Should I Get Liposuction Or A Tummy Tuck?

There are different techniques used to improve the body’s contours. If you are wondering whether to get a liposuction or tummy tuck, first seek to understand how each one of them works before getting one. Your plastic surgeon will however help you in choosing an ideal cosmetic surgery to meet your aesthetic goals.

A liposuction is a non-surgical cosmetic procedure that uses vacuum to remove fat in target areas that have not responded well to diet or exercise. Liposuction is an outpatient procedure that can be done in an equipped doctor’s office, hospital or ambulatory surgery centre. Tummy tuck or abdominoplasty on the other hand is a surgical cosmetic procedure that aims at tightening ab muscles and eliminating excess skin and fat to give you a taut tummy if you have a bulging abdomen.

In recent years, improved techniques have made liposuction safer, easier, and less painful. These newer techniques include:

• Tumescent liposuction. A local anesthetic is used to numb the area of your body where the tube will be inserted. Next, a large amount of an anesthetic solution containing lidocaine and epinephrine is injected into the fatty tissue before traditional liposuction is done. Tumescent liposuction may not require general anesthesia (which makes you sleep through the procedure).


• Ultrasound-assisted liposuction. This technique uses ultrasound to liquefy the fat, which makes it easier to remove. This technique may be particularly helpful in removing fat from the upper abdomen, sides, and back.


• Laser-assisted liposuction. This technique uses low-energy waves to liquefy the fat, which is removed through a small cannula. read more

Liposuction and tummy tuck target areas

Liposuction and tummy tuck both involve use of general anesthesia and sometimes use of intravenous sedation to help you relax. The cosmetic procedures can be used for men and women. Liposuction will not treat obesity, cellulite or stretch marks but will use cannulas to vacuum out fat in some body portions which normally include the face, neck, upper arms, outer thighs, hips, waist, back, abdomen, and legs.

Tummy tuck on the other hand only targets the lower abdomen area where an incision is made just above the public hairline to give way to fat removal and tightening of ab muscles. Stitches are then used to close the incision. Liposuction may sometimes be combined with a tummy tuck and other cosmetic procedures. Liposuction can also treat medical conditions like lipomas, gynecomastia, excess sweating in armpit area and fat metabolism problems in the body.

Tummy tuck risks and safety information

The decision to have plastic surgery is extremely personal, and you’ll have to decide if the benefits will achieve your goals and if the risks and potential complications of tummy tuck surgery are acceptable.

You will be asked to sign consent forms to ensure that you fully understand the procedure and any risks.

Tummy tuck risks include:

• Anesthesia risks


• Bleeding


• Infection


• Fluid accumulation (seroma)


• Poor wound healing


• Skin loss


• Numbness or other changes in skin sensation


• Skin discoloration and/or prolonged swelling


• Unfavorable scarring


• Recurrent looseness of skin


• Fatty tissue found deep in the skin might die (fat necrosis)


• Deep vein thrombosis, cardiac and pulmonary complications


• Asymmetry


• Suboptimal aesthetic result


• Possibility of revisional surgery


• Persistent pain

These risks and others will be fully discussed prior to your consent. It’s important that you address all your questions directly with your plastic surgeon.

Tummy tuck and liposuction results

Successful tummy tuck or liposuction gives good results. Tummy tuck will get rid of your once protruding tummy from completed pregnancies, aging or weight fluctuations. Your new look will be a flat and firm tummy. You will be able to resume normal or strenuous activities after about 3 months but it all depends on your speedy recovery.

After a liposuction, you will have to wear a compression garment. Fats that have existed in particular areas will be no more. Since liposuction removes most of the fat cells, it will be hard for new fat formations to return on treated areas. Liposuction healing period will depend on the extent of the treatment. To ensure good results, always seek the services of a board-certified plastic surgeon.

To book a tummy tuck or liposuction procedure with Dr Bloch call us at 1-847-432-0840 or go to www.bodybybloch.com

Should I Get Liposuction Or A Tummy Tuck?