1. Lipo is great for contouring.
If you're reasonably close to your ideal body weight and are stuck staring at stubborn problem areas that absolutely won't budge, no matter how carefully you watch your diet or rigorously train, liposuction is a fabulous technique.
A lot of us women are blessed with womanly figures, but sometimes the proportion can be a bit off, often in the areas of those child-bearing hips and cursed saddlebags. Liposuction can help reduce some of those bulges, so that your overall proportions seem more reasonable:
With lipo, which is a little like sculpting a block of marble (except your plastic surgeon is removing bits of fat, not chunks of stone, with an aesthetic eye), you still retain your womanly curves, but in a refined manner.
And, of course, lipo is not just for women. Plenty of men are looking for a discreet little touch up for their love handles and whatnot.
2. Lipo is versatile.
Where there is fat, there is possibility... Common areas treatable by liposuction include the area under the chin/neck, arms, breasts, back, belly, hips, thighs, and sometimes even around the knees and ankles. Pretty much anywhere.
3. Lipo is that great final touch.
A lot of times in our practice, Dr. Weintraub and I combine liposuction with another procedure - most frequently the tummy tuck. It just allows us to really smooth out the contour of the trunk and waist, so that there are smooth transitions between the chest and the newly tightened belly. This concept of using lipo to supplement another surgical procedure works well; a touch of lipo with a facelift, arm lift, thigh lift is fairly commonly done - with great results.
