Liposuction (Abdomen)

Overview

Liposuction, also known as suction-assisted lipectomy, is one of the most frequent cosmetic surgical procedures performed globally. Liposuction is primarily a body shaping technique that employs vacuum suction to remove subcutaneous adipose tissue in specific anatomical regions.

It is important to highlight that liposuction should not be presented as a weight loss technique, it is not commonly seen as a weight-loss treatment or an alternative to weight-loss surgery. If you're overweight, you're more likely to lose weight with diet and exercise or bariatric operations like gastric bypass surgery than by liposuction.

Liposuction has seen a number of technical and procedural advances (e.g., lasers, ultrasound) since its start in the early 1980s.