With more and more people battling obesity, there has been a steady rise in having medical procedures done to remove excess fat all around the body. Although doctors and health professionals alike recommend forming a health-based diet and exercising to conquer weight issues, some individuals just cannot lose the weight.

Fortunately for these individuals, if they have the money and courage to undergo risky procedures, they can change the appearance of their body in almost any area they want (e.g., stomach, double chin, buttocks, etc.). One of the most common techniques that is used by doctors to remove excess fat is tumescent liposuction, which is different from standard liposuction in some ways: it’s not as risky, the patient will usually recover more quickly , and the procedure uses much smaller incisions on the body which could result in less noticeable scarring. Thus, tumescent liposuction may be of value for those individuals wanting to remove excess adipose tissue around their bodies without having to worry about the dangers in standard liposuction.

Surgeons who use the tumescent liposuction technique first make pen drawings on the individual’s body where they are going to operate; doing this strategy allows them to visually make sure they are operating in the correct vicinity. Next, they cut small incisions on the area of a patient’s body where the the excess fat needs to be removed. Using cannulae (i.e., a tube inserted into a person’s body for the removal of a fluid or something else), the doctors literally “suck out” the fat. Typically, surgeons who employ the tumescent method use local anesthesia instead of the general anesthesia on the patient; using the local type makes the patient feel less nauseous. Doctors advise that proper candidates for the tumescent operation be only ten to twenty pounds overweight and know that they can gain those pounds back if they do not maintain a healthy diet and physical lifestyle.