Liposuction

The demand for cosmetic procedures remains strong as the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) releases its fifteenth consecutive year of multi-specialty procedural statistics. Since 1997 the ASAPS has been educating both plastic surgeons and patients about trends in the plastic surgery industry. “For fifteen years these statistics have been a large part of…

Body fat can be so annoying. You can do all of the right things and still have deposits of fat that will not leave you alone. Exercise and diet do not always produce optimal results. This especially holds true if you lost a great deal of weight. You may have dropped the pounds, but resistant…

How do I know what treatment to get? The very best way to start to make a decision about treatment is to understand a few things about the treatment. The questions that you have to ask are: If you know a little bit about each of those things, you can start to decide what is…

Body mass index (BMI) is “out” and waist-to-height ratio is “in”, at least according to new research presented at an obesity conference in France. BMI – The Current Standard There are many health risks associated with being overweight and BMI has traditionally been used as a health screening tool. Using a simple conversion formula, BMI…

The body-contouring procedure known as liposuction can help you lose stubborn fat from numerous areas of your body. During your liposuction recovery period, it will be vital to follow your doctor’s post-operative care instructions. Along with a reduction in volume of a target area, liposuction creates a degree of bruising and swelling. Six weeks of…

While diet and exercise are helpful tools in the fight against excess body fat, sometimes they just aren’t enough. The lipoplasty procedure can go the extra mile, removing fat cells directly to reduce regions of the body in volume. During lipoplasty, small incisions are created in the areas targeted for fat removal. These incisions allow…