What are the key risks and possible complications of liposuction?
Like all non-cosmetic major surgery, liposuction has potential risks and complications. Therefore, you should consider as seriously as you would any major surgery.
What are common minor complications, or consequences?
Changes in Skin Sensation. This is a normal result of liposuction, which occurs in all different grades. You may experience “paresthesia” which is an altered sensation at the site of liposuction. This can be either in the form of increased sensitivity (pain) in the area, or loss of any feeling (numbness) in the area. This sensation is permanent in very rare cases. But in almost every patient who disappears within two to four months after surgery. Massaging the area will help increase circulation and facilitate the return of normal skin sensitivity.
Swelling. This is also a normal phenomenon that occurs in every patient. Compression garments and post-operative massage help to minimize this and reduce its length to less than two months.
Bruising: There will be bruising in many areas of liposuction, as well as in adjacent areas or employees. For example, people who have experience of abdominal liposuction, swelling and bruising in their genitals. This is not because these areas are actually liposuction. But the bruises usually move downward due to gravity, and can thus temporarily accumulate on the genitals. Some bruising may be long or even permanent skin pigmentation. Sun Tanning soon after surgery can cause these bruises are permanent skin marks.
Irregularities in the skin or wrinkles: The extent of this depends on the elasticity of aspirated areas of skin. People who have many stretch marks, cellulite, or dimpled skin has low elasticity and therefore will have irregularities in the skin or wrinkles. Usually, the post-operative massage helps to regulate these areas.
Asymmetry: No two halves of the body are identical. Therefore, after surgery, it can seem very small differences between the contour and size between the two parties. Scoliosis or other disorders of the spine can enlarge the asymmetry of the body.
Muscle spasm: E ‘very common to get temporary muscle spasm or cramps in the areas worked. This usually resolves quickly by itself or can be helped by gentle heat and massage.
Pain and discomfort: you have to wait to have pain or discomfort similar to the feeling of having worked too much. Some of them may feel a sharp pain in the areas of liposuction, and in adjacent areas. This can usually be managed by analgesics, and usually lasts a few weeks. Rarely, and in people with fibromyalgia, or other forms of chronic pain, it may be a worsening of the patient’s baseline pain.
Depression, emotional or sexual changes: There are no reported cases of depression, post-liposuction-like post-partum depression. Although this is usually temporary, patients have to deal with their doctor.
Seroma or fluid collection: After surgery, there may be a pooling of serum, the straw-colored fluid from the blood, in areas where tissue was removed. While this may be a common problem with ultrasonic Assisted Liposuction (UAL), is rare with standard SWOLLEN liposuction. The surgeon can alleviate these by draining a small needle in a procedure on their own initiative.
Rare and serious complications:
Infections. Infections can occur after surgery and may rarely occur after surgery. Because we routinely prescribe antibiotics to all patients who still have never seen a patient who developed postoperative infections after liposuction. Very rarely get infections may be serious or life-threatening, as in cases of necrotizing fasciitis (bacteria eat away tissue) or toxic shock syndrome, a serious and sometimes fatal infection caused by bacteria that are associated with surgery (such as sometimes occurs when using of tampons).
Embolism. This is also extremely rare and has been reduced by early postoperative mobility so that blood does not have time to become stagnant in calf muscles. Fat embolism may occur when fat is loosened and enters the bloodstream through blood vessels broken (broken) during liposuction. Does fat get trapped in the blood vessels, gather in the lungs, or to reach the brain. The signs of pulmonary embolism (blood clot in the fat in the lungs) may be shortness of breath or difficulty breathing. If you have signs or symptoms of fat emboli after liposuction, it is important for you to seek emergency care right away. Fat emboli may cause permanent disability or, in some cases be fatal.
Visceral perforations (sores in the body). During liposuction, is that the doctor can see where the needle or probe. E ‘can puncture or damage internal organs during liposuction. This can happen, for example, the intestines punctured during abdominal liposuction. When organs are damaged, surgery may be required to repair them. Visceral perforations may also be fatal.
Skin necrosis (dead skin). The skin over the liposuction area or place of averages stab wounds can become necrotic and die. “This is the most popular with Ultasound Assistant liposuction. When this occurs, the skin changes color and be sloughed (fall) off. Large areas of skin necrosis may become infected by bacteria and microorganisms.
Burns. During Ultrasonic Assisted Liposuction ultrasound probe may become very hot and can cause burns.
Fluid imbalance. Adipose tissue, which contains plenty of fluids, removed during surgery. In addition, doctors inject large amounts of fluid during liposuction. This can result in an imbalance of fluid. Even in the office for medical, surgical center or hospital, the staff will monitor for signs of fluid. However, this can happen after you go home and can lead to serious diseases like heart problems, excess fluid from the lungs, kidneys or kidney problems, try to maintain the equilibrium of fluids.
Toxicity from anesthesia. Lidocaine, a drug that pacifier skin, often used as a local anesthetic. You can have a similar drug, Novocaine to numb the mouth from the dentist. Large quantities of liquid with lidocaine may be injected during liposuction. This can lead to very high doses of lidocaine. We try to minimize the risk of lidocaine toxicity by greatly reducing the volume of lidocaine used during anesthesia. The symptoms of this toxicity are dizziness, restlessness, drowsiness, tinnitus (ringing in the ears), slurred speech, metallic taste, numbness of the lips and tongue, shivering, muscle twitching and convulsions. Lidocaine toxicity may have the heart to stop, leading to death. In general, all types of anesthesia can cause complications and is still considered a risk during surgery.
