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What's a Good Liposuction Alternative?
I am fearful of surgery and lipo. Is there a viable alternative to surgery, or is this the only way to get rid of tough to lose fat pockets?
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There are no good alternatives to liposuction- only temporary gimmicky ones.
Liposuction is a dramatic true easy way to remove unwanted fat. It is easy and done under local anesthesia with 1-2 day recovery time. Everything else tends to be temporary and gimmicky. sincerely,
David Hansen,MD
Beverly Hills Dermatologic Surgeon
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Liposuction vs. tummy tuck
Liposuction means reducing fat underlying the skin with a cannula. Usually, this takes place in local anesthesia and is low risk. A tummy tuck is an operation in general anesthesia and has a much higher risk of complications. In a tummy tuck skin and subcutanous tissue are cut away with a knife. A tummy tuck can be combined with a liposuction.
Liposuktion und tummy tuck - was ist der Unterschied?
Bei einer Liposuktion wird das überschüssige Fett unter...
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Mainz Dermatologic Surgeon
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Exercise and diet.
A very reasonable alternative to liposuction is plenty of exercise and a healthy, balanced diet. You will need to be dedicated to achieve your results. If you are still unable to achieve your desired appearance following a good trial of diet and exercise, then consider liposuction. Good luck!
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No shortcuts to liposuction - yet
Liposuction, whether with ultrasound-assist, lasers, or traditional methods is a unique operation for removing fat in areas where it is disproportionate, with almost no visible scars. Alternatives such as mesotherapy are highly touted but completely unproven. And don't be fooled by claims such as laser-lipo procedures that claim to be safer and less invasive; really it should be the opposite, since it is liposuction plus laser. However, early data from HIFU (focused ultrasound) shows that it...
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Alternative to Liposuction? Sure, there are a couple....
Diet and exercise are the only tried and true alternatives to liposuction for removal of fat.
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Liposuction Alternatives: Diet & Exercise
Liposuction is designed to removal fatty areas that does not respond to diet and exercise. The best alternative to liposuction is to maintain a healthy lifestyle of diet and exercise. However, stubborn areas such as love handles and abdomen (tummy) does not respond, the time honored Liposuction or tummy tuck is the only true alternative.
Liposuction can now be safely performed in the office without the risk of general anesthesia. Choosing the appropriate surgeon is very important....
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A Good Liposuction Alternative
A weight reduction program combined with exercise under supervision if the problem is being over weight. Otherwise Liposuction is a good procedure for localized fat deposit removal providing the skin over the area is tight.
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Liposuction alternatives
The best alternatives to liposuction are diet and exercise. Once those have been maximized and you still have deposits of fat that won't respond is an appropriate time to consider liposuction.
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Liposuction is to improve body contour primarily
For what liposuction was originally used there is no alternative that will give you consistent results.There is a lot of technology out there that the promoters say will take care of a lot of problems but some are not sound ideas
You should make an appointment with a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon to determine what your options are.
Arlington Plastic Surgeon
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Liposuction Alternatives
Weight loss via exercise and diet are the best alternatives. In fact, to achieve the ideal surgical result, weight loss and exercise prior to a procedure will optimize the outcome. There are medical and surgical weight loss alternatives including prescription medications and gastric procedures, but these should be reserved as a last resort.
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Not sure there is any good alternative to liposuction.
Liposuction in the well selected patient is safe, predictable, with minimal convalescence. "Alternative" techniques arise from time to time but fade due to their inability to stand up to this very successful procedure. Endermologie, mesotherapy (lipodissolve), external ultrasonic treatment, and others are the product of snake oil salesman.
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The best alternative to liposuction is weight loss.
The best alternative to liposuction is weight loss, but losing weight doesn't always guarantee that you lose the weight in the places that bother you.
Where your body stores the fat and where your body breaks down fat to use as energy is largely genetically determined.
So, lose weight if you can, and if it doesn't come off in the areas that bother you then liposuction is the only proven way to reduce those fat deposits.
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Liposuction works best
Liposuction, which involves inserting cannulas into specific areas in order to remove fat, is the best way to remove disproportionate fatty deposits with good overlying skin tone. Of course, diet and exercise can be similarly effective and is recommended to maintain and improve results. Lasers, injections, external ultrasound, and other non-invasive treatments are not as effective as liposuction, and often times have good ads without true results. Skin tightening surgeries such as tummy...
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There is not a Liposuction Alternative
Currently there is no good alternative for liposuction. Liposuction is a very effective procedure that removes exercise and diet resistant fat deposits. Although, exercise and diet improve your look and the shape of your body overall ,it will help you very little with localized fat deposits such as love handles.
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Liposuction alternative
It really depends on what you are hoping for and your skin quality. If your skin qulaity is great and you do not have many stretch marks, then liposuction or ultrasound assisted liposuction or Zeltiq are all very good options. I persoanlly have not seen many qood results with laser lipo and will not do it myself. If you have many stretch marks, then a surgical excision will be needed.
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Noninvasive liposuction alternatives
Ideally the best way to lose fat is by exercise and diet. However, a noninvasive liposuction alternative for discrete areas Ie:love handles ,abdomen, and back that is gaining popularity is Zeltiq. In my practice patients have been very happy with their results. It is very important to be evaluated to see if you are the right canidate with the right post procedure expectations. THe Zeltiq works by cooling the fat which ultimately causes cell death. Your body naturally absorbs this...
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Liposuction Alternative
The best alternative to liposuction is healthy living including sensible eating and exercise. However, even with healthy living, you may have fatty deposits that you may want help from liposuction. The best alternative to traditional liposuction is laser liposuction including smartlipo.
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Zeltiq is a very good liposuction alternative
I have been using Zeltiq for over 6 months. I am very impressed with its predictable, consistant, results. It is a no downtime procedure. It will remove about 25% of fat from the treated area. Some people will want to treat the same area more than once, and that is done about 2 months after the first treatment. Please see the article I've written on Zeltiq on this website and see the other answers about Zeltiq. I have...
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Pensacola Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Limited Alternatives to Liposuction
Liposuction is a unique procedure, and there really aren't great alternatives to it. Keep in mind that liposuction can be done now using local anesthesia only which often allows for fewer potential side effects and a faster recovery.
However, if liposuction is not an option, you may want to consider Zeltiq, Zerona, or Thermage. Zeltiq is currently seeking FDA approval in the US for fat reduction and seems to be the most promising out of the three.
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Woodland Hills Dermatologic Surgeon
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Alternative to liposuction
The best alternative to liposuction is to lose weight naturally with proper diet and exercise. If, despite this approach, you still have localized areas that are resistant to diet/exercise, then liposuction can help improve these small areas. Other methods that claim to "dissolve" the fat with injections (mesotherapy) or through other means, simply do not work in a predictable manner. These other methods may not be FDA approved and should be avoided.
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Liposuction alternatives
Liposuction is the only quick sure fire way to get the results you are after, however non surgical ways which are very healthy is hiring a fitness trainer, eating healthy and committing to work hard to get your body the way you want it. This is the best and healthiest way to do it. Some doctors will offer Mesotherapy, do NOT take this. It does not work and is a waste of money.
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Alternatives to liposuction
In the strictest sense, there is no good alternative to liposuction that offers the same results. If you are looking to change the shape of your body in a significant way, only liposuction can provide reliable results. If you're not wanting to have surgery there are a couple of reasonable choices that can offer some improvement.
Zerona is a non-surgical low level laser treatment that helps your body lose fat using natural processes. there is no downtime, no recovery and no pain. In...
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Other alternatives to liposuction...
Non-surgical alternatives to liposuction include a balanced low fat diet & a rigorous exercise program.
Although many options are marketed, these have not been proven to work and can in some cases, be quite dangerous.
Even with exercise & a low fat diet patients can have areas of fat that are just stubborn and do not melt off. These areas are perfect for liposuction
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Liposuction alternatives include Zeltiq
Body contouring with liposuction is safe and very effective when done by experienced surgeons. There are a couple of new devices that can contour the body without the use of anesthesia, incisions, or significant 'downtime. Zeltiq is a non-invasive body contouring procedure that uses controlled tissue cooling to injure fat in an irreversible manner. The skin remains viable because it is protected from the cool temperatures by a special gel pad. The fat that is treated slowly shrinks over...
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Liposuction: Is there an alternative?
No one "wants" to do liposuction. If there is a nonsurgical way to lose fat, we would all prefer it.
Of course, there is always diet and exercise. The medical noninvasive ways of fat removal - the noninvasive lasers which melt the fat away and the injections with mesotherapy are not good alternatives yet.
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They haven't proven they have long lasting results. We doctors like science. When something works, you can prove it.
Liposuction needs to have even fat removal. A big...
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