Question:
I have seen several liposuction procedures on TV and they look extremely invasive. I would like to get one done but from the images I have seen I am very scared. Could you please tell me about the invasiveness of the procedure?
Answer:
Liposuction itself is one of the least invasive procedures in plastic surgery because the technique involves making a very small incision through which a cannula or a tube is passed that sucks out the fat in very thin layers. If performed by a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, the procedure is extremely safe and again is one of the most commonly performed procedures in plastic surgery and one of the procedures that has the least amount of complications. At the time of your consultation, Dr. Polynice will be happy to go over all of these with you in detail.
About the Author: Dr. Edwin Williams
Dr. Edwin Williams is a double board-certified facial plastic surgeon who founded The Williams Center in 1993. He has performed over 10,000 facial plastic surgery procedures and has pioneered the deep plane facelift. He served on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery for over a decade, and served as President from 2015-2016. In 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, Dr. Williams earned the Castle Connelly Top Doctors award in New York Facial Plastic Surgery.
Dr. Edwin F. Williams III attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1982. He began medical school at the State University of Buffalo School of Medicine and received his Doctor of Medicine in 1986.
Dr. Williams is actively involved in teaching facial plastic and reconstruction surgery to the residents of the Albany Medical Center and is former Chief of the Section of Facial and Plastic Reconstruction Surgery at Albany Medical Center where he received an academic appointment of Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery.