Vaser Liposuction Cost

What sets VASER liposuction cost

VASER liposuction cost depends on how many areas are included in the liposculpture. The time required to contour those areas is what determines the cost. Surgical time has three parts. First is infiltration of the tumescent solution. Next is VASER time, when ultrasound energy melts the fat. Last is the time required to suction the fatty tissues.

The time to VASER an area is most affected by two factors. The first is the volume of fat that has to be removed. Volume follows the surface area of the area and the degree of adiposity, which the page defines as how wide in girth the person is. The second factor most affects operative time when there has been prior liposuction. A previous liposuction leaves significant scar tissue. That scar tissue lengthens the operation and can increase blood loss, because more mechanical force is required and blood vessels may be injured while fat cells are removed. The average time to VASER the back can double from 25 minutes to 50 minutes if the back was treated with liposuction before. VASER technology uses ultrasound waves to loosen fat cells before removal.

At the consultation for a liposuction procedure, the benefits of the ultrasound technology are discussed, and an estimate is given for how long the surgery will take. That time estimate is the practical form of the cost discussion, because the page ties the fee to how long contouring takes. A larger surface area, a wider girth, or scar tissue from an earlier liposuction each lengthens that estimate. The back example is the only numbered time on the page: 25 minutes when the back has not been treated before, and 50 minutes when it has.

How the three stages add up

Operative time is counted in three stages. Infiltration of the tumescent solution comes first. VASER time comes next. That is the time spent administering the ultrasound energy that melts the fat. Suction of the fatty tissues is the last stage. The fee follows the total of those stages. The total follows how many areas are treated and how long each area takes.

The usual area group is the abdomen together with the upper, middle, and lower back and the flanks. The wider list adds the neck, the arms, the chest, the armpits, the upper/middle/lower back, the medial thighs, the lateral thighs, and the calves of the lower leg. A front-only plan, a back-only plan, or a circumferential plan changes how many of those areas enter the time count. Circumferential treatment is the plan termed 360 lipo. It is the plan described as providing maximum contouring capacity.

Scar tissue from earlier liposuction changes the removal, because more mechanical force is required and blood vessels may be injured. On the back, the numbered result of that scar tissue is the doubling from 25 minutes to 50 minutes. Ultrasound waves are what loosen the fat cells before that removal. The shorter recovery, compared with traditional liposuction, is attributed to fat removal that is less mechanically traumatic. That recovery statement and the 25 minute to 50 minute scar-tissue example stay as separate accounts.

VASER liposuction cost for the front and the back

The number of treated areas most determines VASER liposuction cost. Areas usually included are the abdomen and the upper, middle, and lower back, and the flanks. Other areas that may be included are the neck, arms, chest, armpits, the upper/middle/lower back, the medial thighs, the lateral thighs, and the lower leg calves. The back appears on both lists. Both lists stay as written.

Patients may choose the front, the back, or both together. The circumferential plan is termed 360 lipo. VASER liposuction of the front side may include abdominal etching and reduction of the waistline. That front plan starts at approximately $10K to $12K. VASER liposuction of the backside contours the upper, middle, and lower back, the flanks, and the lateral thighs, with fat transfer to the buttocks. That buttock transfer is termed a Brazilian Butt Lift. The VASER liposuction cost of the backside starts at $8K to $10K.

Many patients have the front and the back done in the same operation. The page says circumferential liposuction provides maximum contouring capacity and superior outcomes. The two starting ranges stay separate. The front range is not averaged with the back range. Front work, when etching and waistline reduction are included, is the $10K to $12K start. Back work, when the upper, middle, and lower back, the flanks, and the lateral thighs are contoured and fat is transferred to the buttocks, is the $8K to $10K start. The abdomen and flanks in the 48-year-old caption are areas that appear on these lists. The caption does not say whether etching, a buttock transfer, or either starting range was part of her operation.

Risk and the recovery clocks

Every surgery carries a certain degree of risk. VASER liposuction procedures are also described as very refined and reliable. A further sentence calls VASER liposuction minimally invasive and safe. Those three wordings stay together. When a board-certified plastic surgeon or an experienced cosmetic surgeon performs it, and the patient follows the post-surgical instructions, liposuction can be as safe and effective as any other surgical treatment.

Recovery is given in more than one clock. Fat removal is less mechanically traumatic than traditional liposuction, and the recovery is described as shorter for that reason. Many patients are back to work within a few days. Most recover from the pain and swelling within 3 to 4 weeks. Results are evident almost immediately in most cases, with minimal swelling. Within a few weeks, return to full routine and physical activity is allowed. The few days, the 3 to 4 weeks, the minimal swelling, and the few weeks of limited activity all remain. They are not collapsed into one interval.

Financing can be discussed with a body contouring coordinator. The operation is scheduled after the medical history is complete and the scope of surgery is set. Realistic expectations and counseling about recovery are part of that plan.

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons describes liposuction, sometimes referred to as lipo by patients, as a surgical procedure that involves the removal of excess fat from specific areas of the body. That sentence matches the suction of fatty tissue from the areas named here. It does not set the $10K to $12K or $8K to $10K ranges, the 25 minute and 50 minute back times, the tumescent infiltration, the ultrasound step, the recovery clocks, or this 48-year-old.

MedlinePlus describes liposuction as the removal of excess body fat by suction using special surgical equipment. That sentence matches the suction step after the ultrasound has melted the fat. MedlinePlus also describes tumescent fluid mixtures and recovery clocks that this page does not state. The clocks used here remain a few days back at work, 3 to 4 weeks for pain and swelling, and a few weeks before full activity.