San Antonio Liposuction Dr - Dr. Virginia Pittman-Waller

The Typical Liposuction Patient

• Desire for a more youthful and contoured body appearance, silhouette, and size
• The desire to fit better into clothing, wear smaller clothes, tuck in shirts, and look better in swimsuits
• Localized fatty deposits that have been unresponsive to diet and exercise
• Excess fatty accumulation in the face, neck, chest, abdomen, hips, back, flanks, inner thighs, outer thighs, knees, legs, or ankles
• These issues may also be related to being overweight; dieting and/or exercise may compliment liposuction

Liposuction Procedure Information

• Anesthesia is a very good local usually supplemented with a very light general; the liposuction procedure takes about two hours to six hours, depending on the amounts and locations; anesthesia involves placing a dilute (tumescent) lidocaine solution into the fatty areas and waiting about 30 minutes for this to take a nice effect; this advanced anesthetic technique virtually eliminates pain during the procedure, and reduces post-operative pain and bruising
• The incisions are small (1/4") and very inconspicuous, usually located in a crease or under garment lines
• The liposuction procedure involves the removal of the fat by suction or ultrasonic disruption; liposuction does not disturb the overlying skin, the deep muscles or ligaments, or the nerves and vessels in between; small instruments connected to suction are then used to carefully and artfully vacuum out the fat
• No drains are used
• A compression garment is worn on and off for four to six weeks; pads are used over the liposuction sites and under the garment for the first three days
• Liposuction can be combined with other plastic surgical procedures

Recovery from Liposuction

• You can go home after several hours or can stay overnight
• You can shower the next day
• There is typically only aching pain that is mostly gone by the third day and easily controlled by medications
• Swelling is usually mild to moderate and peaks at two to three days, then disappears rapidly over the next three weeks
• You may experience minimal bruising
• Some grogginess may persist for about a week
• You can normally resume many activities within the first week, and most exercise after three weeks

Results of Liposuction Plastic Surgery

• Beautiful, balanced, and proportioned contour that is immediately seen and improves over time as swelling reduces
• Most patients feel more confident and comfortable with their appearance
• Natural and presentable appearance in the first week that just gets better over the next three to six months as healing progresses
• If you gain weight, you do not tend to gain as much in the treated areas
• Most patients are more confident and comfortable in clothing, especially revealing clothing
• The contour changes achieved with liposuction results typically last the rest of your life, especially if you maintain your weight

Complete details of liposuction surgery and recovery will be given during your personalized consultation with San Antonio cosmetic surgeon Dr. Pittman-Waller.

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