Some people have problems related to excessive fat deposits in specific areas of the body, including the hips, abdomen and buttocks. This unwanted fat under the skin can be removed by means of a vacuum suction cannula, using a surgical procedure called liposuction.
What is ultrasonic liposuction?
Ultrasound-assisted liposuction (UAL) uses a special suction cannula producing ultrasound energy. This energy affects the walls of fat cells and liquefies the fat. Ultrasound liposuction can be an effective tool for removing fat from fibrous body areas, such as the upper half of the back, male buttocks, abnormally large male breasts, scarred areas, as well as in older patients. The advantages of ultrasound liposuction include lower blood loss and the ability to penetrate tissues with larger content of ligament. Unless the technique is performed correctly there is a risk of skin burns, however not very often. The fat suction is identical with other liposuction methods. Ultrasound suction cannula can be successfully combined with tumescent technique. The ultrasound-assisted liposuction is not much used due to the high costs of ultrasound device and the surgery.The term ultrasound liposuction is often incorrectly used for external ultrasound-assisted liposuction (E-UAL) in which the fat cells are disturbed by ultrasound through skin and washed out of the body by natural metabolism. The skin is not damaged and no fat is sucked through a cannula. This technique of fat removal and body contouring is used by Ultracontour and Ultrashape devices.
What is power assisted liposuction?
Some people have problems related to excessive fat deposits in specific areas of the body, including the hips, abdomen and buttocks. This unwanted fat under the skin can be removed by means of a vacuum suction cannula, using a surgical procedure called liposuction.
Power assisted liposuction utilizes a surgical device with a liposuction cannula that oscillates in quick micro-movements back and forth. The device has proven to be especially gentle to fatty tissues with higher percentage of ligament, e.g. on buttocks or back. This kind of liposuction is used for repeated intervention in tissue remodeling; it can smooth the final irregularities in the sucked area and in the border areas between sucked and unsucked parts of the body. Vacuson LP 60, the advanced and most often used equipment, consists of a vibration cannula, infiltration and suction device. Presently, the tumescent technique using a vibration cannula is considered the gentlest and the most efficient method, i.e. tumescent liposuction together with power-assisted liposuction.