If you’re suffering from lipedema, you’re probably looking for an effective treatment. Unfortunately, it’s a misunderstood condition, and many doctors fail to spot it until it has reached a late stage. Even once you receive a diagnosis, you may struggle to access treatment. The most commonly recommended treatment is conservative. However, massage and compression garments can only do so much. While compression garments can manage the symptoms to a certain extent, it isn’t a long-term solution. After trying conservative treatments, many sufferers begin to consider arranging lipedema surgery. Although surgery cannot cure lipedema, it can help relieve the symptoms in the long term and improve quality of life.
Do I Need Lipedema Surgery?
If you have received a lipedema diagnosis, you may want to look into the possibility of surgery. Lipedema causes painful fat accumulation in the lower body. It may also affect the arms. It can limit your movement and reduce your quality of life. It can also cause mental and emotional distress. Many sufferers have low self-esteem, anxiety, and depression. Surgery can help restore your body to a more proportionate shape. This helps sufferers to feel more confident and more comfortable in their own skin. It also helps to improve freedom of movement and reduce pain and discomfort.
What Does Lipedema Surgery Involve?
Lipedema surgery involves having tumescent liposuction on the affected body areas. A surgeon will usually carry this out under a local anesthetic. Therefore, you will be awake and conscious throughout the procedure, although you’ll feel no pain. The local anesthetic means you can return home the same day and will have a shorter recovery period.
Liposuction is most commonly associated with cosmetic procedures. However, for patients with lipedema, it’s a medical procedure. It involves a surgeon making small incisions in the affected areas. He or she then inserts a thin cannula into the incisions, and it sucks out the excess fat. The procedure will permanently remove the fat.
How Do I Choose A Surgeon?
Unfortunately, lipedema is still a medical condition that’s widely misunderstood and often misdiagnosed. Even medical professionals often fail to spot the symptoms and signs of this condition. Even those who do are sometimes uncertain of the best course of action. For this reason, not all surgeons will be able to offer liposuction for lipedema. Some of those who do offer this treatment may lack the necessary experience and skills. It’s important to choose a surgeon with expertise in this field. Lipedema liposuction is a specialist procedure that only an expert should perform. Here at Artlipo, Dr. Su is leading the way in the field of liposuction. He has worked with many patients who suffer from lipedema and has produced excellent results from their surgeries. When you choose Artlipo to have your lipedema liposuction, you can be confident you’ll be in safe hands.
How Do I Arrange My Surgery?
If you’re considering having liposuction for lipedema, you shouldn’t hesitate to make an appointment for a consultation. Choosing the right surgeon is vital. So we would encourage you to contact Artistic Lipo and Plastic Surgery today. Our friendly team can answer your questions and offer you helpful information and advice. If you want to go ahead with the surgery, we can then book your first consultation appointment.
Dr. Su will be able to examine you and determine whether you’re a good candidate for surgery. He will also be able to give you a more in-depth explanation of the procedure. Furthermore, he’ll give you a clear idea of the outcome you can expect to achieve. When you have all this information, you can make a well-informed decision about whether you want to go ahead.
I Don’t Live Near Tampa, Can I Still Have Surgery with Artlipo?
If you’ve been searching for the best possible lipedema surgeon, Dr. Su could be the professional you’ve been seeking. Although Dr. Su and Artlipo are in Tampa, Florida, we can still help you if you live elsewhere. We have many patients who come to see us from all over the United States. They even come from all over the world.
We can arrange for you to have your first consultation via Skype rather than in person at our clinic. Dr. Su can still see the extent of your condition and will still offer you his expert opinion. He can impart all the information you’d receive at an in-person appointment via video conferencing.
If you decide to opt for lipedema surgery with us, you can then book the procedure. When the day comes, you can fly in and undergo your surgery at the time you’ve selected.
Now that you know more about arranging lipedema surgery, it’s time to find out more about how Artlipo can help. Give us a call today and let us help you improve your quality of life and reduce your pain. We look forward to hearing from you.
Dr. Thomas Su, is the owner and cosmetic surgeon of Artistic Lipo. He has led our full-time clinic specializing in awake-only liposuction since 2007. Dr. Su began his medical career in internal medicine, practicing that until 2005, when he began to provide a full spectrum of non-invasive cosmetic procedures.
