Advanced Liposuction Fat Removal Surgery in Dubai

Liposuction: Your effective solution for body sculpting.

Posted on

23 November 2017

| Last updated on 4 June 2018

After Breast Augmentation, Liposuction is by far one of the most popular plastic surgery operations requested throughout the world, particularly so in the Middle East. Its technology constantly evolving up to the point we arrive at today with the introduction of a high tech combined Ultrasound Cavitation and Radio Frequency system, offering speed, effectiveness and safety with minimal down-time.

Advanced Liposuction

In the early days of liposuction fat removal, surgery was performed with large-bore cannula, and such early procedures were often less than ideal, being fraught with irregularities such as asymmetrical results, blood loss and sometimes infection. Since then, techniques have developed rapidly to the point where surgeries have become not only safer and more effective but also less costly.

Modern liposuction methods are typically characterised by several advantages:

They are better tolerated by patients and carry a much lower risk of complications
Patients experience less pain and shorter post-operative down-time
There is less blood loss and bruising
They are less expensive due to the shorter operating time
Surgeons can contour the body to any desirable angle, producing a more aesthetically appealing result.

The many advanced technologies now widely available include, what must seem to the patient, a bewildering array of techniques involving ultrasound, radio frequency (RF) and even laser, each with their own advantages and disadvantages and suitability in differing circumstances.

Further down in this article Dr Allen Rezai, lead Consultant Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon at Elite Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Group of Dubai Healthcare City, will explain the benefits of Combined Ultrasound & RF Liposuction Surgery. But first, let’s take a brief look at the problem itself – FAT.

About Fat

Fat is an efficient way for our body to store energy. The basic unit of fatty tissue is the fat cell; technically known as an adipocyte. This simple form of cell consists of a (membrane) bag within which sits the nucleus of the cell surrounded by fat. Throughout our childhood and into early adolescence, we continue to develop more and more fat cells. However, by our late teens to mid-twenties it is believed that we stop making new fat cells.

So you may ask how do we still put on weight as we get older?

The answer, is unfortunately, very simple. We just increase the amount of fat stored in each of these fat cells. They simply balloon, sometimes to many thousands of times their original size.

Advanced Liposuction Fat Removal Surgery in Dubai

If we take a very simplistic view of an area of the body, then one might imagine the skin, with subcutaneous fat on the inside, with muscles and other structures underneath. As weight is put on, the fat cells increase in size, with the result that the area becomes generally larger. For a lot of people losing weight, toning up and achieving the figure they want requires a combination of healthy eating and regular exercise. However, certain individuals have collections of fat in specific anatomical areas and when these individuals put on weight, they feel that it has become localised to these areas and usually no amount of exercise or dieting can shift these stubborn fat pockets.

Advanced Liposuction Fat Removal Surgery in Dubai

Typical problem areas include arms, chest, stomach, flanks, inner and outer thighs (saddlebag), hips, buttocks, knees and chin (double chin).

As weight is put on, the fat cells increase in size, with the result that the “problem area(s) becomes generally larger. Should weight be lost, then the weight tends to come off uniformly also, leaving the “problem” area(s), still larger than the rest of the body. In these instances, Liposuction may be the only solution to shape the contour of the body and bring it into proportion.

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