LIPOSCULPTURE is becoming more popular as patients discover they can lose weight and reshape their problem areas in one procedure.

Dr Daniel Lanzer helped convene the first hands-on conference of the tumescent method of liposculpture, which involves filling the fat with large volumes of a dilute fluid before sucking the fat out.

This has made the procedure safer and more effective and it is now one of the most popular cosmetic procedures.

Dr Lanzer performs liposculpture either with the patient either awake or under a light general anesthetic in his modern day surgery centre.

Different types of liposculpture:

Body Liposculpture: Dr Lanzer can reshape and refine most fatty deposits on a female body, giving a more slim appearance.

Common areas for treatment are the two bulges of the hips and outer thigh, the stomach, inner thighs and knees, calves, ankles and the neck.

Megaliposcution: By having many liters of fat removed, patients can get a real kick-start and feel slimmer and lighter.

Patients undergoing megaliposuction often weigh 80kg to 120kg and have tried all different methods of weight loss.

Breast reduction: Dr Lanzer was the first to publish a large study of making women’s breasts smaller and lighter with just liposculpture. He can remove about one to two liters of fat from each breast. Once the weight is gone, the skin contracts and elevates.

Hi Def Liposcuplture: Dr Lanzer was the first in Australia to be trained in the Hi Def method by the group that introduced the technique last year.

Men can obtain a “six pack” appearance almost immediately and women can get that athletic groove on the stomach. The technique involves combining the new Vaser ultrasound device and a new “artistic” approach.

Male boobs: One of the most common procedures performed by Dr Lanzer is the reduction of “man boobs”. Some men are very self conscious and by removing localised fat and possibly thick breast tissue, the chest becomes flat and smooth.

Why Do it?

People have liposuction for shape issues, such as big hips or thighs. Others do it as a way of achieving more general slimming. Pain and discomfort often plays a role, particularly in female breast reduction. Some people get frustrated with all the exercise they do, for limited results.

How difficult is it to book in?

Dr Lanzer offers a free consultation for cosmetic surgery, during which he gives potential patients detailed and personal information. As Dr Lanzer has his own fully dedicated day surgery centre, the liposuction can take place very quickly. Most patients take either a few days, or a week, off work. Generally no strenuous activity is allowed for two week. Country and interstate patients can send in photographs for a free over-the-phone assessment and discussion.

How private can liposuction be?

Dr Lanzer and his staff are aware that the procedure is private and appropriate confidentiality guidelines are kept.

Many, if not most, of Dr Lanzer’s patients keep their procedure absolutely a secret.

FACE MAKEOVER

WRINKLED and sun-damaged skin can look smoother, cleaner and fresher through lasering. As a result, skin that had the appearance of belonging to a 70-year-old can take on the appearance of a 30-year-old’s skin, with longlasting results, Dr Lanzer says.

For an immediate facial skin lift without excision of facial skin, sutures using small thin threads are passed just beneath the skin to pull the outer skin layer upwards and outwards.

Fat bags below the eye can be removed without cutting the skin on the outside. The fat that causes the bulge and the tired-looking shadow is accessible from the inside surface of the eyelid.

The laser makes a fine-line incision and the fat pops out. There are no stitches and no visible skin marks and the result is a more rejuvenated eyelid, Dr Lanzer says.

Extra skin that tends to hang down over the upper eyelid can be removed by laser surgery performed along the upper eyelid drease. The result is a more “open” eye.

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Liposuction has become one of the most cosmetic procedures in the world. The most significant breakthrough was probably the introduction of the wet tumescent method by a Dermatologist some 20 years ago. Dr Lanzer helped convene a conference to teach that method in 1992 and it can be used to remove fat with either the patient awake or asleep. The fluid that is placed in the fat helps soften the fat and essentially stops bleeding. The body can be sculptured and is ideal for small bulges such as seen on the hips and outer thighs of women and stomachs and flanks of men.

New Areas:
The next advance was the recognition that many different areas are responsive to liposuction. What started for saddle bag removal could be replicated in any fatty area.

Full Body Sculpturing:
As the procedure became more common, dermatologists developed the concept of reshaping many areas in one sitting, body liposculpture. This would often include the back, hips , thighs, buttocks, stomach, knees, arms and ankles. Ideally this is done with the patient under a light general anaesthesia.

For The Overweight:
Many people battle weight reduction and are looking for a kick start. A rapid loss of 5-10 litres in one or two procedures can produce a dramatic change in the body shape.  Some patients actually enjoy looking at the fat removed! Most multiple procedures in stages are spaced between 1-4 weeks usually.

For The Heavy Breasts:
Dr Lanzer helped pioneer this method about 10 years ago. Women often complain of neck and back pain from the weight of large breasts. Not only do they become lighter and smaller with this key hole type surgery but the breasts contract and elevate. It is a procedure for all ages.

Man Boobs:
Men finally joined the liposuction interest. The most common area is the chest as a lot of men with large breast never expose themselves.
Men also want the so called “love handles” removed and stomachs.

Hi Def Liposculpture:
This year an entirely new concept came to Australia with the method of sculpturing around the stomach muscles to produce the “6 pack look” in men and the athletic grooves in women. The procedure has become extremely popular both in people who work out in the gym and those that never do so!

Vaser Liposuction:
The new vaser, a third generation ultrasound device helps skin contraction and tightening. It is also ideal for patients having a second procedure.

Face Rejuvenation Liposuction:
Probably one of the most interesting areas of liposuction is the removal of fat from the neck and jowls. The neck sculpturing can remove the sagging neck without any need to surgically cut or lift the skin. This is because the skin is a very active tissue and it starts to contract and tighten with tumescent liposuction alone. The procedure can be performed alone or be part of the “face makeover” that includes eyelid rejuvenation, skin suture and laser resurfacing.