To help drive the cost of expensive cosmetic surgery such as liposuction there has been a rise in patients who choose to take their business outside the US borders.
For example: Mexico offers bargain treatment prices and lush recovery resorts. Some experts feel the trend will continue and may turn out to be the hottest niche in the next few years. An estimated 60 billion was spent last year alone industry analysts have estimated.
The central hub in the Mexican “medical tourism” market is a teeming city named Monterrey. This city is just a 70 minute plane flight from Houston or a 2 hour drive south of the border in Texas. Interestingly enough, many of the hospitals in Monterrey are owned by American companies.
“It’s a buyers’ market nowadays because the start-up clinics are going to be very careful not to screw up,” said health care economist Christopher Jones.
The newest and hottest technology to hit the liposution industry is Laser Assisted liposuction - AKA “SmartLipo”. The SmartLipo process was approved by the FDA in late 2006. What makes this system unique you may ask. This patented technology utilizes the heat emitting light of the laser to literally melt fat before it is sucked away by traditional vacuuming through the cannula. This contrasts to more traditional methods where the fat is cut using the sharp blade of the cannula.
A side benefit of the laser is that the heat generated also causes the surrounding tissues to quickly coagulate which can speed up healing time and minimize any bruising. SmartLipo works best in smaller targeted areas such as the legs. Choose your SmartLipo surgeon carefully as this procedure has not been around long enough to determine if there are any long term effects. Sounds like this will be a great benefit to the industry. Be sure and ask for references from patients who have utilized this new process.
Liposuction is a technique used to extract excessive fatty tissue. This excess fat is suctioned out from beneath the skin. Prior to your surgery, doctors will flush the targeted area leg area with an injection made of lidocaine (local anesthetic), saline, and epinephrine (reduces bleeding).
Next the doctors insert a tube like instrument known as the cannula through incisions cut in strategic locations in your skin. The wand is pushed and pulled around under the skin and its sharp edges break the fat cells apart. The wand also contains a vacuum which slurps up the newly freed fat cells and tissue. There are several liposuction techniques used today and the quantity of injected fluid determines the technique used.
The most popular method used today is known as the “tumescent” liposuction technique. Your doctor will inject up to five times as much fluid as they plan to remove. Since the injected fluids large amounts of lidocaine, tumescent liposuction is generally performed with only a local anesthetic.
Some advanced doctors are offer a modified version of tumescent liposuction using an ultrasonic probe which aids in quickly breaking up the fat.
Leg Liposuction fat primer
One of the biggest complaints women have in regards to their bodies involves their legs. A womans legs are one of the most fantasized about parts of her body and also frequently the most exposed. Unfortunately, legs also happen to be a part of the body they are least able to control. Long and curvaceous legs have often been idealized.
While proper diet and exercise can help shape sexy legs, not everyone is born with the ideal type and stubborn fat deposits are difficult to reach. The reason for this is fat on the legs is not the same as fat on other parts of the body. The positioning and amounts of localized fat on female ankles and legs is predetermined by genetics. Women who experience an unpleasant distribution of fat on the legs often find it is resistant to diet and exercise.
A liposuction procedure can not only improve your confidence it may also affect you in a number of ways:
- Mentally
- Emotionally
- Professionally
- Sexually
- Socially
