History Of Liposuction
Liposuction has become the most desired cosmetic operation in the country nowadays. As a matter of fact, according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, liposuction was the most common reconstructive surgery operation executed in 2006 with 403,684 patients.
Since time immemorial, man has always endeavored for perfection, a better looking body and a fit physical appearance. Liposuction operation goes back to 1926 when French surgeon, Charles Dujarier accomplished a surgical operation which resulted in gangrene in the leg of a French model. Such incident triggered interest in body contouring for decades to follow.
In the 1960’s surgeons in Europe commenced liposuction and was initiated in the United States by the European surgeon Leon Forrester Tcheupdjian using antiquated curettage processes which were for the most part ignored, as they attained irregular results with substantial death rate and bleeding Dr. Giorgio Fischer, a gynecologist from Rome, Italy, devised the liposuction operation in 1974.
Advanced liposuction first introduced by the French surgeon, Dr Yves-Gerard Illouz, in 1982. The “Illouz Method” featured a technique of suction-assisted lipolysis after infusing fluid into tissues utilizing blunt cannulas and high-vacuum suction and exhibited both reproducible effective results and low death rate.
During the 1980s, many United States surgeons experimented with liposuction, developing some variations, and achieving mixed results. In 1985 the tumescent technique evolved. In the late 1990s, ultrasound was introduced to facilitate the fat removal by first liquefying it using ultrasonic energy.
Technologies calling for the use of laser tipped investigations (which induce a thermal lipolysis) have been introduced in recent years and are being assessed to examine any potential welfare across conventional techniques. Overall, the advantages of 30 years of advances have been that more fat cells can more easily be abstracted, with lower blood loss, less irritation, and less risk.