| Liposuction is one of the most common cosmetic | | | | sealed, uncontaminated packages. They are |
| surgeries in the world. During a consultation before | | | | intended to be used on only one patient and for |
| a procedure or when a plastic surgeon is | | | | only one use and then discarded. Other cannulas in |
| performing the operation a few key strategies of | | | | fact reusable and is cleaned and sterilized before |
| successful liposuction take place. The first goal is | | | | each use by the doctor or medical staff. |
| to remove the right amount of fat. Too much or | | | | One-time-use, disposable cannulas are also |
| too little fat removal in a single area can not only | | | | available for these procedures. |
| lead to physical disfigurement, but could also be | | | | The process itself is typically an outpatient |
| potentially dangerous. One very important factor | | | | procedure that can have you leaving the surgical |
| in liposuction is to disturb the neighboring tissue as | | | | facility thirty minutes after the procedure. It is |
| little as possible. This area around the liposuction | | | | important to walk around after the swelling has |
| contains blood vessels and connective tissue that | | | | decreased. If you stay in bed and are not active |
| cannot be disturbed. Appropriate fluid balance | | | | blood clots may form. Compression garments do |
| must also be obtained during the procedure. | | | | help in decreasing the swelling. It usually takes |
| The fat that is removed is done so with a | | | | patients two days after the surgery to return to |
| cannula, which is basically a hollow tube connected | | | | work, granted they are at a desk job or a job |
| to a suction device. This device can be both | | | | with minimal physical exertion where recovery |
| reusable and disposable available upon request. | | | | time would be increased. |
| Disposable cannulas are provided to the doctor in | | | | |