[Liposuction and liposculpture]

Liposuction set a watershed in the evolution of plastic and cosmetic surgery, by allowing permanent removal of excess fat localized underneath the skin. Many body areas, once considered as untouchable, are now accessible since liposuction grew superficial and circular. Liposuction, generating skin retraction, made shorter scars feasible in most cosmetic surgery procedures, and opened up the way to liposculpture of the face and the body. Constantly improving therapeutic means have been succeeding one another: use of sharp followed by blunt cannula, laser/ultrasound-assisted liposuction, as well as rotary and vibrating cannula: what will remain in a few years em leader ? It is today taken for granted, that liposuction, now becoming sculptured, cannot be ignored anymore, and numerous ongoing research studies ensure that it still has a long life ahead.