What is Liposuction?
Dr. Yawar is one of the best doctors for liposuction in Lahore with over 20 years of experience. Liposuction is the most commonly performed procedure done to remove unwanted or stubborn fat from body areas like the belly, hip, flanks, thigh, arms, and chin, etc. If you are searching for the best doctor for liposuction in Lahore, look nowhere else contact Dr. Yawar Sajjad today!
Who is the Best patient for liposuction in terms of body weight?
The best patient for liposuction is those who have near-to-ideal body weight. Reshaping specific areas abdomen, thighs, around knees and flanks can get good results. That patient is suitable for liposuction whose weight is 30% of their ideal body weight.
Why liposuction should have opted for Body Reshaping Procedure?
Having an ideal body shape is the decision of many patients which makes liposuction a procedure of choice for them. It is a surgical procedure designed to reduce localized fat deposits which neither diet nor exercise helps them to reduce. Liposuction can be offered for various areas of the body.
Who are the ideal candidates for liposuction?
All patients with active life style and having the willpower to modify their diet are ideal candidates. Patients who have tried and reduced body fat with these maneuvers but stubborn fat still persisting in certain areas of body are suitable for liposuction. Patients with good elastic tone and No loose skin in the area to be addressed. Ideal patients should be Nonsmokers with no serious medical illness.
Is liposuction a good weight reducing procedure?
Liposuction is not a weight reducing procedure. It is a body reshaping procedure done ideally to remove fat from stubborn areas of body when you have reduced maximum fat with other weight reducing methods.
What is maximum safe limit of fat that can be removed by Liposuction?
Lipo is a Cosmetic procedure done for body contouring. Maximum Safe limit of fat is 5 litres for one session. Smaller volume is safe therefore Dr Yawar stages the procedure into more than one session when patient desires fat removal from multiple areas of body.
Which areas of body can get good result after liposuction?
Abdomen, flanks, chin, face, arms, male chest, hips, thighs, around knees can get good results.
Are results of liposuction permanent?
Yes, stubborn fat cells are reduced but future dietry habits, fat intake and exercise affect long-term results. Fat can regrow but it takes a longer time to regrow. Even a person gets fat after liposuction, Fat deposition and accumulation are much lower in liposuctioned areas as compared to other body areas.
Which layer of body fat in tissues is removed in liposuction?
Fat has superficial and deep layers. Deeper layer is addressed with liposuction. In High definition liposuction fat in superficial layers at certain areas is addressed as well.
What anesthesia is commonly used for Liposuction?
Lipo is performed under Intravenous Sedation /Local anesthesia or General anesthesia. Liposuction can be done as day case and patient can go home same day. Liposuction done under local anesthesia is sometimes more painful and uncomfortable for the patient. Patient remains comfortable in IV sedation. It is also safe for the patient.
Do we need a surgical incision in Liposuction?
Small incisions on surface of skin in hidden creases are made depending on areas. Dr Yawar Prefers to use minimum incisions in less visible areas. These incisions heal with very minimum scar.
How liposuction is done?
Small incision made to introduce Cannula under skin in deeper fat plan. Then fluid is injected having local anesthesia, fat is liquefied and suction of fat is done.
Skin gradually contracts after liposuction and tighten to conform new shape of body. When procedure completed Elastic garments are used to reduce swelling.
What are different methods of Liposuction?
Vaser liposuction, Ultrsonic liposuction, Power Assisted liposuction are various methods used. Dr Yawar Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery Centre offers all different methods of Liposuction according to patient will and need. Right procedure is selected for patients by the best liposuction surgeon in Lahore, Dr. Yawar.
What apparatus is used for liposuction and how liposuction in Lahore is done?
It consists of vacuum pump connected to very fine cannula with blunt and small holes at end which allows aspiration of fat with minimum trauma to the body.
Generally less than or equal to 4 mm size cannula used for liposuction. Multiple small incisions in areas which are not very much visible externally are used. For any site incision should be planned in a way that cross hatching or liposuction in two different planes is possible to get excellent results after liposuction. Always try to protect the skin at port entery area.
What is the Recovery time of liposuction in Lahore? How to speed up and fasten recovery after Liposuction?
Recovery time in case of liposuction is shorter as compared to other plastic surgery procedures. Patients start observing improvement in final body shape in 6 to 12 weeks’ time.
For early recovery compression garments are advised to patients immediately after liposuction. Dr Yawar prefers Special custom made garments which help to decrease swelling after liposuction. After few weeks in second phase of healing there develop mild stiffness of the area that can be addressed by gentle massage.Stiffness gradually decreases, area become soft and result become evident in 6 to 12 weeks’ time.
How to address Residual Fat after liposuction
Sometime patients come which have under gone session of liposuction but there is still some fat remaining and they are not satisfies with the results. If the area is small and localized fat deposits can be addressed under local anesthesia. We can do it under I/V sedation. If the area is large we have to repeat the session.
What complications can arise after Liposuction?
Swelling is routine but it settles with regular use of compression garments. Swelling starts settling after 10 days. Significant improvement happens from one to three months. But improvement continues over months.
Bruising
Local Anesthesia overdose should be avoided. It can lead to neurological and cardiac complications. Some time there is a temporary sensation change at the liposuction area that recovers with the passage of time.
In Seroma formation sometimes clear fluid comes from the liposuction area and sometimes it needs to be drained by needle aspiration. After drainage of Seroma compression garments is continued.
Contour irregularities are associated with over suction in certain areas. Fullness or residual bulges in certain areas.
About Professor Dr. Yawar Sajjad | Best Liposuction Surgeon
Dr. Yawar Sajjad has over 22 years of experience in the field of plastic surgery and he is one of the best doctors for liposuction in Lahore on regular basis. Dr. Yawar Sajjad is a well known an experienced plastic surgeon and is among the best liposuction surgeon in Lahore, Pakistan. Dr. Yawar is an in-charge of Plastic Surgery Department at Punjab Postgraduate Medical Institute and its affiliated Lahore General Hospital. Lahore General Hospital is a secondary and tertiary care facility catering to a large population.
The best doctor for liposuction in Lahore, Dr. Yawar Sajjad is graduated from Allama Iqbal Medical College in 1996. After internship and residency training in general surgery, he received fellowship from College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan in 2004. He later worked as senior registrar in Pediatric Surgery for one year before joining Plastic Surgery residency program at Shaikh Zayed Postgraduate Medical Institute Lahore, Pakistan. After completing training in Plastic Surgery, he has qualified Fellowship Examination in Plastic Surgery from the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan.
Professional Membership
- Lifetime Member of Pakistan Association of Plastic Surgeons (PAPS)
- Member of Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PMDC)
- Lifetime Member of Society of Surgeons, Pakistan (SSP)
- Founding Member of Hair Restoration Society of Pakistan (HRSP)
- International Member American Society of Plastic Surgeons
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Dr. Yawar Sajjad qualification is FCPS (Plastic Surgery), FCPS (General Surgery), and M.B.B.S. He has over 22 years of experience. He is Present, Head of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Post Graduate Institute, Lahore, and Associate Professor, PGMI, AMC, Lahore. CLICK HERE to book an appointment for liposuction in Lahore with Dr. Yawar Sajjad.