Liposuction (Liposculpture)

Liposuction, performed by a Specialist Cosmetic Surgeon, is a safe procedure that delivers natural results. Dr Weiss, specialist in cosmetic body surgery in Paris (Hauts-de-Seine), invites you to discover the answers to the main questions about liposuction.

Liposuction was developed by G. Illouz (French surgeon) in 1981. This technique involves the introduction of blunt cannulas through small skin incisions to locally remove excess deep fat. It is a well-established surgery with safe and well-mastered techniques.

Liposuction permanently eliminates localised fatty overload areas that spoil your silhouette.

It is not a treatment for overweight or obesity. It cannot substitute for sports practice, good nutrition and a healthy lifestyle.

Liposuction changes body volume and proportions to make it harmonious.

Liposuction is the most performed procedure in cosmetic surgery worldwide.

If you find a discrepancy between your body image and reality, if you have trouble dressing, if your inner thighs touch, and you have disproportionate saddlebags, if despite near-normal weight and sports practice you cannot lose certain localised fat surplus, then liposuction may be the solution.

There is no age limit for liposuction, although the younger the patient, the more elastic the skin and the better the retraction result.

Fat cells cannot multiply (they have no nucleus). The reduction in their number is always permanent. By removing a portion of cells from localised fat deposits, the silhouette will be permanently changed.

Liposuction is intended for people with stable weight, without generalised fat excess. Compression garment wear is required for one month day and night.

Normal activity can generally be resumed after two or three days. Post-operative scars are insignificant.

Liposuction does not resolve excess skin. However, superficial liposuction through subcutaneous scarring can allow significant skin retraction.

The effects of liposuction are spectacular and permanently change your body shape.

Surgical procedures, unlike aesthetic medicine treatments, are stable. If you change the body shape, it is forever.

Initial post-operative results will be visible after one month when swelling begins to subside; the definitive result is appreciated at 3 months.

Results are permanent and will persist throughout your life.

• Excess skin
• Stretch marks
• Cellulite (orange peel skin)

Liposuction can remove very significant excess fat volume with good skin retraction.

Thanks to the very significant skin thickness in this anatomical region, liposuction can remove a very significant volume of localised fat cells.

This area allows very significant fat volume reduction: it is the area that changes young women's lives.

This is the area where the skin envelope is very thin, hence the need for excellent practice and extensive experience from the surgeon.

This is an area where the skin is elastic and taut; liposuction permanently changes knee shape, making legs more streamlined.

Very controversial as it produces excess skin giving a "sagging buttocks" appearance. Dr Weiss's approach is to liposuction the flanks, inner thighs and hips to give the impression of much better formed, round, harmonious and proportioned buttocks.

Not always the ideal solution, to be used on a case-by-case basis. In general, with fat surplus on the inner arms, there is also marked skin excess which may be aggravated by fat volume reduction.