21 Oct Where can excess fat be removed with liposuction?

There’s fat. And there’s the stubborn fat that accumulates in pockets, defying diet, exercise, and lifestyle changes. While there’s a fundamental biochemical reason why stubborn fat behaves the way it does, it’s comforting to know that correct liposuction can target and eliminate it to a considerable degree. It’s important to remember that liposuction is not a quick weight-loss treatment. The real value of liposuction lies in its ability to help people achieve their body-sculpting goals – defining or enhancing cuts and contours, regaining pre-pregnancy body shape, targeting love handles, saddlebags and more. Liposuction enables you to get the body you deserve. This is the expertise of board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. David Boudana, who practices at Forest Hill Private Plastic Surgery Clinic in Toronto.

What is liposuction?

Liposuction is a cosmetic surgery that breaks down excess fat and sucks it out from under the skin. Liposuction can target fat under the chin, neck, cheeks, arms, breasts, abdomen, buttocks, hips, thighs, knees, calves and ankles.

When performed by Dr. Boudana at Forest Hill Private Plastic Surgery Clinic in Toronto, liposuction can help reshape the contours of your body and face. While it’s certainly not a shortcut to radical, instant weight loss, it eliminates those stubborn pockets of fat. It restores the rejuvenated definition where it matters most: your tummy, thighs, flanks, and arms.

What parts of the body can liposuction treat?

Like all plastic surgery procedures, liposuction offers distinct approaches to treating different body parts. Techniques and protocols vary depending on whether a large or small body part is involved. The duration of the procedure and the number of sessions also vary.

Abdomen and waist: Liposuction can be a highly effective treatment for flattening the abdomen and narrowing the waistline.

Cheeks, chin and neck: The first signs of jowls can make you look prematurely aged, as can the fatty deposits that cause a double chin. Slimming the jawline, under the chin and upper neck with liposuction can help you look slimmer.

Thighs and knees: Liposuction can be helpful for the inner and outer thighs, right up to the area around the knees.

Back: A pocket of fat often appears just above the buttocks. Known as the sacral fat pad, it can be caused by several factors, from a sedentary lifestyle to insufficient sleep, hormonal imbalances or an excess of carbohydrates and sugars in the diet. While lifestyle correction is essential to physical and mental well-being, liposuction can be a great help in the targeted reduction of back fat.

Bra: Over time, with routine movements, the skin begins to expand and increase in surface area, particularly at the bra line and thinning towards the tip of the shoulder blade. This can create bulges that detract from the look you want to achieve. Liposuction can selectively treat these areas and help refine your back.

Upper arms: Liposuction can reduce excess fat on the arms, making them appear slimmer and better proportioned to the rest of your body.

Hips and buttocks: Liposuction targets excess fat in the flanks, restoring the silhouette to its former appearance. It can also help restore the voluptuousness of the buttocks.