Banish your love handles with Liposuction

Liposuction or lipoplasty is an aesthetic procedure that is used to improve the body’s contours. Certified Chicago plastic surgeons like Dr. Bloch can successfully carry out the procedure. The doctor usually carries out this procedure for his male and female patients who wish to improve their looks. Though not a solution for weight loss or stretch marks, liposuction breaks and removes fat from different body parts which include the chin, neck, upper arms, calves, back, thighs, buttocks and abdomen. Lipoplasty makes use of a tube called a cannula which is inserted beneath the skin surface. High pressure vacuum is applied to the cannula to suck unwanted fat. Before the treatment, Dr. Bloch from www.bodybybloch.com advises his patients to go through several health tests to ascertain their fitness for a lipo.

What To Think About

Liposuction should be done only by a doctor who has special training in liposuction and surgery of the skin and in how to respond to complications during surgery. You will also be at less risk for complications if liposuction is not done at the same time as other cosmetic procedures.

If you are trying to lose weight, liposuction is not a substitute for exercise and a balanced diet. In fact, most cosmetic surgeons agree that the best candidates for liposuction are healthy people who are at or close to a healthy weight but who have stubborn fat deposits that do not respond to exercise.

Liposuction procedure

Liposuction is one of the many cosmetic outpatient procedures that Dr. Bloch carries for his Chicago patients. The doctor’s facility known as Body by Bloch is well equipped. The doctor starts by marking out lines on your body to indicate treatment sites. Photos of the target areas or the whole body are then taken. Other pictures will be taken after the treatment which will be compared to the previous ones. This is followed by local anesthesia. If you have large areas that need treatment, the plastic surgeon will give you general anesthesia for your comfort during the operation. The surgeon then makes tiny cuts on your skin which make way for the cannula. Fat is then suctioned through the cannula as the doctor moves it around target areas.

After the liposuction operation

• Anesthetic - patients who underwent a general anesthetic usually spend the night in hospital. Those who had a local anesthetic may be able to leave hospital on the same day. Patients should not drive for at least 24 hours after receiving an anesthetic.


• Support bandages - the patient will be fitted with either an elasticated support corset or bandages for the targeted area after the operation. They help reduce inflammation and bruising. They should be worn for several weeks. It is important to follow the doctor’s advice on keeping the area clean and how to do this.


• Antibiotics - patients may be given antibiotics immediately after the operation.


• Painkillers - the doctor will most likely prescribe or recommend analgesics (painkillers) to relieve pain and inflammation.


• Stitches - the patient will be given a follow-up appointment to have the stitches removed.


• Bruising - there will be significant bruising in the targeted area. The amount of bruising is usually linked to how big the targeted area was. The bruising may go on for several weeks; in some cases for as long as six months.


• Numbness - patients may experience numbness in the area where fat was removed. This should improve within six to eight weeks.

Liposuction Risks

Liposuction can have good results when done by an experienced cosmetic surgeon like Dr. Bloch. There are however some common side effects that may arise when the procedure is carried out on an extensive area or if you have multiple areas treated at once. Common problems with lipoplasty include soreness and swelling in treated sites. In some people and especially those with large fat deposits, the skin may retract after treatment and goes loose after some months. Scarring and irritation may occur around incision sites used to insert the cannulas.

A healthy lifestyle can prolong liposuction results. Since the treatment gets rid of fat cells, poor exercise will not make fat accumulate in the treated areas but finds new zones which include areas around vital body organs like the heart which is quite dangerous.

To book a consultation with Body by Bloch call us at 1-847-432-0840 or go to http://www.bodybybloch.com/procedure/surgical/body/liposuction/ 

Banish your love handles with Liposuction