Which Type of Liposuction is the Least Painful?

The various techniques ALL involve passing a metal tube back and forth under your skin…which kinda hurts! What is different is what you do to the fat before you suck it out with a metal tube that kinda hurts! Tumescent solution softens and numbs the area really well before suction and Vaser and Laser use Tumes. Technique first, and then melt the fat before suction. But I find that some areas are more tender than others. I have found the thighs to be the most tender but still not too bad.

 

The least painful surgery is one done under general anesthesia. Every hour of every day someone in the world is having surgery on their heart, bowels etc and not feeling it because they are under general anesthesia.

My response to your question/post does not represent formal medical advice or constitute a doctor patient relationship. You need to consult with i.e. personally see a board certified plastic surgeon in order to receive a formal evaluation and develop a doctor patient relationship.

I am not sure what you have been reading but liposuction should not be painful. Despite marketing hype and various claims, there should not be much difference between the various technologies used. The use of tumescent anesthesia is routine but I feel that the patient's experience is better if we also use intravenous sedation. As for laser lipo, more than 90% of plastic surgeons experienced withdoing  lipo felt that it had little if any benefit in a recent survey. Choose the surgeon you trust (remember that liposuction is surgery) before the technology.