Using VASER liposuction for abdominoplasty surgery Body Contouring with Dr Bernard Beldholm

I use VASER liposuction for a lot of my operations, including my Abdominoplasties. In this podcast, I will go through some of the benefits and negatives of this technique.
 
Welcome to the surgery podcast, this is Dr Bernard Beldholm. I’m a Registered medical practitioner, FRACS, Specialist surgeon and my medical registration number is MED0001186274. The content on this podcast is considered adult content.
This podcast focuses mainly on Post weight loss surgery and surgery post pregnancy. Ranging from


Abdominoplasty (tummy tuck)


Belt lipectomy (body lift)


Fleur de lis abdominoplasty


Brachioplasty (arm lift)


Thighplasty (inner thigh lift)


I will also discuss breast surgery in the context of post weight loss and post pregnancy changes.
 
There are many techniques for abdominoplasty and each patient is unique.
Liposuction can be safely added to an abdominoplasty but not every patient will benefit from liposuction. I treat a lot of post-weight loss patients. Some of these patients have minimal to no additional fat to remove. Adding liposuction in these patients will:


Increase the time it takes to do the operation.


Potentially increase complication rates


Potentially increase the recovery time as well


If you have external fat, you may benefit from liposuction, and this can safely be added to your operation.
There are many different types of liposuction.
The standard or traditional liposuction consists of 2 steps.

Injecting the wetting solution containing adrenalin and lignocaine
Using liposuction cannulas to suck out the fat

This works well, and prior to starting to use the VASER liposuction, which I have done for close to 10 years, I use this method for my abdominoplasties.
VASER liposuction adds an additional step to the liposuction process.
The VASER is an ultrasonic probe, it vibrates at a very high frequency, this disrupts the fat cells making the fat liquid. This liquified fat is then aspirated with the liposuction cannulae.
Why do I like VASER liposuction over traditional liposuction?
In my hands, I find that it is a much gentler way of performing liposuction. I also find that it causes less bruising. I can also get closer to the skin and remove more fat. If significant scar tissue is present, for example, if they have had previous liposuction, then the VASER will help disrupt this as well.
There are some negatives with this method as well.
The main negative is the additional time it takes to perform VASER liposuction, which adds to the operation time.
Also, the liposuction holes are bigger.
Overall I find that VASER has significant benefits and I would normally recommend this method for patients considering liposuction.


I’m able to remove more fat with this method.


I can get closer to the skin surface without getting indentations or irregularities.


There is less bruising.


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Disclaimer
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All Surgery is performed by me Dr Bernard Beldholm my medical registration number is MED0001186274 and my qualifications area
M.B.B.S B.Sc (Med) FRACS,
I’m a Registered medical practitioner and specialist surgeon (specialist registration in Surgery – general surgery).
The content on this podcast is considered Adult content. Individual resul