6 Micro Liposuction Benefits Over Other Types of Liposuction – Are You Eligible?
Although NOT a low cost liposuction procedure, micro liposuction allows you to reshape to perfection smaller body areas such as your chin, face neck.
When you need to reshape smaller body areas, expect your plastic surgeon to recommend this technique over all other types of liposuction.
Why?
Because it uses tinier incisions and smaller instruments for more precision and better procedure control.
With such finer instruments, a micro lipo is a much precise and gentler technique, so you’ll have fewer complication risks than with conventional lipo.
Plus, you’ll only require a local anesthesia, which is not only safer, but because it lasts for several hours you’ll need less pain medication after the surgery.
Face, Neck and Chin Lipo Benefits
Apart from enhancing your self-image and boosting your confidence, the most valuable benefits you get with micro liposuction include:
Perfect body contouring as you’ll get relatively large amounts of fat removed with tiny instruments
Reduced risk of infection as no stitches or drains are needed
The scar isn’t larger than a freckle
Negligible pain, blood loss and bruising
Fewer side effects due to less pain medication needed after the surgery
Minimal recovery time - you can return to your normal activity the next day
How Does Micro Liposuction Work?
You may have heard of tumescent anesthesia... this is a widely used sedation technique used successfully in micro lipo because it permits the removal of larger amounts of fat without requiring intravenous sedation or the traditional general anesthesia.
Your surgeon will start the procedure by injecting subcutaneously a large volume of a diluted local anesthetic - typically a solution of lidocaine and adrenaline or epinephrine. This makes your targeted fat tissue tumescent (swollen and firmer), easily differentiating the fat layer from surrounding soft tissue and muscles. This technique allows the surgeon to access easier your unwanted fat pockets and then remove them with tiny cannulas.
And all this, while you’re fully awake - thus able to respond to any of the surgeon’s prompts as needed... You may even be required to stand to allow him to adjust the fat removal for improved symmetry and tissue smoothness.
Keep in mind... the fat removed in this procedure can be used in a "fat transfer" to fill out less-plumped areas, like your lips for example.
When to Consider a Chin or Neck Micro Liposuction
As you age, your chin may become a little flabby... That’s because fat pockets accumulate below the skin and subcutaneous tissue loses its elasticity.
Using micro-cannulas no bigger than a fever thermometer, the surgeon breaks up the fat tissue then remove it through suction; then, he tightens any loose skin. This delicate procedure is so minimally invasive that you may be done within 20-30 minutes. Unlike a face lift, which requires a more difficult surgery with more complex incisions and longer recovery time, this procedure gets your chin a nicely shaped look with very little trauma to your face.
You’ll be pleasantly surprised... Neck lipo gives you a totally new look!
The signs of aging (especially after you’ve lost some weight) show up first on your neck. It’s actually been said that you can tell a woman’s age by merely looking at her neck... Not sure if this is true, but if you want to get rid of that sagging part (which unfortunately is always visible) regaining a firm jaw and neck line, you can achieve this younger look with a neck micro liposuction.
Yes, after the surgery you will have to wear a compression band around your neck for a few days, but you’ll see a smooth and graceful neck line in as little as a week.
You're a Good Candidate for Micro Liposuction If...
...you’re in relatively good shape and seeking to lose inches rather than weight. Bear in mind, this is NOT a substitute for a healthy diet and regular exercise; it is only recommended when you need fat removed from small areas on which you want an improved body contouring.
A last thing you should know.
Just because small areas are targeted it doesn’t mean that micro lipo is a low cost liposuction. For example, prices for neck micro lipo suction range from $2,600-$3,600. Of course, as with any cosmetic procedure, prices depend on the surgeon and the location you choose.
Make sure you take your time when consulting with a plastic surgeon. Choose an experienced, board-certified professional to minimize the risks and get the best possible micro liposuction results. Just because it’s not a major surgery doesn’t mean you should put in micro-effort to exercise the appropriate due-diligence getting all the information you can beforehand.