Under the hot summer sun, streets are filled with people in ever lighter clothing. At times like this, eyes naturally turn when someone with a smooth, trim figure walks past. Some compare their own figure and firm up their resolve to diet, while others sigh and grow gloomy.
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For those who resent their lumpy thighs, sagging belly and loose upper arms all the more in a summer like this, liposuction is a tempting word. That is all the more true when a diet through exercise and eating habits is not going as planned. Weight can be reduced and the body line improved smoothly, and it is also chosen by people who want to refine their figure in a short time.
Liposuction can remove fat from a specific area only, and it is also performed over the whole body to create an S-line. According to Dr. Yongseung Seo of the Body Contouring Center at TheLINE Plastic Surgery, the area where liposuction shows the best result is the abdomen, and mini liposuction is also possible for this area alone. In addition, the rear flanks and back area, known as places where fat does not come off easily even with continuous exercise, can be smoothed out through the procedures known as love handle liposuction and corset liposuction.
For overall figure improvement, removing fat around the abdomen alone may not be enough, and the thighs and upper arms are addressed together at that point. Thigh liposuction is performed mainly on the inner thigh and the knee area (Chanel line). It is not whole-body liposuction, but there is also 360-degree liposuction, which balances the overall body shape and corrects a body line that has lost its proportion.
Although liposuction is becoming this widespread, various problems can arise when surgery is performed without sufficient prior information - surgery by medical staff with little surgical experience, choosing a clinic without regard to safety, and so on - and many patients overlook this. That is why consultations for liposuction revision are increasing.
Factors behind a decision to have revision surgery can be summed up as an 'unchanged figure' even after liposuction: an insufficient volume of fat removed, lumpy cellulite that has not changed, and skin sagging and adhesion caused by excessive fat removal. Many people also want to minimize large scars at the incision sites and traces of surgery in exposed areas.
Dr. Jaeho Cho of TheLINE Plastic Surgery advised, "What matters in performing liposuction or liposuction revision is accurate ultrasound diagnostic analysis; if only the appropriate amount of the fat layer is removed cleanly through ultrasound fat analysis, without damage to muscle, blood vessels or soft tissue, side effects such as skin irregularity can be minimized," adding, "It is necessary to choose a clinic that is not only equipped with advanced equipment such as ultrasound and endoscopes, but also has body contouring specialists with abundant clinical experience and know-how."
