Many advances have been made in liposuction techniques since the procedure was first widely introduced in the 1980s. 21st century liposuction is almost always performed as an outpatient procedure, under a local anesthetic, as it removes stubborn fat deposits and leaves patients with the smoothly contoured physiques for which they have longed. Even so, the many benefits of liposuction do not come without some risks.What are the benefits of liposuction?Liposuction has deservedly earned the title of "body sculpting" because the procedure actually allows patients to target the parts of their bodies from which they want fat removed. There are few other cosmetic procedures, including surgical ones, will permit that sort of input from the people undergoing them.A patient considering liposuction will not only be able to indicate from which parts of his or her body the fat is to be removed, but also specify how much fat ...

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