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Silk Touch Med Spa introduced Smartlipo or Smart Lipo in the Fall of 2008 to Eagle, Idaho. While on the majority of cases we use a combination of Smartlipo, VASER, and PAL – this pages focuses on how Smartlipo works. Please keep in mind this is just one tool we will use in our body sculpting procedures.
Smartlipo™ is an innovative procedure for removing excess body fat and firming loose skin. This is a gentle procedure that can be done in just a couple of hours for smaller areas. There is minimal pain, a quick recovery time and visible results almost immediately. Approved by the FDA in the fall of 2006, Smartlipo has proven to be one of the safest cosmetic procedures.
Smart Lipo and Vaser Before and After Photos
How Does SmartLipo Work?
SmartLipo™ (Smart Lipo) uses a paperclip—thin laser fiber which is inserted into a very tiny incision. The fat is melted by the laser in such a way that the body doesn’t experience trauma that’s associated with traditional liposuction. In a traditional liposuction procedure, the patient is put under, opened up and solid chunks of fat are sucked out. Local anesthesia is used in the Smartlipo procedure, and the client walks out in an hour or two. Several areas of the body may be treated at one time. Clients are often back on their feet within a day or two and many may return to work the very next day.
SmartLipo Benefits
- Promotes tissue tightening through tissue coagulation
- Performed under local anesthesia (tumescent liposuction)
- Less bleeding and trauma
- Quicker recovery
- Small instrumentation
- Small incision
- Direct visualization of treatment area
- Dramatic results
- Comparable in price to traditional liposuction
Tumescent Liposuction or Liposuction done by local anesthesia
Recently this technique has become more popular for maximizing the safety of liposuction. Laser Liposuction may be done totally by local anesthesia with minimal bruising or blood loss.
What are the benefits of tumescent liposuction?
Tumescent liposuction is a technique that allows the procedure to be performed completely with local anesthetics. Patients no longer need intravenous sedatives, narcotic analgesics, or general anesthesia. Bruising and blood loss is kept to a minimum via capillary constriction caused by the epinephrine in the anesthetic solution, during and after liposuction. This is a major improvement in the liposuction technique compared to the older methods that simply use general anesthesia.
Rapid Healing after Tumescent Liposuction
After tumescent liposuction, there is a certain amount of blood-tinged local anesthetic solution that remains under the skin. This excess fluid is either slowly absorbed over several weeks into the blood stream, or it can be rapidly removed by drainage through skin incisions and absorbed by special absorptive pads. Our Liposuction is an outpatient procedure and you can actually walk out of our office!
