| Liposuction Information | | | | anesthesia. |
| Liposuction Defined | | | | Tumescent Liposuction |
| Liposuction is defined as the removal of fat from | | | | Tumescent liposuction refers to a technique that |
| deposits beneath the skin using a hollow stainless | | | | uses large volumes of very dilute local anesthesia |
| steel tube (called a cannula) with the assistance of a | | | | that is injected into the fat causing the targeted |
| powerful vacuum. Liposuction can be accomplished | | | | areas to be come tumescent, or swollen and firm. |
| either with the use of general anesthesia, or with | | | | Local anesthesia is widely regarded as the safest |
| heavy IV sedation, or totally by local anesthesia. This | | | | form of anesthesia. Because local anesthesia persists |
| web site considers both the benefits and the | | | | for many hours there is no need for narcotic pain |
| potential dangers of local anesthesia and of systemic | | | | medications after surgery. |