Smart Lipo

    NEW YORK, NY, June 02, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Liposuction, sometimes just lipo, is the most popular cosmetic surgery procedure in the world. It is a highly successful procedure that gives great results for the majority of patients. The down sides of liposuction are that the results are limited for many patients, and it does result in significant tissue damage, which causes pain and requires a prolonged recovery period. These limitations of liposuction have driven many innovations in the procedure in the last two decades.

One of the most recent major innovations is SmartLipo, sometimes written as Smart Lipo, which promises a significant improvement over more traditional liposuction techniques.

What Is Smart Lipo?

SmartLipo is a form of laser-assisted lipolysis. If you want to sound smart to your friends, lipolysis is not exactly the same thing as liposuction. Lipo, which refers to fat, is the same, but the second part of the word refers to the destruction of cells, called lysis in biology.

The destruction of fat cells is key to some of the benefits of SmartLipo, and to understand it you have to understand a little about fat cells themselves.

Fat Cells and Lasers

Fat cells are different from other cells in the body. The number and distribution of fat cells is generally established at puberty and remains constant throughout life. Fat deposits get larger or smaller as the individual fat cells grow in size. When fat cells get distended--stretched--they also get weaker.

When low-powered laser energy is applied to distended fat cells, these cells burst, making them easier to remove.

Benefits of SmartLipo

When fat cells are easier to remove during liposuction, the cannula, or liposuction tube, doesn't have to be moved as aggressively. It can also be smaller. Since the laser energy leaves most tissues intact and even cauterizes small blood vessels, the overall result of SmartLipo is, ideally, less collateral tissue damage in the liposuction treatment area, resulting in less bleeding, less discomfort, and a shorter recovery time.

Another, almost incidental effect of the laser is minor thermal damage to the skin in the treatment area. This thermal damage is not enough to be noticeable, and it is certainly nothing like a burn. Instead, it's just enough to stimulate the skin to repair itself by producing additional collagen. In the process of healing, the skin also contracts over the treated area. This means SmartLipo may give smoother contour and greater improvement in skin laxity for patients who do not have good skin elasticity.

Not all plastic surgeons agree that SmartLipo offers demonstrable benefits, and experimental evidence is mixed. To learn whether you might be able to receive benefit from this procedure, you should talk to a plastic surgeon.

If you are interested in SmartLipo in New York City, please visit the website of Juva Skin and Laser Center for more information at www.juvaskin.com.

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