LIPOSUCTION (Lipoplasty, suction-assisted lipoplasty)
LIPOSUCTION SURGERY CONSULTATIONS, Continued
All efforts will be made to answer the
questions you may have regarding liposuction. You are encouraged
to bring a friend or a significant other with you to be present
during the discussion and the question-and-answer phase. After
this, Dr. Vogt will perform a focused physical examination addressing
important issues such as the size of the fat bulge, the status
of the skin around the fatty bulge, muscle status, and the amount
of fat to be removed.
There are numerous factors that
need to be evaluated in liposuction
surgery. Patients basically
fall into five categories of suitable
candidates. In the excellent category is a young patient who has
smooth skin with no cellulite and a fairly small fatty bulge to
remove. The very-good category may involve a patient in his
or her 30s or 40s who is in
good physical condition and has a slightly larger bulge to remove
with perhaps a small amount of rippling of the skin. A good-category
patient might have more cellulite and a larger bulge to remove
and might be older. Fair and poor categories are often patients
who have had major weight fluctuations or may have suffered morbid
obesity at some time and have lose skin with poor muscle tone.
All five categories can be helped as long as the patient has realistic
expectations. Dr. Vogt and his nursing staff
will made every effort to make
sure that patients are realistic in their expectations.
A detailed discussion is held with the patient at the time of
the initial office consultation as to medications that need to
be avoided, time required from work if undergoing liposuction surgery,
and level of activity following the surgical procedure. The patient
will also meet with the surgical and scheduling director who will
outline costs of the operative procedure, which will be all-inclusive
of the surgical procedure, garments that will be necessary, the
operating room, and anesthesia charges. | 
