Technique families compared: what actually differentiates them
Four things vary between liposuction techniques, and none of them is the thing the marketing emphasises.
Cannulas, planes and access: the decisions that make the surface
Diameter, tip, plane and pattern. The least marketed part of liposuction and the part that decides whether a result is smooth.
The tumescent solution: what is in it and where the limits come from
Three ingredients, three purposes and one hard ceiling that quietly governs how much surgery can happen in a day.
Skin retraction: the limiting factor nobody sells you
Whether skin shrinks into the space you have emptied is the single biggest determinant of whether a liposuction result pleases you. It is also largely decided before you walk in.
What happens to fat after liposuction
Removed cells do not return, but the cells left behind still respond to everything you do afterwards. What that means for the durability of a result.
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