLipo), I have found that SmarLipo overal provides the best and most consistent results due to the extra "skin tightening" benefit that laser liposuction produces. But SmartLipo is not a miracle device, despite what many of the overhyped marketing pitches would have you believe. If you have a significant amount of fat in...
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Braden Stridde, MD
Federal Way Plastic Surgeon
Federal Way Plastic Surgeon
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Best Neck Liposuction method
In the right hands, all liposuction methods appear to work well. After evaluating all methods, including Vaser, it does appear to me that if Laser Liposuction has any claims to superiority it is with neck liposuction. It appears that the results of either ProLipo (by Sciton - a better machine than Smart Lipo) and Slim Lipo (Palomar) both produce very nice neck results.
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