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The answer is that it depends on the volume of aspirate that is removed at one visit. The recommendations are that no more than 5L be removed in an outpatient setting, which is where most of these procedures occur. In an inpatient setting, you can have more removed but it comes with the added cost of a hospital stay. With all those factors combined, most patients and liposuction specialist perform these procedures in an office based surgery center or an out patient facility which will limit the volume of fat removed to 5 L
You can do as many "sites" as you wish. The limiting factor is the total volume removed. It is well understood that for safety reasons no more than 5 liters of liposuction aspirate should be removed in a single setting.
Technically there is no limit to the number of areas that can be treated during one laser liposuction treatment, but there is a limit on the amount of fat that can safely be removed. In the state of New Jersey when you’re performing liposuction under local anesthesia, the limit is how many areas you can numb safely at a single time. Because there are very strict maximums in the amount of numbing medication you can be given, there is a limit to how much of your body we can numb. Your overall size and shape are limiting factors as well.
Thanks for your question and you need to work with your board certified dermatologist or plastic surgeon to determine which areas are good for laser lipo and which are not – then you can determine how much volume should be removed and just so you are on the safe side you should do fine.
It depends on how large the area is. Most patients can have the upper and lower abdomen, waist and flanks treated in one session. Have also included a video that shows a laser liposuction procedure:
Recovery time for laser liposuction varies from patient to patient but it is significantly quicker and easier than traditional liposuction. I perform Laser liposuction under local anesthesia, meaning you are awake but comfortable throughout your procedure. Being awake cuts down on your...
Hello and thank you for your excellent question. Liposuction is safe in patients with kidney disease, provided that medications are properly dosed to account for your decreased renal medical clearance and metabolism, you are not given too much IV fluid or tumescent fluid, and you are otherwise ...
Hello and thank you for your excellent question. Revision liposuction is technically challenging. If you have an area of previous liposuction that you would like to be improved, there are a number of available techniques. These include traditional liposuction, laser liposuction, and fat grafting...