Liposuction is a procedure that can help sculpt the body by removing unwanted fat from specific areas, including the abdomen, hips, buttocks, love handles, saddlebags, waist, thighs, knees, upper arms, chin, cheeks and neck. The end result is dependent more on what is left behind rather than what is removed. New patients judge the initial result by what they see in the liposuction container i.e. the total amount removed with the idea that more is better. That is extremely incorrect.

In order to achieve an optimal result the surgeon has to assess where the fat is concentrated by finger pinch because it is not evenly distributed under the skin. Then he or she has to account for natural body contours (concave and convex surfaces) during the removal process to recreate these contours. This is made more difficult by the common use of fluid injection just prior to liposuction removal of the fat — tumescent or superwet liposuction. Overly aggressive removal to just get fat into the liposuction cannister can damage the overlying skin causing pigmentation changes and/or scarring and pitting or unnatural surface contours. At the extremes these irregularities are not fixable.

This 45 year old, 5'4" tall, 230 lb. patient had neck liposuction performed elsewhere and was unhappy with the result. The previous surgeon did not account for natural surface contours such as the concavity under the jaw line and also performed asymmetric removal of fat leaving the patient with a lump of fat on the left side. Accounting for the natural contours Dr. Stone was able to achieve a more esthetic more symmetric result with greater definition of the jaw line and a slight concavity in the cheek area to accentuate the normal convexity of the cheek bones by performing redo liposuction of the neck.

Mesotherapy, Lipo-Dissolve, or Injection Lipolysis
Liposuction and its variants tumescent liposuction, superficial liposuction, smartlipo, power assisted liposuction, microliposculpture
Free fat grafting