I have not seen a study showing no benefit of Smart Lipo to traditional liposuction. But there may be an increased risk of complications, especially since it seems this device is used by many doctors with absolutely no formal surgical training and just entered the world of aethetic medicine.Liposuction is the most common surgical procedures each year in the United States. Surprisingly, most doctors who perform liposuction in the United States are not plastic surgeons, in fact, many people have no formal surgical training whatsoever. It seems hard to believe, but many doctors who perform liposuction and Smart Lipo has not had any more training in liposuction than a ‘weekend course’. I fear that some practitioners, and consumers now view liposuction as a “simple” procedure, because it does not mean to make big cuts, and it requires little, if any, suturing. Nothing could be further from the truth. Liposuction, in my mind, is a very challenging operation that requires careful planning and preparation, and a lot of care and finesse when it actually performed. It requires a three-dimensional understanding of the stock of human anatomy, an understanding that is second nature to a surgeon alone. I think that it is often a lack of knowledge of anatomy (and perhaps the body’s response to surgery) that leads to poor results in liposuction and body contouring, which unfortunately often seen.Although many aesthetic cosmetic procedures are not performed in hospital emergency rooms that works, see the fact that a hospital has granted a surgeon privileges for a given procedure the surgeon has met an accepted standard of competence. It also means that your surgeon will be able to take care of you in a hospital should any complications from cosmetic surgery arise.If you plan to have some type of cosmetic surgery performed, you should do your due diligence to determine if your surgeon has appropriate qualifications and experience