Liposuction
Liposuction in Athens
If you are constantly struggling with persistent fat that diet and exercise won’t budge? Liposuction might be your solution. This procedure effectively removes unwanted fat from nearly any body area, offering a way to finely sculpt and define areas that don’t respond to traditional weight loss methods.
At Pittman Plastic Surgery in Athens, GA, we specialize in helping you achieve the body shape you’ve been striving for. Dr. Pittman, a board-certified surgeon with a wealth of experience, performs liposuction with precision on key areas such as the abdomen, hips, thighs, and buttocks, providing a solution where diet and exercise may not suffice. Dedicated to delivering superior aesthetic results, Dr. Pittman and our team offer liposuction as a route to a more contoured and slimmer figure.
Struggling to shed persistent fat through exercise alone can be daunting, but liposuction offers a solution. This surgical procedure efficiently removes fat from various body areas, permanently reshaping and refining your physique where fat accumulates most.
At Pittman Plastic Surgery in Athens, GA, our goal is to assist you in achieving your desired body contour. Under the skilled hands of Dr. Pittman, our liposuction services are tailored to address those tough areas—such as the abdomen, hips, thighs, and buttocks—that often resist diet and exercise efforts. Dr. Pittman, a board-certified surgeon with a wealth of experience, is dedicated to delivering outstanding aesthetic results, guiding you toward a more sculpted and slenderer figure through liposuction.
What is Liposuction?
Liposuction is a plastic surgery that targets and removes excess fat from specific body areas like the belly, hips, thighs, stomach, or arms to help shape and enhance the body’s appearance. It’s important to understand that liposuction isn’t a way to lose weight but rather a technique to refine the body’s shape. During the procedure, a small cannula suctions fat cells from under the skin through tiny incisions.
How Does Liposuction Work?
Liposuction is a surgical method where a thin tube, called a cannula, is inserted into the treated area. This tube breaks up fat cells, suctioned out of the body with a vacuum-like device. Usually, patients are under general anesthesia during this procedure to make sure they’re comfortable and safe.
Benefits of a Liposuction Treatment
Liposuction offers enduring benefits by effectively removing fat cells for good, meaning they won’t come back. This treatment refines your shape by targeting specific areas like the belly, legs, or arms to meet your beauty goals, boosting your confidence significantly. With liposuction, the dream body you’ve always wanted is within reach, making it easier to achieve your desired look.
Liposuction offers lasting benefits by permanently eliminating fat cells, which means they won’t return. This procedure shapes your body in targeted areas such as the abdomen, thighs, or arms to meet your personal beauty goals, boosting your confidence and self-esteem. With liposuction, the dream body you’ve always wanted can be achieved quickly, giving you the physical appearance you desire.
Candidates for Liposuction
Liposuction removes undesirable, subcutaneous fat in isolated areas that will not respond to diet and exercise. Liposuction is most successful in people with good skin tone, who are near normal weight but have localized fatty deposits. It is not a treatment for obesity, and only intended to produce a more flattering figure by improving contours and proportions.
Liposuction Procedure
Performed at our private AAAHC accredited Surgical Center, under general anesthesia, the procedure involves small incisions through which a cannula, or hollow tube, is inserted to break up and remove the fat beneath the skin. Several areas can be suctioned in one operative setting, although there is a limit to the amount that can be removed safely at one time.
Improve body shape by removing exercise-resistant fat deposits performed using the tumescent technique, in which targeted fat cells are infused with a saline solution local anesthetic before liposuction to reduce post-operative bruising and swelling. The procedure will last 1-2 hours or more.
Liposuction rECOVERY & RESULTS
Post-operatively, patients will be bruised and swollen, and this will likely last several weeks. A compression garment is worn for several weeks to minimize fluid accumulation and facilitate skin settling. Typically you can plan to go back to work after 1 week but must refrain from strenuous activity for 2-4 weeks. You will be able to visualize your final results in 1 to 6 months, or more.
What To Expect Before a Liposuction Treatment
Preparing for a liposuction procedure involves several key steps to ensure everything goes smoothly and you recover well. It’s essential to stop taking specific medications, such as blood thinners and NSAIDs, at least a week before your surgery. Additionally, you might need to undergo certain lab tests to confirm that you’re ready for the operation. Before the surgery, the surgeon will also carefully mark the areas to be treated with circles and lines, guiding the liposuction process.
Before your liposuction surgery, it’s crucial to follow specific guidelines to help everything go smoothly and to aid in your recovery. This includes stopping the use of some medications such as blood thinners and NSAIDs for at least a week before your operation. You might also need to undergo certain lab tests to confirm you’re fit for surgery. Additionally, the surgeon will mark the areas on your body that will be treated with detailed circles and lines to ensure precision during the liposuction.
What To Expect During a Liposuction Treatment
During liposuction, for your comfort, you will be given anesthesia first. Small incisions are made on the skin, allowing a thin tube, known as a cannula, to be inserted into the body. This tube is then moved gently back and forth to break up the fat, which is afterward suctioned out using a surgical vacuum or a syringe attached to the cannula. This procedure aims to sculpt and refine the body’s shape by removing excess fat.
When undergoing liposuction, your comfort is prioritized with the administration of anesthesia. Small incisions are made on your skin, through which a thin tube, known as a cannula, is introduced into your body. The cannula is skillfully maneuvered in a back-and-forth motion to loosen the fat, which is then suctioned out using a surgical vacuum or attached syringe.
This procedure effectively sculpts and refines your body’s shape by removing undesired fat deposits, providing you with an understanding of what to expect during the liposuction process.
What To Expect After a Liposuction Treatment
After your liposuction surgery, the treated areas will be wrapped in special dressings or bandages. To help your body heal and minimize swelling, you’ll need to wear a special compression garment or an elastic wrap. Sometimes, drainage tubes will be placed in these areas to remove excess fluid which will be monitored.
You will be given detailed care instructions after your surgery, including medications to aid in your healing and prevent infection, so you have a clear understanding of your recovery process.
Liposuction can be performed on several areas of the body. These areas include hips, thighs, abdomen, flanks, back, knees, chin/neck, and arms.
Liposuction is only used for removal of excess fat in a specific area. A tummy tuck includes other goals such as removal of excess skin, in the abdominal area, and reconstructing the abdominal wall.
Any fat removed during a liposuction procedure is permanent. However, remaining fat cells can still store excess fat. It is recommended that you maintain a healthy diet and lifestyle to help achieve long-lasting results.
Liposuction is ideal for those in good health who struggle with persistent fat deposits that remain unaffected by diet and exercise.
The duration of a liposuction procedure can fluctuate based on the specific requirements and the complexity of the surgery for each patient.
Fat cells eliminated through liposuction are permanently removed and won’t regenerate. Yet, it’s essential to sustain a healthy lifestyle. Noticeable weight changes can alter how your results look over time.
Cost varies depending on the areas treated and the extent of the treatment.
After your surgery, you might need to wear a compression garment or elastic bandages over the treated areas to aid in recovery. You may experience some swelling, numbness, soreness, bruising, and discomfort initially, but this can be managed with prescribed medication.
Your surgeon will give you detailed instructions on how to care for your surgical sites, when you can get back to your daily activities, and how to use the compression garments. It’s usually okay to start doing light activities as soon as you feel up to it, as this helps prevent complications like blood clots.
The first phase of healing should take about 5-10 days, during which any stitches might be removed if needed. The swelling will take more
time to go down, and your incision lines will gradually get better over several weeks.
Make sure to stick to your surgeon’s care instructions and go to all your follow-up appointments. Maintaining your weight is also crucial since gaining too much weight could affect your surgery results.
FROM OUR PATIENTS
“I don’t know where to start. Dr. Pittman and his staff are the best. Dr. Pittman performed liposuction on my chin, arms, belly, back, and thighs in two surgeries.
His staff is top-notch. Everyone is so friendly and helpful. I couldn’t be more pleased with my results. I had several consultations before Pittman Plastic Surgery. Once I met with him and his staff the choice was easy.
If you want the best, you have found it.”
“From the beginning, it was super easy. I was very uneasy about the process before Dr. Pittman took the time to explain everything.
Before the procedure, during, and especially after, Dr. Pittman and his staff were there to support me.
I definitely would recommend Dr. Pittman & his staff to anyone who was a great and caring doctor. On a scale of 1-10, they are a 20 in my book!”
“I would like for you all to know what a powerful impact you have made on my life. You all treated me with the utmost respect and care and worked so hard to make sure I had exactly what I had hoped for all along.
The results are so much greater than I could have ever expected. I feel wonderful inside and out thanks to all of you!”
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