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Aftercare

After liposuction, a follow-up treatment of at least 6 weeks is necessary. During this time the patient must wear a support corset. This is necessary because the connective tissue has been damaged and the weight proportions in the treated region have changed.

A missing after-treatment would result in unsightly dents and an inhomogeneous fat distribution pattern. The corset after-treatment can be omitted with the much gentler, but more complex, and therefore more expensive microcannula technique. In both cases, it may be necessary to suture any “puncture holes” through which the instruments were inserted into the fatty tissue after the tumescent technique has been applied. However, the sutures can usually be removed again within 1 to 2 weeks. Initial swelling and bruising may also occur, but these will also disappear after one week at the latest.

Risks

Like any other surgery, the tumor technique carries a certain risk. In Germany, for example, about 5 deaths per year are expected due to liposuction. However, this should be seen in relation to the number of operations performed: 250,000 per year in Germany, and three-quarters of a million per year in the USA.

So every 50,000th operation ends fatally, which means a relatively low risk.Also, the mere number of interventions provides a certain amount of experience. This should be taken into account when choosing a surgeon, since the number of procedures performed is the only measure by which a surgeon in this industry can be objectively measured. In Germany, there is no further training regulation that makes liposuction mandatory. They are therefore not examined in any specialist examination. All the more reason why the experience of the surgeon is decisive.

Alternatives

Liposuction is considered the gold standard when it comes to targeted and rapid loss of fatty tissue. With no other intervention method can fatty tissue be lost as quickly as with the transcency technique. However, there are other methods that should be considered for weight reduction.

First of all, it is not possible to lose weight specifically on individual parts of the body. A widespread misconception is, for example, that it is possible to burn abdominal fat through targeted abdominal muscle training. Fat burning occurs systemically when a calorie deficit is reached, but always follows human fat distribution patterns.

As a rule, men tend to gain weight first on the abdomen (typical “beer belly”), women tend to gain weight on the buttocks and legs (“pear-shaped distribution pattern”). In the end, these are also the stubborn zones where the last bit of fat is retained. A healthy diet, with no “processed food” and sufficient daily exercise, is more beneficial than all the weight loss tips in the world.

However, this is of course the “hard” way, which is not always worth the effort. An alternative to the tumescent technique and natural weight loss is therefore the gastric band. In this procedure, part of the stomach is tied off – the patient is full faster, eats less, and loses weight quickly. However, this procedure is much more dangerous than the tumescent technique, more expensive, and is only covered by health insurance in exceptional cases. In addition, a close medical follow-up is necessary, as the weight loss after gastric banding surgery is by no means a matter of course, contrary to popular opinion.