Why do patients have burns after lipo?

I use tumescent liposuction, and I have never had a burn in thousands and thousands of cases. This is usually related to a heat source associated with the liposuction.Liposuction results are highly surgeon dependent. Find a plastic
surgeon with ELITE credentials who performs hundreds of liposuction and liposuction revision
procedures each year. Then look at the plastic surgeon's website before
and after photo galleries to get a sense of who can deliver the
results.Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA

Our office employs many types of liposuction treatments and burns have not been rarely encountered; even in patients requiring revision. Raffy Karamanoukian MD FACSLos Angeles

the use of ultrasound or lasers to assist in liposuction creates thermal damage to the tissues and can result in burns to the skin. This would only result with very aggressive and unnecessarydelivery of energy.

Hello there,The safest liposuction remains the Tumescent Technique during which a salt water solution is infused into the area to be treated. Blunt tipped instruments are used within the fatty tissue to contour and sculpt the region. When liposuction is performed with ultrasonic equipment, or some chemicals, there can be an injury to the overlying skin from heat or a chemical reaction. A burn to the skin is possible.Thanks for asking! Dr Ellen

I discuss lipo devices during consultation. There are those that heat the skin and those that do not. I prefer those that do not. I do not find heating helps with skin contraction( as these machines profess), but they can cause burns. I have never seen a burn with traditional lipo.

Skin and tissue burns from traditional liposuction are not likely to happen. Laser and ultrasound liposuction may cause burns. For more details, see the link below.