Any medical or surgical procedure that aims to reshape an area of the body, falls under the vast spectrum of procedures that is called Body contouring.
It may involve:
Liposuction - to eliminate excess fat.
Liposuction with skin excision - to get rid of excess or loose skin.
e.g., Body lift, Tummy tuck, Arm lift, or Butt lift
While liposuction and body lift procedures help reduce the excess body tissue, at the other end of the spectrum of body contouring lies procedures that add volume to the areas of the body, namely - Fat grafting (fat transfer), Fillers or Implants.
What Is Liposuction?
Literal meaning – Sucking out fat / lipids
Liposuction is a cosmetic surgical procedure that removes the fat deposits from under the skin.
Subcutaneous fat deposits are often very stubborn and may not go away even after constant efforts at dieting and workouts
While liposuction is not an alternative to healthy lifestyle, proper diet and working out, it can very well help you get rid of that stubborn fat from difficult areas such as:
Abdomen (Paunch)
Flanks (Love handles/ Muffin top)
Upper back (Bra rolls)
Upper arms (Bye-bye arms/ Bingo arms)
Hips (Buttock shaping)
Outer thighs (Saddle bags)
Inner thighs
Inner knees
Ankles
Submental area/ Chin (Double chin)
Face and Neck
Gynecomastia (Male breast tissue)
Back of neck (Buffalo hump)
Axillary tail of breast (Bra bulge)
Getting rid of the stubborn fat from such difficult areas helps you look better and feel better.
What is stubborn fat?
Ever felt that those love handles or the double chin refuses to go away even after your honest efforts at dieting and working out?
You may evidently lose weight after all that effort and may even look slimmer, but certain areas of the body are very notorious for being resistant to fat-resorption, and that may very well be the culprit to demotivate a person in the maintaining the efforts towards their journey of self-improvement.
Once you get rid of this ‘Stubborn fat’, you may very well be able to appreciate the results of your efforts in maintaining a healthy lifestyle which are now much more evident.
Who is an ideal candidate for Liposuction?
People with a Body mass index falling in the range of 25-30, who have less ‘visceral fat’ (Internal fat) and more ‘subcutaneous fat’ (Fat under the skin).
People with firm elastic skin who have localized deposits of excess fat in certain areas of the body.
What is stubborn fat?
It is a one-to-four-hour procedure, which can be performed under local, epidural, or general anesthesia, depending upon the size of the area and amount of fat to be addressed.
It is performed using 3-4 mm cannulas for the body and 2-3 mm cannulas for the face, which are inserted under the skin from small holes approximately 4 mm in size. These holes are so tiny that they are left open to heal by themselves within a few days. (It is a Suture-less/ Stitch-less procedure)
It does not penetrate any body cavities; hence it is a very safe procedure with few temporary side effects such as bruising, pain, swelling, soreness, numbness, or lumpiness.
Recovery Time
Clients who undergo a small liposuction may go home the same day.
Light activity may be resumed within 3-5 days.
Strenuous activity can resume from the second to fourth weeks.
You will look and feel slimmer from the very first week, however, the best results after any liposuction are best appreciated at around six months after the procedure when all the swelling has subsided, and the loose skin tightens up again.
Other popular uses of Liposuction
Facial Sculpting
Neck Sculpting
Jawline Sculpting
Fibroadenoma of Breast
Axillary Tail of Breast (Bra Bulge)
Fat Grafting or Fat Transfer
Facial Rejuvenation & Hand Rejuvenation
Nano-Fat Transfer & Stem Cell Therapy
Male Breast Surgery (Gynecomastia)
The prevalence of Gynecomastia varies among different races and age-groups. It is speculated that one in every four males develop a tendency for gynecomastia during their lifetime
The reasons behind increase in size of male breast gland can be diverse, such as hormonal imbalance (e.g., Increase in estrogen activity or Decrease in Testosterone activity), side-effect of certain medications e.g., Cimetidine, or it may even be idiopathic (i.e., It has no clearly defined or proven reason) in some cases.
Enlarged breast tissue in males can be a reason for social embarrassment and lead to problems like anxiety, avoiding social gatherings or even depression. It also disturbs certain activities like jogging, dancing, swimming etc.
A notable point about Gynecomastia that occurs from enlargement of male breast glands is that it may not reverse even after honest efforts at working-out and weight loss; because even if the fat is lost, the enlarged glands are unaffected by the exercise.
At Savannah Aesthetic Clinic, we provide a virtually scarless liposuction and gland excision for our clients. A very small incision is kept in the nipple area and the eventual scar is hidden at the junction of nipple and surrounding skin.
Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty)
People who have lost a lot of weight in a very short time, e.g., after bariatric surgery,
although having an overall slimmer looking body structure, have over-hanging loose
folds of skin. This is the excess skin which fails to shrink back to its original size after
losing weight.
This excess skin can be appreciated best in certain areas of the body such as
Lower abdomen
Upper Back (Upper body lift)
Arms (Arm lift)
Waist
Buttocks (Brazilian butt lift)
Thighs (Thigh lift)
This ‘excess skin’ is surgically removed to ‘drape’ just the perfect amount of skin around
your newly achieved body proportions.
When done for abdominal skin only, it is called an Abdominoplasty or a ‘Tummy tuck’.
Another indication of abdominoplasty is a post-pregnancy lower abdominal bulge in
women who might otherwise have a very fit body
The reason for such an unsightly bulge in women who have undergone one or more
pregnancies, is ‘Rectus muscle diastasis’. In simpler terms, it is because of splitting
open of two rectus muscles in the midline of lower abdomen during pregnancy which
results in weakness of lower abdominal tone
This presents as a bulge in the lower abdominal region which becomes prominent while
sitting or bending over.
This gap in rectus muscles is repaired and excess skin is removed to achieve that
pre-pregnancy fit-looking toned abdomen and waistline
In selected patients, this bulge can be addressed with a ‘Mini tummy-tuck’ where the
eventual scar is hidden inside the undergarments, giving you the body and the
confidence to even hit the beaches in your favorite bikini
Why Choose Savannah For Body Sculpting?
You are precious and so is your body. Improving the shape of the body is as good as sculpting a
piece-of-art, so it is recommended that you approach only the best-trained plastic surgeons, who have
the required skillset to make the entire experience pleasant for you.
At Savannah, we follow international standards of aesthetic face surgery which makes sure that our
clients achieve the best results.
We have a fully equipped operation theatre setup with state-of-the-art equipment that takes maximum
care of our client's safety.
Savannah Aesthetic Clinic is run by a qualified super-specialist plastic surgeon who ensures the best &
most natural-looking and aesthetically pleasing body sculpting results.
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