When a woman is ready to make the decision between abdominal lipo and a tummy tuck, they’re faced with a number of considerations. It’s a decision requiring much consideration and factors in the patients' beliefs and comfort level with each specific surgery. However, thanks to breakthrough advances in liposuction, it’s become a much easier decision to make.

1. When a woman is ready to make the decision between abdominal lipo and a
tummy tuck, they’re faced with a number of considerations. It’s a decision requiring
much consideration and factors in the patients' beliefs and comfort level with each
specific surgery. However, thanks to breakthrough advances in liposuction, it’s
become a much easier decision to make
The most common misconception about lipo is that post surgery the patient will be
left with unsightly folds of with loose hanging skin. Nothing could be further from
the truth. The tightness of the skin on an individual prior to a lipo procedure is
comparable to the tightness they’ll retain post-surgery. The only change will be that
the volume of fat in the treated area will be drastically reduced.
Break through in lipo techniques offer multiple benefits to patients over the tummy
tuck. Liposuction removes 70-80% of fat in the affected area through the use of
minimally invasive surgical tools, which leave little or no scarring. Advances in
localized anesthesia have also done away with the drug cocktails associated with
general anesthesia administered to patients in the past. With these advancements
it has also driven the cost of a lipo procedure down making it far more accessible.

2. Now consider what you’ll get with a tummy tuck. The procedure removes large
portions of excess skin resulting in scarring from one hip to the other. Unlike lipo, a
tummy tuck involves the use of general anesthesia, which can carry significant risks
to the patient. In addition to the higher risk of post-surgical complications, this
procedure requires a lengthy recuperation time of 1-2 weeks versus just a few days
for lipo.
This isn’t to say there aren’t individuals who wouldn’t benefit from a tummy tuck.
For the majority of women out there, lipo offers a safer, cost effective alternative
with beautiful results.
At Avalon Lipo Aesthetics of San Diego, Dr. Reza Tirgari and his staff offer patients
the best in medical assessments and subsequent lipo treatment.
Highly regarded as one of the foremost cosmetic surgery facilities in Southern
California, patient comfort and care is their number on priority before, during and
after any lipo procedure.