Liposuction / Body Contouring

Are you thinking about liposuction?
You will benefit from this surgery if you have one of the following conditions or any combination of them:
- you are a man or a woman older than 16 years of age, with normal weight and firm and elastic skin;
- with localized fat
- areas where fat does not disappear after loosing weight or doing exercises
- cellulites
- back folds
- excess of fat in the neck, arms, thorax, breasts, abdomen and waist
- excess of fat in the buttocks, external thigh, internal thigh, knee and calf
- body contouring is not a weight loss method
- it is a complement to the traditional methods of diet and physical exercises

How is this surgery performed?
- body contouring is the process of sculpturing the fat under the skin
- stimulate skin retraction ( superficial liposuction )
- the procedure is made through little incisions (less than 1 cm) ; no scars are visible
- a very fine canula is introduced to remove fat by several devices

• a syringe (name of the surgery : body contouring)
• a pressure controlled suction (name of the surgery: liposuction)
• an ultrasound transducer (name of the surgery: ultrasonic liposuction)
• vibration equipment (name of the surgery: vibroliposuction)

- the goal for all methods are the same
- the removal of undesirable fat from specific areas of the body to obtain a new silhouette
- retration of the skin
- local anesthesia is used in smaller surgeries and epidural anesthesia in the larger ones
- the patient will be in the hospital for a few hours, and go home at the same day
- or can stay one night at the Clinic

Postoperative:
- return to normal activities after 48 hours
- must wear a girdle
- the surgery is painless if you follow the instructions correctly
- lymphatic drainage 2 to 3 times a week for at least 60 days

Results:
- the desirable physical contour, with the current standards of beauty
- you will be more self confident

Liposuction Procedure

Incision		Final result

Procedimento Cirúrgico