If you think liposuction is only for the inactive and deskbound, you are way off the mark.

The armed forces men are increasingly turning to lipo as a way to tighten their belts.

Doctors in the forces are stringently checking the men’s body ratio to determine body fat percentage.

The doctors, however, are reassuring.

“The men are in excellent shape. They just want to knock off their spare tires”.

But stringent standards are enforced to maintain the image of the forces personnel. So, it is natural the men do not want to take any chances.  Service personnel who fail are either shown the door or have to undergo a rigorous regimen of diet and exercise.

Liposuction is a form of surgery that makes use of a tube and aspirator to suck out fat from the unsightly areas of the body.

Americans are spending billions of dollars to shape up their bodies. The figures are increasing by the year.

In the year 2016, 235,000 Americans underwent liposuction, a procedure that ranks next only to breast augmentation among the five top cosmetic surgery procedures.

The figure includes men and women in equal numbers.

“Men want to look like a male model or a body builder”, says a surgeon of liposuction in Maryland.

This trend is unlikely to wane soon. The desire for a youthful appearance is strongly in, an upshot of seniors competing in the ageist job market.

It is also a quest to defy the ageing process in whatever possible manner.

Liposuction has evolved over the years with several techniques.

Some of them include the tumescent, ultrasonic assisted liposuction, power assisted liposuction and laser lipolysis.

“Liposuction is more of an art than surgery”, says a surgeon specializing in Liposuction surgery in Frederick. “The doctor will have to blend medical knowledge with precision and skill attained over years of experience.

The procedure itself is quite evolved. It enables elimination of fat deposits through minor incisions that leave very few scars.

Hips and the abdomen are principal areas where patients seek shaping up.

The ideal expectations for men are a trim and an athletic body shape, a well-contoured chest, flat tummy, and narrow hips.

Success of the procedure is great joy for the person undergoing it but can be quite an intimidating task for the surgeon performing it.

Many patients are in a hurry to see the results.

“It typically takes one or three months after surgery to see the final results”, warns a surgeon of liposuction in Maryland. “Patients immediately after the surgery may experience postoperative swelling”.

Moreover, the time needed to recover from surgery is directly proportional to the quantity of fat removed.

A word about possible risks

Risk of complications exists as they do in all surgical procedures. Some of the key ones are:

• Blood clot in the veins of the legs. This is rare but can be life threatening. It can be prevented if the patient commences walking and standing as soon as possible.
• Infection – can be treated with antibiotics
• Localized skin necrosis
• Numbness at the area where the operation was performed. This usually is a transient phenomenon.

Thankfully, recent progress in the medical field has allowed liposuction to deliver great results by improving skin shrinkage when performed by a skilled and an experienced surgeon.

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