Laser Liposuction In SW Florida

We choose to offer the Lutronic Accusculpt Laser to our Sarasota and SW Florida patients. The beauty of this new technology lies in the wavelength of the Lutronic laser. Fat absorbs a specific wavelength of light and energy and our laser focuses on fat tissue while creating much less trauma and bruising on other types of tissue.

The new laser we offer here at Sarasota Surgical Arts has an added benefit of shrinking the skin.

There is no other liposuction procedure currently available that creates such a dramatic tightening of the skin as our new laser.

What to expect:

An optical fiber 1-2mm in size is inserted under the skin. This laser then emulsifies the fat and shrinks the skin at the same time. This technique is great for people who have lost some elasticity and don’t want a tummy tuck or lost elasticity on the arms and want to avoid surgery on their arms. The Accusculpt can also be used for skin shrinkage on the face in problematic areas of the neck, jowls, and cheeks instead of surgery.

Surgery time:

Usually done under local anesthesia without any need to be sedated or undergo general aneshesia. Done as an outpatient procedure in about an hour. A common theme amoungst our patients is it’s virtually painless. Most people are back at work in 1 -2 days with very little residual bruising.

How is this different than standard liposuction:

Standard liposuction is done with  tumescent fluid (mixture of lidocaine and epinephrine) that is infused into the areas to liposuctioned.  Once the blood vessels constrict and the area becomes numb standard liposuction takes place.  The biggest difference in the two techniques is right before the removal of the fat the laser is inserted to lyse the fat and shrink the skin.  Then the emulsified fat is removed.

You can expect 40-60% skin shrinkage afterwards with standard liposuction, laser liposuction has been shown to give up to 75 % skin shrinkage when properly performed.