No matter how hard you exercise, losing stubborn fat deposits from inner and outer thighs is often difficult. Liposuction offers the solution needed for more toned, proportionate results.
At times, fat build-up in the calves and ankles can contribute to an unattractive “cankle” appearance that requires liposuction to enhance their shape. Calf liposuction can provide significant improvement to these areas.
The Liposuction Procedure
Liposuction is a minimally-invasive surgery used to reduce fat stores in specific areas of the body. The goal is to create a more proportionate figure that looks natural while increasing self-confidence. Leg liposuction is one of the most popular cosmetic procedures, eliminating extra fat in both thighs and calves for an aesthetic, toned look.
Before undertaking a cosmetic procedure, it’s essential to consult with a board-certified plastic surgeon about your aesthetic goals and discuss any procedures that could help achieve those. Our doctors will perform an examination on your legs during your consultation session and outline how these processes could help achieve your ideal shape while answering any queries or addressing concerns you might have.
Once you understand your procedure, the next step should be preparing for recovery. This includes selecting an area in your home where you can rest, making arrangements to travel to and from hospital, taking time off work as necessary, as well as writing down any concerns you have for your doctor regarding treatment so they are properly addressed during recovery.
Your procedure will involve local anesthesia or sedation while your surgeon makes small incisions in the targeted areas using a suction device to extract unwanted fat deposits. Once complete, the incisions will be closed and bandaged before you wear a compression garment to control swelling and bruising postoperatively.
After your procedure, you should see an improvement to the contour of your thighs. With proper diet and exercise routines in place, this change should last for many years to come.
Liposuction can also help eliminate excess fat in your calves, providing a solution for bulky legs that do not match their shape. Liposuction removes this extra fat, revealing muscle definition and creating more attractive legs.
Structural fat grafting is another effective technique for shrinking calves and thighs, by moving fat from other parts of your body directly into problematic regions. Suitable for both men and women who struggle to shed unwanted weight in their legs, structural fat grafting may also help treat other parts of your body such as stomach or arms.
Recovery of Liposuction
Swelling and bruising are often side effects of surgery, but should subside over time. It’s essential that you follow your surgeon’s recovery instructions for best results; doing so can speed healing time while reducing complications. Furthermore, smoking and alcohol intake should be avoided prior to and post surgery as this increases infection risks while slowing the healing process.
Liposuction is a safe procedure that can help you achieve a slimmer, more toned appearance in your legs. It addresses stubborn fat deposits in thighs while simultaneously tightening loose skin to give your body a more balanced contour and boost confidence. Unfortunately, however, results from liposuction may only be temporary; to keep up your new look you must continue with healthy diet and exercise routines to maintain it.
Recovery after thigh liposuction typically takes two to four weeks, depending on the area treated and technique utilized. Recovery can be hastened by taking medications prescribed by your physician as well as resting and taking short walks when possible, which will all speed up healing time while helping avoid blood clot formation in legs.
Most patients can return to work and other daily activities within two weeks, however they will still require the use of compression garments in order to reduce swelling and help their legs adapt to their new contours. It may be wise to avoid activities which increase blood flow to the legs such as heavy lifting and jogging until further notice.
Avoid hot showers and bathing as these can cause the incisions to open up further, and tight clothing that compresses wounds may increase bleeding. If experiencing extreme discomfort, use a numbing cream as prescribed by your physician or take appropriate painkillers as directed.
Follow-up visits will be essential in monitoring your recovery, answering any queries or concerns, and offering guidance as to when it is safe to resume normal activities.
Results of Liposuction
Thighs can often be affected by stubborn fat deposits. Thankfully, however, they’re an easy target to be reduced with liposculpture performed by an experienced plastic surgeon – and results have proven extremely pleasing as demonstrated in these before and after pictures of Thigh LipoSculpture.
Liposuction can also be used to reshape buttocks, hips and outer thighs to achieve a more proportionate body contour. When combined with knee lift surgery to slim the lower leg further. For optimal results many patients choose to have both legs treated simultaneously for maximum effect on overall reshaping of lower half.
Liposuction can not only reduce the size and thickness of thighs, but it can also reshape calves by slimming their calf muscle – creating more defined ankles – giving these results additional boost. These effects may even be enhanced using radiofrequency or ultrasound treatments to further sculpt these results.
Liposuction of the thighs should have long-term results when performed correctly, with fat cells no longer returning after removal through exercise and healthy eating. You can maintain leaner thighs by continuing your exercises and eating habits; if weight changes happen then fat may redistribute into areas that were unaffected, so maintaining stable weight post liposuction is paramount to its success.
Liposuction candidates tend to be in good health and at an ideal weight for their height; however, every individual will differ so it’s wise to consult your physician regarding what would work best in your case.
Prepare for surgery by choosing an area in your home where you will recover, organizing transportation and filling and collecting prescriptions. In addition, try and shed any unwanted pounds prior to having surgery in order to increase chances of achieving more sustainable results.
Cost of Liposuction Legs
Although a variety of factors contribute to weight gain, some individuals are genetically predisposed to store fat in certain areas despite exercising and eating healthily. Liposuction may help these people sculpt their bodies by eliminating those stubborn pockets of fat that resist diet and exercise.
Liposuction costs can vary significantly and should not be covered by health insurance; prices typically range from $1,000 to $20,000. Each procedure depends on factors like its area of application, surgeon skill and associated fees as well as other considerations.
There are companies that provide “corporate” liposuction services. Usually backed by private equity money, these firms boast 24-hour telephone hotlines for answering pricing inquiries as well as multiple locations – making them a potentially lower-cost alternative than boutique style plastic surgery practices. But this approach has its drawbacks as well.
At times, these companies may put profits before patients. Therefore, it’s essential that you choose a board-certified plastic surgeon when seeking care. While technically anyone could conduct surgical procedures on themselves, legitimate practitioners place patient safety as their top priority and won’t compromise ideal outcomes in order to reduce overhead costs.
Liposuction costs depend heavily on the type of treatment being undertaken. Traditional liposuction involves breaking up and sucking out fat cells with a cannula; laser liposuction and ultrasound-assisted liposuction require special equipment which may make these procedures more costly.
Consider also the costs associated with anesthesia and associated expenses. While undergoing surgical procedures without anesthetic is possible, most prefer having peace of mind and comfort offered by anesthetic medication, including injection of injectable anesthetic for pain control and use of epinephrine to limit bleeding – all additional costs that could potentially increase overall costs associated with the treatment plan.
