Liposuction of the Legs


Specifically the Inner Thighs and Inner Knees

The consultant will draw marks on the patient’s legs, specifically the inner thighs and the inner knees, indicating the areas which require recontouring.

The doctor will then inject fluid into the fatty tissue layer using the cannula – the tip of which has holes in it to enable the doctor to do this. This allows the doctor to remove more fat more efficiently.

liposuction legs

The fluid also has two medications in it, Epinephrine which will cause the blood vessels to constrict down and the other one Lidocaine, will make the patient’s tissues more numb.  This supplies additional anaesthesia to the patient whilst she is asleep and it will also help post operatively.

As the surgeon fills the areas with fluid, they will distend and get tense and this will help in the constriction of the blood vessels and prevent the treated areas from bleeding too much.  This also helps to diminish the amount of bruising to the patient.

All of the necessary incisions are very small and they heal very well and are essentially very difficult to see.  The wetting solution is placed into the superficial and deep plains of the areas being treated.  Some areas are better to be recontour than others.

As the areas are being treated, the surface skin appears to whiten. This pale effect is because of the vasal constrictive effects of the medication.  The tip of the cannula is rather aggressive, it has three different holes in it that allow for the evacuation of fat.

The surgeon would use both hands, one actually holding the cannula whilst the other feels the area of the leg into which it is inserted, not only to control and feel how deep it is going but also so he knows what tissue plain it is at.  This is very important especially when suction is performed in the thighs, as there are a lot of blood vessels in this area and it is critical to be in the correct plain.

The fluid that the surgeon inserts into the area will be removed at the same time as the fat, during the procedure.

The area is treated through the small incisions, however on occasions it is sometimes necessary to add accessory incisions to get more fat out that cannot be reached from the first incision site.

The good thing about the cannulas that are used, is that they are flexible and they can be bent a little to get around curved surfaces, which allows the surgeon to use less access incisions whilst still achieving a superior result.

As the surgeon works on the area which is to be recontoured in both the superficial and deep layers of fat, he will constantly check the position of the leg to see if the contour improves whilst he works.

The surgeon starts by removing the fluid from the area that he initially filled, and then he feathers the area that has been suctioned to make sure that there is a smooth transition from the area that is aggressively recontoured to the area that is not, to create a nice contour.  The surgeon will repeatedly stop to check and assess the area from different angles and different positions during the surgery.

Once the surgeon is satisfied with the area, he will then use a second cannula which has a slightly different tip configuration.  These cannulas are also smaller and will help the transition areas to become less noticeable.

The surgeon will use a technique known as the pinch technique, to assess the thickness of the tissues and it is then quite possible to see the difference between areas that have been treated and areas that have not been treated as the degree of soft tissue in that area will be much less.  Not only can it be felt using the pinch technique, but it is also quite visible too.


Liposuction – Knees

The knee is a difficult area because it typically swells a great deal so considerable care has to be taken in re-contouring it.  Again this area does not typically require a lot of fat removal to have a nice result and a small tipped cannula should be used.

The surgeon can bend the cannula slightly to get around the knee area a little bit, so that he can control how much fat he removes and what tissue plain he actually takes the fat out of.  The knee is a relatively small area to suction.

At this point he would start to feather the area, to diminish any noticeable contour areas.  He would then straighten the cannula back out and start on the inner thigh.


Liposuction – Inner Thighs

The inner thigh is a difficult area because of the skin flacidity.

Everything that people don’t really like about their inner thigh characteristics, make it particularly difficult to create well contoured results.

Care needs to be taken at what level the liposuction is performed, as the deeper areas of the inner thigh have a lot of blood vessels in them. By checking the aspiration of fat which is in the removal tube for no significant bleeding, ensures that the surgeon is working in the correct plain.

When the liposuction of a particular area is finished, the incisions are closed with sutures and then reinforced with steri strips and foam is placed on all of the areas that have been suctioned, to apply extra pressure to minimize the swelling and minimize the bruising.

A compression garment is then applied to reinforce the pressure and improve the recovery and result.

As soon as the surgeon is satisfied with the area that he’s been working on he will then go to another area and begin to recontour that also.

 

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