Liposuction · New York · Manhattan
Central Park Plastic Surgery^SM · New York · New York City · Manhattan · E-mail · 212.496.6600

Liposuction

• The best candidates for liposuction
• Planning your surgery
• Getting the answers you need
• Preparing for your surgery
• Facility and Anesthesia for liposuction
• Liposuction surgery
• Saline Assisted Liposuction: Tumescent
• Saline Assisted Liposuction: Superwet
• Ultrasound-assisted Liposuction
• Risks of Liposuction
• After your surgery

If you're considering liposuction, we recommend Emmi^TM our online patient education system. Emmi^TM will walk you through the subject at your own pace, on your own computer. You can select questions to be sent directly to Dr. Zevon for his personal attention. When you come in for your liposuction consultation with Dr. Zevon, both of you will be well-prepared, ready to focus on specific questions that are especially important to you. To enroll, call us at 212.496.6600. We will create a password for you--you will have access 24 hours later. Meanwhile, we have plenty of Dr. Zevon's Patient Information, before and after surgery photos of his patients, and FAQs for you to review.

Liposuction is a procedure that can help sculpt the body by removing unwanted fat from specific areas, including the abdomen, hips, buttocks, thighs, knees, upper arms, chin, cheeks and neck. During the past decade, liposuction, which is also known as "lipoplasty" or "suction lipectomy," has benefited from several new refinements. Today, a number of new techniques, including ultrasound-assisted lipoplasty (UAL), the tumescent technique, and the super-wet technique, are helping many plastic surgeons to provide selected patients with more precise results and quicker recovery times. Although no type of liposuction is a substitute for dieting and exercise, liposuction can remove stubborn areas of fat that don't respond to traditional weight-loss methods.

If you're considering liposuction, this brochure will give you a basic understanding of the procedure -- when it can help, how it is performed and how you might look and feel after surgery. It won't answer all of your questions, since much depends on your individual circumstances. Please ask your doctor if there is anything about the procedure you don't understand.

Healthy, normal-weight people with elastic skin and pockets of excess fat are good candidates for liposuction surgery.

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Liposuction Patient Information  
Highlights: About Liposuction
Preparing for Liposuction Surgery
Pre-Operative Instructions
Post-Operative Care
Compressive Garments
Activity Restrictions
Liposuction Recovery Time
Resuming Normal Activities