FREQUENTLY ASKED COSMETIC SURGERY QUESTIONS
Dr Lanzer answers some commonly asked questions:
Liposuction:
Liposuction is the process where the surgeon sucks out the fat via a small suction tube and liposculpture is how the surgeon uses his artistic understanding to give you the best cosmetic shaping.
With the tumescent method you have a choice to be awake or asleep however if you are having many areas treated Dr Lanzer will suggest being asleep.
Dr Lanzer has performed over 10,000 liposuctions and has been a pioneer in the field of liposuction and will be happy to share his experiences with you.
Dr Lanzer will sculpture your stomach between your natural stomach muscles and this will then enhance the muscular appearance?
No. the result will occur even without gym but in different people you can enhance the result with your own workout.
Most women like Hi Definition to obtain an athletic natural groove on the sides of the stomach and above the belly button.
Mega liposuction:
Dr Lanzer generally will remove up to 6 litres in any one procedure, but this may be repeated 2 or 3 times.
No, Liposuction does not guarantee that you will loose weight but rather that you will reduce in size and shape. Weight reduction will occur with diet and exercise.
All unwanted fat can be removed. The most common areas are the stomach, hips, thighs, buttocks, back and arms.
Laser resurfacing?
The laser is very effective in vaporizing away wrinkles especially on the upper lip and around the eyes. It also removes blotchy pigmentation and sun damage?
No. The initial laser we used in 1994 was a Co2 laser. In Dr Lanzer’s experience the best laser is the Contour Erbium and healing generally takes about 5-7 days.
Dr Lanzer advises that most of the results last for many years. The entire sun damaged layer is reformed, so it will take a long time to get those changes again.
Laser Eye Lid Rejuvenation?
The laser removes the heavy excess tissue form the upper eyelid so one can apply makeup on the lids. It also removes the lower lid bulge called the “fat bags” and the fine lines.
The upper lid has stitches for about 10 days and the lower does not have stitches as the procedure is done from the inside surface of the lower lid.
Possibly Yes. It has been Dr Lanzer’s personal experience that the eyes are often the reason people look tired because of either drooping and heaviness of the upper lid skin or the shadow on the lower lid from the fat bag.
Suture lift
Small stitches are placed under the skin in an area of about 6 centimeters in front of the ear and they lift the skin and it is fixed to the ear cartilage.
In most cases Dr Lanzer prefers to do a liposculpture of the neck, which produces a long last shape to the neck and jaw.
Dr Lanzer mostly does the procedure with the patients being awake. It takes him about 30 minutes and so long as you can cover in front of the ears one can return to work the next day.
Surgical Face Makeover
Dr Lanzer likes to focus on the different ageing aspects of the face. The eye lids are opened and rejuvenated with the Co2 laser, the skin smoothed with the erbium laser, the skin lifted with a suture lift and the neck shaped with liposculpture.
Often patients say they look 10 years younger but there is no way of being precise or exact in such a prediction.
Generally no, none of the procedures that Dr Lanzer performs, produces that type of appearance. The goal is to look rejuvenated but not different or pulled.
Breast Reduction- Female
Dr Lanzer has performed hundreds of breast reduction procedures over the past decade and his experience has shown that the skin contracts and elevates. The breast becomes much lighter and as the tunnels created by the liposuction close, the entire breast lifts and becomes smaller and tighter.
Dr Lanzer will remove fat according to your choice of size reduction. He removes usually between 400- 1000 mls of fat from each breast. Usually women like a size c.
Dr Lanzer’s long term experience has seen patients that have experienced heavy weight from the breasts feel an immediate relief.
Breast Reduction- Male (Man Boobs)
In many cases the large breast can be removed just via the two liposuction nicks. In some patients there is also deep breast tissue and then Dr Lanzer does a small cut under the edge of the nipple to extract that tissue.
So many men are self conscious of the female appearing breast and avoid the beach. Mostly patients can return to normal activities.
Probably half of the patients have liposculpture of the stomach and flanks at the same time.
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