What You Should Know About Tumescent Liposuction

One of the highly effective and safest liposuction method is Tumescent Liposuction procedure. The procedure has been around since 1980. However it is only now that the procedure has become popular due to its accuracy and safety.
Invented in the year 1985 by Jeffrey Klein, M.D. a dermatologic surgeon from California. Ever since the invention, there are many  improvements made to the method and results. The major improvement of the method was the usage of dilute local anesthetic where in the conventional method general anesthetic was used. This has made the method the as one of the most accurate and safe methods in the cosmetic surgery field. The method also reduced complications due to anesthesia and the loss of fluid because of large incisions as well as larger instruments.
Compared to other available liposuction methods, tumescent is not a very complicated procedure. In tumescent method, local anesthesia is used instead of general anesthesia. The recovery period is approximately 2 to 4 days. All available liposuctions methods are intended to provide better body contour by taking out excessive fat sandwiched between the muscle and the skin. 
With Tumescent Liposuction the contouring of the body is done with more accuracy and with the removal of more fat. It is possible to remove more fat and have a more accurate because during the procedure, normally the patient is kept awake which in return permits the surgeon to sense the patient’s muscle tone besides the layer of fat. This is the major benefit of this liposuction method which allows more fat to be taken out. With the conventional method, the patient is sedated and normally the surgeon would have a hard time to remove the fat.
In Tumescent Liposuction, a small cannula, which is a small hollow needle, is used. It is attached to a strong vacuum and the cannula is then into the fat via a small cut in the patient’s skin. The vacuum sucks the fat from the body via the cannula.
Nowadays, there are may altered forms of the method that comes with different sedation levels.  The word “tumescent liposuction” originated from the true meaning of Tumescent anesthesia.   The  meaning of Tumescent anesthesia is to use local anesthesia to inject or “tumesce” or ”to make firm with liquid” the fat and the layers of skin. The anesthesia numbs the treatment area as well as constricting the blood vessels in the treatment area causing very little loss of blood and this will lead to a very fast recovery.
As there will likely be very little bleeding and loss of blood in Tumescent Liposuction, swelling after the procedure is lessen and this will help patients to recovery very fast. This when compared to the conventional method is an enormous development. 
An astonishing fact about tumescent liposuction is that the method is capable of being combined with available liposuction methods. Normally, in the combine technique, other liposuction modalities will be performed first to slacken the excess fat and then followed by the removal of what is left via the tumescent liposuction method.