Patrick Hudson MD, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, Albuquerque, NM Telephone: 505-242-0070 office hours 9.15 am-4.30 pm.
Ultrasonic liposuction may be especially helpful for older patients, and men, and allows removal of larger amounts of fat.

Ultrasonic Liposuction

Several newer techniques include ultrasonic liposuction, smart liposuction, laser liposuction have been described.  Dr.Hudson feels the technique called ultrasonic liposuction is well established and offers the better range of benefits. Although  Ultrasonic liposuction is a newer area of cosmetic plastic surgery. and early European results have been confirmed in the US.

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The technique is similar to traditional  liposuction but may allow removal of larger amounts of fat with less damage to the surrounding tissue. Ultrasonic liposuction may be especially helpful for more fibrous areas like the hip, outer thigh, back and abdomen, but it also has advantages for older patients, and men. It allows removal of larger amounts of fat.

The fat is broken up or liquefied with ultrasound. This allows it to be removed more easily and perhaps with less loss of blood. Some of the suggested uses include:


body sculpturing in the same way as regular liposuction, especially in fibrous areas like the back, abdomen, hip or outer thigh.

breast reduction, results still awaiting clarification but seem hopeful. At this time it is not used routinely, and regular liposuction is still preferred  for liposuction breast reduction by most surgeons in the United States.

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alternative names: ultrasonic liposuction, ultrasound assisted lipoplasty, UAL

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