Cosmetic Surgery Info
What Happens When I Decide On Getting A Facial Liposuction
If you are sufficiently distressed by the contour of your face in the cheeks or chin or even the neck, facial liposuction is performed using small cannulas or vacuum controlled tubes. If you are young, a facial liposuction can be done by itself. If you are older, other reconstructive cosmetic surgeries might be done in conjunction with your facial liposuction.
Placing the cuts on your face and neck at areas that will not typically show, the cannulas used for facial liposuction are very tiny and leave the fibrous tissues intact. That gives your skin the chance to retain its shape following the removal of the fatty layers.
Recovery from facial liposuction takes from two to for days and is done as an outpatient like most liposuction operations. You will be given pain medications and an ice pack as well as a tight elastic dressing to hold in the spot that was treated. This type of liposuction is recommended for people who have more fatty deposits on their face than they do on the rest of their bodies. This disproportion is often frustrating and can only be corrected with a facial liposuction treatment. Of course, if you gain weight following the liposuction, the remaining fatty cells will absorb the weight gain.
Re doing a facial liposuction is occassionally an option if the spot treated needs to be corrected in the future. As with all cosmetic surgery, you should know the risks of surgery and not have over exaggerated hopes for your new face other than a smoother contour without the upsetting fatty bulges that made you a candidate for liposuction.