Stay Away from VASER Under ALL Circumstances. Denver, CO

Once you decide to do liposuction (lipo) or fat transfer and you discuss it with a doctor you will discover there are multiple methods for the surgery. They are basically either mechanical or thermal. The laser ones all fall into the thermal category. There is a laser probe that is inserted, liquefying the fat, then the operator removes the fat. The probe uses laser to make the process quicker and easier (in theory). Does that happen? The answer is NO

I went for consulation with multiple doctors and I finally decided to do it with a doctor who used Vaser who had a great local reviews. The description of how the process worked seemed to make sense. I underwent my procedure of lipo from the flanks in June 2015. Right after the procedure I noticed something was wrong. Two things actually: the skin area of the procedure was red, hot, and tender; there was also deep pain in the procedure area. I thought that was just a transient side effect of the procedure. Wrong!

I saw the doctor the next day and he assured me it would go away in a few days. Wrong! He asked to see me every day for the following 2 weeks. He put me on Antibiotics and steroids. I took his advice amd went home and followed his regimen. Nothing changed. The redness did not go down and the pain actually increased. The pain was both superficial and deep and it was so debilitating that Advil/tylenol made no difference. I had to be on Percocet or Vicodin for the pain to be tolerated. You can imagine the effect this whole ordeal had on me/my work and my family.

Here is the worse news: I am now 3 months after the procedure and the skin discolration is still there. It did not go away and I do not think it will go away. I did not know what to do so I went for a consult with 3 dermatologists and plastic surgeons. All of them agreed that what I experienced was a skin injury/burn resulting from the Vaser probe. As the Vaser probe is inserted to liquefy the fat, it also possesses a lot of thermal energy that it damaged/burned the skin from inside. Is this an operator's fault? Or is it Vaser's fault? The answer is both.

My doctor was one of the top plastic surgeons in the area and I investigated him fully before I visited him. His reviews by his patients and his peers were all excellent. He had a lot of experience with Vaser.

I called Vaser Lipo company and told them about the issue and they never got back to me.

My doctor did not admit it was his mistake. He keeps saying it is a typical reaction to Vaser. My summer is already ruined and I think I will have to live with this for the rest of my life.

Stay away from VASER. IT IS A DISASTER.