LIPOSUCTION
 INTRODUCTION: Liposuction is currently the most commonly performed aesthetic surgical procedure in the United States. If you have concerns with unwanted fatty deposits, you certainly are not alone! You must understand that this surgery is purely elective. The main attraction of this procedure is that is allows the surgeon to remove bothersome, disproportionate, localized fat deposits through relatively inconspicuous incisions. This procedure has been designed to vacuum away localized, stable fatty deposits, which cannot be conirotled by diet and exercise. It is neither an alternative method of weight control nor a treatment for generalized obesity; nor will suction lipectomy help loose skin (unless combined with a traditional resection), or to contour irregularities caused by irregularities in the fat or structures other than fat (i.e. bone, muscle weakness, protrusion of intra-abdominal contents, etc.). Only the fat within the layer between the skin and the first layer of muscles is accessible to liposuction!
It is important that you understand that no person is perfectly symmetrical from one side to the other. If body-contouring surgery is indicated, every attempt will be made during surgery to minimize your side-to-side dissimilarities, but such differences are not due solely to the fatty layer and always persist to some degree, even after the most successful liposuction procedure.
BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS
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36 yr. old female before and after abdominoplasty and liposuction of the inner and outer thighs and flanks. |
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Juris Bunkis, MD, FACS
email:bunkis@ocps.com
Orange County Plastic Surgery
30212 Tomas, Suite 275
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688
Phone: (866) 457-1293
Fax: (949) 888-9724
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