There is no real difference. Some companies (like Vaser) have preferred to differentiate themselves with a different word for liposuction for marketing purposes only. It is best to really understand the technique your doctor uses and not oversimplify it between liposculpture and liposuction. The term... more
What is the difference between liposculpture and liposuction?
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A: Liposuction by any other name
Liposculpture is the term used to describe the ability to shape the body using liposuction. An example would be to create a 'six pack' in a male abdominal liposuction by selectively removing fat in a pattern or shape to carve or sculpt a six pack.
A: Not much
Liposculpture and liposuction are one in the same. I the term Liposculpture is used it sounds for artistic and exacting than the other. Choose a surgeon based on his or her results, not by what they call it.
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26 Jun 2009
Liposculpture usually refers to a procedure using a smaller cannula and the patient doesn't get general anesthesia. There is faster recovery and usually lower cost, with equivalent (arguably better) outcomes as the incisions are tinier and the sculpting around muscles is more refined with smaller cannulae. liposuction requires anesthesia and usually a larger bore cannula. Not sure how liposuction benefits, since outcomes seem comparable but liposuction requires general anesthesia (read: more money, more risks) instead of local anesthesia and larger incisions (read: potentially higher edema, longer recovery). S