Liposuction in Charlotte, NC

What is Liposuction?

What Are the Benefits of Liposuction?

Liposuction is a popular cosmetic procedure that provides a clinical reduction in subcutaneous fat. Additional benefits include a tighter, more contoured appearance for a shapelier figure, as well as a healthier lifestyle and improved self-esteem. Moreover, results are usually achieved in one treatment, which is performed with general or local anesthesia. Results are generally permanent, as long as the patient’s weight remains stable.

When Is Liposuction Recommended?

Liposuction is a convenient way for patients to get the figure they want, especially if they struggle with losing weight. The procedure can effectively remove stubborn fat deposits that don’t respond to exercise and diet. Board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Ditesheim can let you know if liposuction is right for you.

Why Choose Dr. Ditesheim for Your Liposuction?

For 20-plus years, Dr. Ditesheim has been helping patients achieve their body goals and feel confident. Along with his expertise, he uses the latest technology and surgery techniques to provide patients with exceptional, lasting results.

Rest assured that Dr. Ditesheim is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. During your consultation, he’ll work with you to understand your goals and decide if you are a good candidate for liposuction.

Dr. Ditesheim’s Enhanced Liposuction Approach

Board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Jeffrey A. Ditesheim is a specialist in precision body contouring. His approach is to selectively remove fat to sculpt each person’s body. He has extensive experience with over 5,000 successful body shaping procedures. Lipo sculpting whether to highlight muscles, define curves or improve proportion is an advanced, more artistic approach requiring advanced training. (www.highdefinitionliposuction.com)

Dr. Ditesheim uses the most advanced liposuction technologies for precise sculpting: VASER liposuction and AquaShape liposuction.
VASER liposuction uses a fine-tip probe that releases controlled ultrasonic energy to emulsify or break down fat cells. VaserLipo removes fat without injury to nerves and blood vessels, can sculpt superficial fat and results in skin tightening.
Aquashape or Water liposuction is a uniquely gentle technology. Rather than use heat like Laser liposuction (also SmartLipo), Aquashape uses a controlled focus water jet to dislodge and remove fat permanently.

What Areas Can Liposuction Treat?

One of the beauties of this surgical lipo procedure is that it can address stubborn fat nearly anywhere on the body. Dr. Ditesheim encourages patients to be open-minded when considering liposuction of one area of the body, as his approach is to consider the whole body contour circumferentially to truly sculpt the figure you want to achieve.

Liposuction for the Abdomen

Liposuction for the Waist

Back and Bra Rolls

LIPOSUCTION ON CHEST AND GYNECOMASTIA

For men who struggle with nipple puffiness or a round chest from excess breast tissue, it can be hard to feel masculine and confident without a shirt.

Restoring a masculine chest always requires removing the abnormal glandular tissue. High definition liposuction further defines the chest by defining the chest highlights: the hollow under the chest, the lateral pectoral border and the hollow under the arm. Sometimes fat is added to the chest to restore the upper pole convexity. Learn more about gynecomastia surgery.

Upper Arms Liposuction

“Hanging Arms” are very frustrating both because they suggest poor fitness and older age. Sleeveless tops, even jackets don’t fit, leading to embarrassment and frustration. Sculpting the arms by removing fat circumferentially can restore the athletic, youthful shape. Often Renuvion is used to tighten loose skin after liposuction. When arm skin has significantly stretched, removing skin is often necessary (brachioplasty).

Thighs and Legs

Saddlebags or Heavy, Thick Thighs result in body disproportion. Jeans that fit the thighs will not fit the waist. Inner thigh chafing can be a problem. Shaping the thighs starts first with understanding your frame ( shape of the pelvis) and muscular definition. Runners will have larger quadriceps muscles. Excess fatty tissue can cause the beautiful tapered shape of the thighs and legs to appear shapeless, thick and heavy. Fat is selectively removed from the inner, outer thighs, knees and upper legs. Occasionally, fat is removed circumferentially from both the thighs and legs to obtain a feminine athletic shape. Lipedema is a condition that causes excess and painful fatty tissue deposits most frequently in the lower body of young women. Aquashape Liposuction, preserving lymphatic vessels, is the preferred treatment method.

Neck and Chin Liposuction

Losing the shape and definition of the neck foretells aging. The jawline and neck angle blur and the lower face is no longer defined. Sometimes excess superficial fatty tissue under the chin and upper neck can be removed to restore the neck angle and jawline (Neck Liposuction). With age, neck skin loses elasticity. Renuvion can be used with liposuction in Charlotte to improve neck shape without surgery (Renuvion and Neck Lipo). For some patients, the neck has an excess of deeper fat that needs surgical liposuction. (Necklift).

Is Liposuction Safe?

At the end of the day, a variety of factors make liposuction performed by a board-certified plastic surgeon safe and highly effective. These include the type of facility, the doctor’s expertise, and the patient’s qualifications for surgery.

Ideal Candidates

One way to ensure the safety and efficacy of liposuction in Charlotte is to be a well-qualified candidate for this minimally invasive procedure. Liposuction is widely available to many people who have concerns about specific problem areas or who want general enhancement in their body contour.

A good candidate for liposuction is at a stable weight and has no underlying health conditions that would make surgery risky. Even those labeled as “overweight” can be good candidates in many cases, although Dr. Ditesheim will determine candidacy during an in-person consultation.

Understand that liposuction is not a weight-loss procedure, and in order to maintain your results and ideal body weight it is best to get regular exercise and maintain a healthy diet.

Fully Accredited Facility

It’s hard to overstate the importance of not only the doctor’s skill, but also the facility in which they’ll be working. A fully accredited surgical suite is critical to ensuring patient safety in any and all scenarios, especially when using general anesthesia.

Surgery centers certified by the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities (AAAASF) meet certain rigorous standards to ensure patients who are treated there have board-certified anesthesiologists to monitor vital signs throughout surgery, as well as have the proper tools and procedures to maintain patient comfort and respond to any complications that may arise.

Our state-of-the-art surgery center in Charlotte, North Carolina allows us to provide safe, personalized care for liposuction procedures that require general anesthesia.

Preparing for Liposuction

Before arriving for your liposuction appointment, Dr. Ditesheim will instruct you on which medications you can and cannot take in the days and weeks leading up to the procedure. He will also instruct you to stop smoking, as this inhibits the body’s healing process and increases the risk of complications.

You will need to arrange for a friend or loved one to drive you home from the procedure, and you will likely need to refrain from eating or drinking for at least 12 hours before your surgery.

Liposuction Recovery

The recovery timeline can vary depending on the extent of your specific liposuction procedure surgical plan. Those who undergo a local anesthetic procedure will likely need less time to recover than those with more extensive procedures under general anesthesia. In most cases, patients can return to light work after about a week or two, but will feel discomfort in the days leading up to this point.

Immediately after surgery, you will have bandages and in some cases drains that Dr. Ditesheim will provide care instructions for during a consultation. Your activity level and range of motion for things like bending over and lifting objects will be reduced until you’re more fully healed. Most Charlotte liposuction patients see full results after swelling and bruising has gone significantly down, usually at around the six-week mark.

How is Liposuction Performed?

Dr. Ditesheim has multiple advanced liposuction techniques that can help different people achieve different goals, although all of them involve beginning with the end result in mind. All liposuction procedures begin with a tumescent liposuction solution that shrinks blood vessels and numbs the area being treated whether done under local or general anesthesia.

Learn More About Liposuction in Charlotte

Every person deserves to feel confident and proud of their body in all types of clothing. Liposuction is a highly versatile plastic surgery procedure that can help men and women of all shapes and sizes feel better about the way they look with a safe, minimal recovery timeline procedure. To learn more about your liposuction options, schedule a consultation with the expert liposuction surgeon himself, Dr. Jeffrey Ditesheim today. Start the conversation by calling our office or contacting us online. Our Ballantyne office is located 8 minutes from Marvin and 34 minutes from Rock Hill SC.

Frequently Asked Questions About Liposuction