Lately, we see many advertisement for Liposuction that are a one-price, one-procedure fits all. Which is very far from the truth. Listen to our expert, board-certified Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Dr. Jay Calvert explain why you have to take a cautious approach to liposuction. He explains why Liposuction is a complex procedure and why it should be taken more seriously.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM_GK3nxQCs[/youtube]Dr. Jay Calvert:
I think Liposuction is one of the more difficult procedures that we as plastic surgeons are performing because really, every patient has different tissue. Every patient has a different goal they want to achieve, they have a different body, they have a different expectation, and again, I just think of so many advertisements – “Liposuction $399 per area”. Liposuction, you know… add it on to your breast augmentation. I see these ads and they drive me crazy because how can that ad know what you need as a patient.
How can you read an ad and say I’m going to go get that operation, when you haven’t been evaluated by a physician? It’s totally insane. And I really think that people don’t spend enough time thinking about what’s going to be best for this patient?
I don’t think people do enough pre-Liposuction dieting and weight loss and optimizing their outcome. And certainly, afterwards they feel if they’ve gotten the fat out then they’re all set and they don’t need to pay attention and do the diet and the exercise.
But Liposuction is a procedure that is really best combined with dietary modifications, exercise and a comprehensive approach to body couture. It’s not something to be taken as, “well… it’s going to fix my love handles, it’s going to fix my saddle bags…” It doesn’t do that. It will remove the fat from those areas but to make it look good really requires special techniques and requires that the patient be involved in the care.
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Before and After Liposuction by Jay Calvert, MD, F.A.C.S.
