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Both of these are types of tumescent lipo (awake lipo). Tumescent lipo has a numbing phase followed by a suction phase. Smart lipo is tumescent lipo with lasering of the superficial fat in between the numbing and the suction phases of the procedure. Lasering is supposed to help the skin shrink down faster than without lasering. Water lipo can also be done awake. It involves numbing followed by suction. During suction a jet of water (tumescent fluid) helps loosen the fat.
I use a combination approach to get the best outcome. I find that Ultrasound (VASER) does much more for tightening than laser. Water assisted lipo is great for fat harvesting but not for fat removal. Best, Dr. Emer.
Smartlipo uses heat to melt or burn the fat and Waterlipo uses water to dislodge the fat. I do not usually use smartlipo to remove fat but it is excellent to use after the fat is removed to tighten the skin as the heat from the laser causes skin retraction. Water Assisted Lipo is a great tool to use for fat transfer and I do not usually use Water lipo to remove fat unless I am harvesting fat. The Vaser is a wonderful device to use for fat removal.
One uses laser energy and the other water pressure to assist in breaking up the fat before it is removed by regular liposuction. All of the methods for "liposuction" work well. It is the Doctor more than the specific technique she or he uses. Hope this helps.
The abdomen is the area of the body with most factors determining a satisfactory result. There is subcutaneous fat between the skin and muscle that Smart Lipo targets and removes. But there is also visceral fat which lies beneath the muscle, mixed with your organs. This can only hope to improve...
I encourage all of my patients to move and exercise as much as possible after liposuction. In your case, however, you had fat transferred to the buttock area, which you don't want to loose. If you expend calories exercising, make sure that you increase your caloric intake to avoid losing the...
Thank you for your question.You definitely will need someone to supervise you for the first 24 hours to help assist you with eating, going to the bathroom and taking your medications as you will still be out of it from the sedation medication. You will also want someone there for the first 24...
