Tumescent liposuction is a special form of surgical operation that involves removing excess of fat from different parts of the body and in the process using both tumescent anesthesia as well as conventional liposuction methods. This is in fact a relatively new type of procedure and it only began to be used from the early nineties. There are many benefits to undergoing tumescent liposuction, especially as it involves very little discomfort experienced following the surgery and there is also less blood loss from the surgical operation. In addition, there is low amount of swelling and bruising during the recovery period.
Unique Procedure
Tumescent liposuction is also quite unique since it only uses a lot of diluted solutions that contain lidocaine as well as some epinephrine. In fact, the former solution acts as a kind of localized anesthesia – thereby doing away with the need to use general anesthesia. Epinephrine, on the other hand, prevents excessive blood loss throughout the time that the surgery is being performed. What’s more, the effects of lidocaine are known to last from between twelve to more than eighteen hours which ensures that the patient is able to completely recover from the surgery without feeling any pain or grogginess.
Before tumescent liposuction can be started, the surgeon will need to anesthetize certain specific areas on the body with the help of very small needles. The numbed skin is then further anesthetized with diluted solution containing lidocaine as well as epinephrine. Even during surgery, patients need to be given sedatives (mild) which get them to relax while tumescent liposuction is being performed.
Though tumescent liposuction is quite safe, it must be said that it is a form of surgery that is not entirely risk-free. Like other kinds of surgical operations, tumescent liposuction too involves a few risks including suffering from side effects of which swelling, bruising as well as temporarily feeling numb is good examples. Also, you can expect quite a lot of drainage taking place in places where the surgeon had created adits (small holes in the skin).
Another risk to undergoing tumescent liposuction is that you will notice irregularities in your skin though this can be overcome (or, at least reduced) through use of tumescent anesthesia as well as by using microcrannulas. There is also another matter that needs to be addressed and that is being able to afford the high costs of liposuction surgery which can necessitate having to look for alternative and cheap liposuction solutions.
If you are able to afford getting tumescent liposuction done as well as are willing and able to deal with some serious side effects such as blood clotting up, infections taking place and experiencing allergic reactions; then you can join the many thousands who find it to be a good weight loss surgery.