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Welcome to Cosmeticliposuction.com

This site was created to be an educational forum on liposuction for both patients and doctors. Posts on the site are written by David M. Amron, M.D. It is intended to provide education on liposuction, shed light on new liposuction techniques and alternatives on the market, and clarify and correct existing misconceptions about liposuction. The main goal of this site is to honestly and objectively educate it's visitors.

Dr. David Amron moderates Cosmeticliposuction.com based on his 15 years of experience and opinions gained through performing thousands of liposuction and revision liposuction surgeries. He hopes to objectively represent his ideas, infused to some degree with his personal experience, and stimulate a dialogue on liposuction. It is not Dr. Amron's intent for this site to be self-serving, but rather to answer real questions and concerns with as much sensitivity as possible. Information provided on Cosmeticliposuction.com should not be used for the purpose of medical diagnosis or treatment.

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What are the chances of irregularity and dimples or asymmetry occurring?
Posted November 21, 2009 7:44 AM in Liposuction

What are the chances of irregularity and dimples or asymmetry occurring? Irregularities are unfortunately one of the most common and potential complications from liposuction surgery and everything should be done by the surgeon to avoid this occurring. Probably the main cause for irregularities or dimples or indentations is the way in which the skin is dealt with by the surgeon during the liposuction surgery itself. It is very important for the surgeon to avoid jabbing or poking or rasping the skin in an uneven way... continue

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Is it common to get a touch up after liposuction surgery?
Posted November 21, 2009 7:43 AM in Liposuction

Is it common to get a touch up after liposuction surgery? Unfortunately liposuction surgery has one of the highest revision rates of any cosmetic surgery, approximately up to 25% in the United States. I do feel it is extremely important to try to get the result right the first time and to not go back for a touch up procedure after the first time. It is much more difficult in touch up procedures to make the area perfect and everything should be done to avoid this and try to get the result perfect the first time.... continue

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Is liposuction painful?
Posted November 21, 2009 7:42 AM in Liposuction

Is liposuction painful? Under local anesthesia or with Tumescent liposuction where the patient is awake, the only time they are usually feeling anything is during the placement of the Tumescent anesthetic fluid into the fatty tissue. There is a lot of art and finesse that is required to place this fluid with the patient feeling as little as possible. The surgeon must be careful to let the fluid slowly seep into the fat tissue and when this is done it usually feels like a small pinching under the skin which is quite... continue

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