By now, practically every person in America has heard about liposuction, and while many wrongly believe that it’s a weight loss method, they at least get the basic idea: fat is broken up and suctioned away to create a slimmer body contour. What many don’t know is that a cutting-edge surgery method, SmartLipo™, allows surgeons to target difficult areas like sagging under the neck, excess fat around the arms, or stubborn lower back fat, more safely and effectively than other liposuction methods can. I offer SmartLipo at my New Jersey plastic surgery practice.

Using traditional liposuction, I am able to eliminate pockets of fat by inserting a small tube (known as a cannula) under the skin, then vigorously moving the cannula within the fat deposits to break them up manually and extract them through the cannula. This method can be effective for larger deposits of fat, but for women and men who want to tighten more delicate areas, it is often too imprecise and invasive.

SmartLipo laser liposuction in New Jersey allows me to remove areas of fat more precisely than ever before. SmartLipo’s tiny, laser-tipped cannula targets smaller and more sensitive areas while minimizing surgery risks and speeding up recovery.

What Makes SmartLipo “Smart”?

Because the SmartLipo laser is doing a lot of the work, I am able to eliminate fat cells more gently and precisely, with minimal damage to surrounding tissue. SmartLipo patients also tend to recover faster and experience less bruising, swelling, and bleeding after surgery because the laser’s heat seals surrounding blood vessels.

Traditional liposuction in New Jersey often requires general anesthesia, but SmartLipo patients need only a local anesthetic. Remaining awake during the procedure provides an additional degree of safety because it eliminates the risks, aftereffects, and grogginess often associated with general anesthesia.

SmartLipo is less damaging and more precise partly because the laser is so small. Measuring between 1.0 and 2.0 millimeters, the SmartLipo cannula is smaller than those used in other methods, so it requires smaller incisions and creates less scarring. SmartLipo also allows me to eliminate fat in those stubborn problem areas where fat collects in small deposits and in places where the tissue can be more fibrous, such as the arms and inner thighs.

In some cases, traditional liposuction may leave behind loose skin that is not able to recontour itself to your slimmer appearance. SmartLipo helps my patients avoid sagging skin by encouraging new collagen growth to provide a tighter and firmer skin surface.

Is SmartLipo Right for You?

Ultimately, a patient’s individual physiology and skin quality, as well as the type and location of their problem fat areas, will determine what methods I will use for liposuction. New Jersey women and men interested in this procedure should keep in mind that liposuction is not a substitute for diet and exercise, and larger deposits of fat require different methods to remove them. However, for patients with tighter, firmer skin who already eat right and exercise but can’t remove small deposits of fat, SmartLipo provides an exciting option for safe and effective liposuction.

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