What is Liposuction? Liposuction, also known as lipo or lipoplasty, is a body contouring surgery that sculpts areas of your body and eliminates localized pockets of fat that are resistant to diet and exercise. Common areas that liposuction treats are the abdomen, hips, love handles, upper arms, thighs, neck and chin, and calves and ankles. Liposuction surgery… Read More »
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Why is Cellulite Hard to Treat?
Before we talk treatment, we have to discuss what cellulite exactly is. Cellulite is the visualized interaction of gravity’s influence, affect and consequences on the interactions between skin, underlying connective tissue attachments, and deeper tissues of fat, muscle and fascia. The fewer (looser) the connective tissue (fibrous) attachments the looser the cellulite. The longer, lower… Read More »
Liposuction in New Jersey
Did you catch the New York Times article regarding redistribution of fat after liposuction? To summarize, it says that if you get liposuction done, the fat WILL come back in other areas. This angers me. Let me point out significant issues with this study. I will debunk their conclusions! Firstly, there is no stratification for patient’s nutritional… Read More »
Buyer Beware in Body Contouring
Seeing a number of patients recently with poor outcomes from liposuction previously done elsewhere prompted me to write this blog. A patient came to me with areas of cold fixed thick scarring in her abdomen with other areas of her abdomen unusually thinned out and essentially absent of fat. The cold feeling to part of… Read More »