Traditional liposuction, ultrasonic liposuction, laser assisted liposuction, water-jet assisted liposuction?
Feel confused? Well here are a few basic facts to unscramble the mass of information and advertising in the ‘market place’.
Liposuction and liposculpture are synonyms. That is, they mean precisely the same thing. The term liposculpture was developed by those who thought is sounded ‘nicer’ than liposuction. A doctor might say he does liposuction or liposculpture but the fact is that the procedure should be a reshaping of unsightly localised accumulations of fat. It is a reshaping procedure, whether the person is of normal weight, underweight, or overweight. It is not an alternative way of losing weight.
In relation to the different technologies used as listed above, the indisputable fact remains that the most important factors in producing good results are the training, experience and care of the doctor performing the procedure. The nature of the technology used is virtually incidental. Even the finest or advanced instruments in the hands of a poorly trained, careless or inexperienced operator can produce poor or disastrous results.
You as a patient should be interviewing the doctor as much as he is interviewing you at consultation. Also, to have more then one consultation will empower you to make a properly informed decision.