Liposuction – remove unwanted fat and safely shape your body with a plastic surgeon

What is liposuction?

Many people have unwanted fat that they want to get rid of. Some areas are difficult to exercise away, and unfortunate fat deposits can be due to lifestyle, hereditary or hormonal factors. Liposuction is not an alternative to dieting, but is very suitable for areas with localized fat deposits that cannot be removed, and to bring out underlying contours.

We use all methods of liposuction. The most common is traditional liposuction, which uses different types of cannulas, shapes, and sizes with suction. This procedure is usually performed under anesthesia and is suitable for removing larger amounts of fat, but also for contouring. 

See the separate page on SmartLipo and laser liposuction, which is a gentler technique for removing fat. This can be done while awake with pain medication or under sedation, and recovery is quick. This procedure is most often suitable for smaller areas and smaller fat deposits, or areas with fat that is harder and more difficult to remove with traditional liposuction. Another advantage is that it can gently tighten the skin afterwards if there is loose skin. 

Is liposuction permanent?

People are born with a certain number of fat cells on their bodies, and these are distributed differently between individuals and between women and men. For example, men tend to store fat on their stomachs, while women store it on their stomachs, hips, and Breast. When you lose weight, the fat cells contain less fat, but there are still the same number of fat cells. 

During liposuction, fat cells are permanently removed from an area where you want less fat, and if you maintain the same weight after the operation, the results will be permanent. 

Can fat return to areas where liposuction has been performed? 

If you maintain the same weight, the result should be stable. However, if you gain weight and continue to eat as before, the excess energy will be stored as fat, but to a greater extent in other areas. It will be stored both in the areas where you have had liposuction, as there will always be some fat cells left under the skin, but to a much greater extent in other areas. You will therefore gain more weight in areas other than where you had liposuction, but also a little in the areas where you had liposuction if you gain weight afterwards.

Common areas for liposuction

• Stomach
• Flanks
• Inside and outside thighs
• Inside knees
• Upper arms
• Back cushions
• Inside knees
• Double hook
• Jawline
• Breast men
• Venus mound (below the panty line)

The abdomen is the most common area for liposuction. Dr. Vigen is interested in body contouring surgery and 3D liposuction/high definition lipo, and is familiar with techniques for bringing out underlying and more athletic contours. There are many differences between the anatomy of women and men that are important to consider when performing liposuction, such as which fat to remove and which to preserve in different areas. 

If there is loose skin (on the stomach), there may be more loose skin after liposuction, and the procedure should then be combined with abdominoplasty(either full or mini abdominoplasty) or another tightening treatment.

There are specific rules that we follow regarding how to liposuction women and men in order to bring out feminine and masculine shapes, respectively. 

Liposuction in women

When performing liposuction on women, the aim is to achieve an hourglass figure, with a focus on contouring the waist and hips. In women, liposuction is often combined with fat transfer in order to preserve the fat and use it to create more feminine shapes in Breast, face, buttocks, or hips (hip dips). It is popular to move fat from one area to another, such as from the stomach and waist to Breast.

Liposuction for men

The stomach and waist are areas that are genetically difficult to slim down and where men often store fat. They are therefore the most common areas for liposuction in men, as they usually want to reveal athletic contours from their abdominal muscles and get rid of their "love handles." Many men have more or less fat on Breast sometimes a feminine shape and some glandular tissue, so in cases of gynecomastia or simple fat deposits on Breast , it Breast a common area to perform liposuction to remove fat and improve the contour of the pectoralis muscle.

If there are signs of gynecomastia and glandular development, this can be removed through a small incision at the nipple at the same time.

Remove skin or not at the same time as liposuction?

It is often quite obvious whether to choose one or the other, but sometimes it becomes a matter of judgment whether to perform plastic surgery and remove skin, where the scars are placed in a less visible area and sutured using plastic surgery techniques, or whether there is not so much skin that scars are desirable, and it is preferable to have a few small incisions. It is important that the surgeon has experience with all methods and is not just proficient in one method. You should talk to the plastic surgeon during the consultation and look at many before and after pictures of both types of procedures and similar problems so that you know what to expect.

What is included in the price?

The price you pay for an operation includes all follow-up checks you would need after an operation. We are available to all our patients and want them to have the safest experience throughout the entire process.