Procedures
Body Contouring San Diego
Everyone dreams of having a flat, firm abdomen but a woman's pregnancy as well as weight gain and weight loss in anyone, can leave unwanted abdominal fat, and cause the abdomen to stretch and leave the skin loose and saggy. Body contouring can enhance the appearance and shape of your body.
Both men and women have areas of fat that are resistant to diet and exercise. Many men also suffer from unsightly fat around the waist and love-handles. Liposuction can remove this excess fat through a variety of surgical techniques and can be performed on virtually any area where fat cells are abundant, including the neck, arms, hips, breasts, buttocks and knees. A tummy tuck removes both excess fat and skin, and tightens the stomach muscles, and a thigh lift contours the inner-thigh area.
If you are considering a body contouring procedure, these web pages will give you a basic understanding of each procedure and may answer some of your initial questions. It is not intended to take the place of an in-office consultation in which we can evaluate your individual condition and discuss each procedure in more detail with you. During your consultation we can then go over your expectations and tailor the surgical procedure that will work best for you.
VASER Liposelection
Body contouring procedures
date back to the late 1970s when
Europeans such as Georgio Fisher
and others described a selective
localized fat removal procedure using
suction canulas. Scuderi, in 1987,
first reported using ultrasonic energy
for lipoplasty. The first generation
of ultrasonic devices was an SMEI
device, which utilized 4-6mm solid
probes. Lysonix, 1996, developed a
second generation ultrasonic device
which had a golf-tee shape at the end
of a 5mm canula with a 2mm lumen
for simultaneous aspiration. Finally,
in 2002, a third generation ultrasonic
device marketed by Sound Surgical
Technologies, termed the VASER®
System, became available and was
marketed as LipoSelection®.