Liposuction (Fat Extracting Surgery)
Liposuction is the operation which people has wrong knowledge about the most. There is a belief that liposuction kills people and those it couldn’t kill have awry parts.

FAT EXTRACTING SURGERY, LIPOPLASTY, LIPOSCULPTURE, LIPOSHAPING, LIPOSUCTION
On the other hand, it is told that there are surgeries which create miracles named liposculpture and liposhaping. However, the process is the same, namely liposuction.
I m also surprised where to start. But first of all put away all the knowledge that you have about ‘lipo’. I will try to summarize from the beginning.

WHAT PARTS IS LIPOSUCTION CONVENIENT FOR?
From all the areas fat can be extracted. But some certain areas are very convenient for this surgery some are not.

THE MOST CONVENIENT PARTS:
For men the most convenient area is the waist circumference and belly. Namely the areas named love handle and bagel. The low neck.
For women again belly and waist hips, the extent of hipline pelvic cavity, the inner knees and the inner and upper parts of the legs, ankles, again low neck (jowl), the lower arms and back.

THE AREAS WHICH ARE NOT CONVENIENT
The front surface of the legs and the lower parts of the hips. If a little more fat is taken from these parts it is possible to have collapses. If it is possible it is beneficial to keep it.

WHAT IS EXPECTED BEFORE AND AFTER THE SURGERY

The day of surgery: It is necessary for your doctor to draw a plan before a day or at the same day of the surgery. Generally before and after this drawing it is taken photographs. Remember that the pictures are the only way of comparison between before and after appearance of the surgery.
The surgery can be performed by both general and local anesthesia. During the local anesthesia, your doctor will inject you an additional anesthesia called sedation which keeps you at half sleep. Thanks to sedation you feel good, you do not feel pain and you do not remember what is done in the surgery mostly.
There are many benefits for you and your doctor to undergo the surgery with local anesthesia. First of all, you do not have a problem like sickness which is because the anesthesia after the surgery. Right after you get out from the surgery you can drink water and eat. During the surgery, your doctor is able to put you the position desired on the operating table and sometimes make you stand up to see the effect of the gravity.
In spite of it sounds hard, this surgery is not hard to be performed with local anesthesia and it affects the result of the surgery well.

After the surgery: This is a small surgery in size and difficulty. It is not true to say it is a painful surgery. The patients feel a little pain when they sit down and get up for 3-4 days. 2 days of rest is a must after the surgery. In this period it is not desired for you to stand up so much. The reason for that is that the body has a tendency to fill the blanks that is extracted fat with the body liquids. If you stand too much some liquid can be accumulated underneath the skin and it delays the recovery.
You can be dismissed at the surgery day. You can be back at work after 4 days. A simple painkiller taken by mouth is sufficient for the possible aches. An important tumescence and lividness are not expected after this surgery.
If you work I recommend you to reserve a weekend and 2 days for this surgery.
After the surgery your doctor will make you wear the corset in the operating room. The corset is taken away usually at the 2nd day and after the first dress the wound you may bath. Every time you bath you put off the corset and bath and then will put it on in maximum 5 minutes. It is forbidden to walk around without it more than 5 minutes for the first week. You have to wear the corset day and night for 3 weeks. Every doctor uses different durations for this but I guess everybody’s minimum is 3 weeks.
The first time you put off your corset you see your skin as livid and drooped. Do not worry about it. If there is lividness it goes off after 1 week and your skin gains its flexibility and adapts the new shape in 1 week.
Do not hurry up to see the result after the surgery. With the first tumescence you may seem heavier and larger for the first weeks. At the end of the first month you will see that you become thinner and lighter.
There will be a feeling loss in the areas that are taken fat. Mostly the loss is goes off in the first months and some of it goes off at the 9th month. It is very rare that the feeling loss is permanent.

THE REPORT OF THE SURGERY

Anesthesia: Local (+sedation) or general.
The preparation before the surgery: The ideal is to lymph massage for 10 séance or endomology.
Where should the surgery be performed: In a hospital operating room.
The duration of the surgery: It is totally dependant on the amount that will be taken. Between half and hour and 6 hours
The duration of the hospital stay: Usually it is not necessary.
The ache and pain after the surgery: Light ache for 4 days. The painkillers taken by mouth are sufficient.
Tumescence and lividness: Between 3-6 days. Light-medium level
Dressing for the wound: It is taken off completely at second day and you can bath.
Corset: 3 weeks.
Sutures: Generally at 5-6 areas one each suture is taken away where cannulas get in after one week.
When can be back at work: Generally at 4th day.
Sports: After 2 weeks long joggings, after 3 weeks running and the other sports can be done. It is needed to wait 6 weeks for the competitive and body-to-body sports like basketball and box.
The last shape: The hardness and tumescence which is formed after the surgery decreases in the 2nd month. But the total result is obtained after 6-9 months.