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BACKGROUND Gynecomastia is a common condition affecting many adolescent and adult males. Surgical techniques utilizing a variety of incisions, excisions, suction-assisted lipectomy, ultrasound-assisted liposuction, power-assisted liposuction, or some combination of these methods have been used in the treatment of gynecomastia. This article describes the authors' method of using power-assisted l...

BACKGROUND Superficial liposuction has found its application in maximizing and creating a lifting effect to achieve a better aesthetic result. Due to initial high complication rates, these procedures were generally accepted as risky. In a response to the increasing concerns over the safety and efficacy of superficial liposuction, the authors describe their 14-year experience of performing super...

Liposuction is currently the most frequently performed aesthetic operation in the world. Despite its wide-spread popularity, it should nevertheless be stated that it is not trivial surgery, not always benign and not as safe as intimated in the glossy office brochures. Since the initial description of liposuction, numerous changes have taken place. Today, surgical indications are well defined an...

Suction-Based Technologies • Liposuction or Suction-Assisted Lipoplasty (SAL) • Power-Assisted Lipoplasty (PAL) Ultrasound-Based Technologies • Internal Ultrasound-Assisted Lipoplasty (IUAL) • VASER-Assisted Lipoplasty (VAL) • External Ultrasound-Assisted Lipoplasty (EUAL) • Transdermal Ultrasound-Assisted Lipoplasty (TUAL) Laser-Based Technologies • External Laser-Assisted Lipoplasty (ELAL) • ...

Since its introduction by Illouz and others over 30 years ago, suction-assisted lipectomy/liposuction/lipoplasty has evolved tremendously and has developed into one of the most popular procedures in aesthetic plastic surgery. Liposuction is an effective procedure employed to treat localized adipose deposits in patients not suffering from generalized obesity. These accumulations of subcutaneous ...

BACKGROUND Liposuction of the neck is currently one of the most common cosmetic surgical procedures. In the present study, the author describes his experience with neck and jowl laser-assisted liposuction. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS In this procedure, submental lipodystrophy is treated with an Nd:YAG laser, at a 1,064 nm wavelength. Over a 5-year-period, 82 subjects were treated using...

BACKGROUND Liposuction is a type of aesthetic surgery that has been performed on humans for decades. There is not much literature addressing the subject matter of pre- and post-surgery blood parameters, although this information is rather interesting. Documentation on patients who received laser-assisted liposuction treatment is particularly scarce. Until now, there has been no literature showi...

BACKGROUND The feasibility, safety, and efficacy of a novel radiofrequency device for radiofrequency-assisted liposuction were evaluated in various body areas. METHODS From July to December of 2008, 23 subjects underwent radiofrequency-assisted liposuction using the BodyTite system. Information regarding aesthetic results and local and systemic complications was collected immediately after th...

Address for correspondence: Prof. Henryk Witmanowski MD, PhD, Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Medical College, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 9-11 M. Skłodowska-Curie St, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, Poland, phone: +48 52 585 4017, e-mail: [email protected] Received: 21.06.2016, accepted: 26.07.2016. The use of high tumescent power assisted liposuction in the treatment of Madelung...