The surgeon uses a cannula to remove the fat under your skin. It is inserted under local anesthesia and as soon as the heat of the laser has melted the fat cells they get removed through the cannula.



The surgeon can work fast and efficiently with the laser and the procedure can be done in just 30 minutes for a small area. An extensive laser liposuction for a bigger area of your body can also take two hours.

Laser liposuction cost are just a few hundred Dollars when you just want a quick fat removal for a small area of your body. However, if you want or need more then the costs can quickly raise to thousands of Dollars. A comprehensive liposuction surgery could cost you $10,000 and more.

With laser lipo you can remove fat from many different areas of your body. Most popular areas are the stomach area and the buttocks. But it also works for the arms, the back or the thighs.

The traditional method uses a needle to suck the fat cells out of your body. You may have seen this procedure in the TV already. It looks quite brutal and in some way it is. That's why the laser gains popularity. It works gentler and doesn't cause that much damage.

Lipoplasty, liposculpture, suction lipectomy are different names for the surgical fat removal technique but the laser lipo is increasingly popular. Every year more of these surgeries are performed.

Liposuction surgery is performed more than 100,000 a year and has proven to be a safe way of surgical fat removal. Laser liposuction is a new technique but is also known to be very safe today. Like with any other surgery there are always risks. Another risk also lies in the abuse of the technique. It is not a weight loss strategy and shouldn't be used as one.

Removing very large amounts of fat can lead to serious complications and even death. Although the laser works more gentle, each surgery still means a damage to the body. There is also the problem of skin elasticity. Best results are achieved if not more than 10 pounds are removed.

Talk with your surgeon and clearly limit the amount of fat you want to have removed. The smaller the amount the better the results and the smaller the risks.