Liposuction and its Uneccesary Dangers

Just about every cosmetic surgery has been advertised on television, billboards, and, arbitrarily, by the celebrities who elect to go under the blade. Although these are in fact surgeries that can potentially be dangerous, most of them are not emergent, or illness-based, surgeries; these people undergoing plastic surgery want to do so at their own risk and pay thousands of dollars to get these procedures. The improving self-image based reason for plastic surgery, unintentially, gives plastic surgeons a negative, superficial connotation and puts these patients getting surgery in unnecessary danger. One procedure in particular caught my attention: liposuction. This surgery is considered a norm in cosmetic surgeries done, but has many complications that are overlooked for the satisfaction that the procedure brings.

By definition, liposuction, also referred to as lipoplasty, is a cosmetic procedure that slims and changes shape to specific areas of the body by removing fat deposits, improving one’s body shape and proportion, and essentially, enhancing self-image. (1) Liposuction removes fat from all parts of the body, ranging from the abdomen to the thighs, to even the chin. This procedure is usually coupled with other cosmetic surgeries such as a tummy tuck or breast reduction. (1) These procedures are coupled together because liposuction takes out the excess fat deposits, leaving a lot of saggy or extra skin that used to surround the excess fat. This is the primary reason for the liposuction-tummy tuck coupling. Another reason for the coupling of procedures is because liposuction, alone, can sometimes leave the body disproportional; coupling procedures, such as a breast reduction, with liposuction allows the plastic surgeon to ma...

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...untable, and can face a malpractice lawsuit, for causing a visceral perforation because he or she was not careful enough, made a mistake, or tried to perform something blind, causing the patient to get more complicated procedure, and possibly die.

Liposuction, like all cosmetic procedures, are typically non-emergent and are done for people trying to improve their self-image. Although these procedures are non-emergent, they can still cause complications that can lead to more procedures, money, malpractice suits, and even death. Although complications are unlikely, are procedures like liposuction worth the money and danger?

Works Cited

1. http://www.plasticsurgery.org/cosmetic-procedures/liposuction.html

2. http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ProductsandMedicalProcedures/SurgeryandLifeSupport/Liposuction/ucm256139.htm