TYPES OF TUMESCENT LIPOSUCTION PROCEDURE
Tumescent liposuction surgery procedure and the wet and super-wet techniques are now used by surgeons in place of the dry liposuction technique.
Dry liposuction techniques became unfavourable due to the excessive blood loss, as well as the fact that it required hospitalization.
The super-wet technique is currently prefered more than the wet tumescent liposuction technique. Whether you choose wet, super-wet or tumescent liposuction surgery it will depend on various factors, including how many areas you wish to have treated.
Wet liposuction Technique
Wet liposuction refers to the use of fluid injection before tumescent liposuction surgery. To prepare for wet liposuction surgery, the surgeon injects approximately 100 ML of local anaesthesia containing epinephrine directly into the tissue.
This results in less blood loss during the tumescent liposuction surgery procedure and reduces patient discomfort after surgery.
Super Wet liposuction Technique
Super-wet liposuction technique is similar to tumescent liposuction surgery, except that it uses a solution that contains fewer anaesthetia like lidocaine and epinephrine.
Instead, intravenous sedation or general anaesthetia is used (because the area being treated does not become fully anaesthetized by the solution alone).
Not using an injected local anaesthetia means that the doctor does not have to wait for any swelling to go down.
The tumescent liposuction surgery usually takes no longer than two hours, and the patient can opt to have other cosmetic procedures performed while the general anaesthetic is in effect.