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SmartLipo Uses Lasers To Melt Unwanted Fat
News from the USA. Jan26 2007
Mary Ann Childers Reporting
(CBS) CHICAGO Believe it or not, liposuction is the number one cosmetic procedure done in America.
There were more than 500,000 procedures performed last year.
But Medical Editor Mary Ann Childers reports there's now a big buzz about a new, less invasive way to remove
fat that was just approved by the FDA last November. It's like liposuction -- but it's not major surgery.
Liz Howard, 36, worked hard to lose 47 pounds after her second pregnancy. But no amount of exercise
and dieting could reduce her belly until she found a new treatment called "smart lipo."
"I think the results are amazing," she said. "I saw the fat around my abdomen disappear and the skin
becomes dramatically tighter. You know, I'm ecstatic."
So is Julie Meyers. She had the procedure on her inner thighs.
"They look tighter," Meyers said. "It definitely looks tighter."
Smartlipo uses a small tube with laser fiber on the end. The laser melts the fat.
"The fat turns to liquid and then we just suction it out so it's removed right away," said dermatologist
Bruce Katz. "It's very easily done."
The procedure is done with local anesthesia. There are no stitches.
"It's quick. It's simple [and] relatively painless," Howard said.
Heat from the laser also stimulates collagen production, which smoothes out the skin.
"The skin [shrinks] up to fit your body again," Meyers said.
The procedure can be used anywhere on the body where there's excess fat, but it works best on small areas.
"We can take away the fat and cause the skin to tighten at the same time," Katz said.
Patients see results in just a few days.
"I wasn't looking for perfection," Howard said. "But I was looking for a great improvement and I got it. I think people are going to be on a wait list for years to come. I think people are really going to love it."
There can be minor bruising and swelling. It's important to have a doctor trained in the technique because lasers release energy that can burn. Smartlipo is so new, it is not yet widely available. But doctors nationwide --including Chicago -- are starting to do it.
Knees and Inner Thigh pre SMARTLIPO
12 months post SMARTLIPO
21 months later; on the beach
