Body sculpting and liposuction are among the most popular aesthetic procedures in the world. Overall, the number of body contouring surgeries performed in 2023 increased by about 6%, from 566,052 to 599,862. Excluding breast surgery, the three most popular body contouring surgeries were liposuction, tummy tuck, and Brazilian butt lift. Liposuction was the most popular surgical procedure in 2022, as it was in 2021, with more than 2.3 million procedures, a 21.1% increase.
What is body sculpting and liposuction in Turkey?
Body sculpting and liposuction are surgical and non-surgical procedures that improve the appearance of skin and tissues after significant weight loss, such as weight loss resulting from diet, bariatric surgery, or changes after pregnancy, often leaving behind loose skin. Body sculpting procedures can help improve your new body shape.
It aims to reshape an area of the body. It may include procedures to:
- Remove excess skin
- Eliminate excess fat
- Reshape or define the area
Body sculpting does not usually help you lose weight. Instead, it helps shape the body and address areas where weight loss has not been effective or after significant weight loss, resulting in excess skin.
Liposuction is a type of body sculpting, a cosmetic surgical procedure that removes unwanted fat deposits from your body. If you have tried diet and exercise, but the fat has not gone away, liposuction can help. The procedure gives you a smoother body shape. Body sculpting and liposuction are not weight loss procedures.
Liposuction removes fat from specific body areas, such as the abdomen, hips, thighs, buttocks, arms, or neck.
Types of body sculpting and liposuction in Turkey
Non-surgical body sculpting
There are several non-surgical body sculpting methods called lipolysis:
- Laser Body Sculpting
- Cool Body Sculpting
- Injectable Body Sculpting
- Ultrasound Body Sculpting
Body sculpting and liposuction by surgical methods
- Liposuction: Liposuction removes fat deposits.
- Tightening and Cosmetic surgery removes excess fat and skin. Examples include tummy tucks, facelifts, back lifts, breast lifts, and double chin surgery.
Benefits of body sculpting and liposuction in Turkey
The benefits of liposuction and body sculpting are numerous, including
Benefits of skin tightening
While skin tightening is often sought after for its amazing anti-aging effects, it also has many non-aesthetic benefits. For example, it can greatly improve the health of your skin by stimulating the production of collagen and elastin, proteins responsible for skin elasticity and strength. This can promote skin healing and reduce the appearance of skin damage, such as stretch marks and scars.
Benefits of fat reduction
Fat reduction, one of the main goals of body sculpting, can do more than achieve a toned figure. While it is not a weight loss treatment, reducing fat through body sculpting can help relieve physical discomfort associated with excess weight, such as back pain or joint stress, enhancing physical comfort.
Benefits of muscle sculpting
It stimulates muscle contractions much stronger than voluntary ones, increasing muscle strength and endurance. This improvement in muscle fitness can enhance physical performance, making daily activities easier and improving overall function. Having stronger muscles can also improve posture and help prevent musculoskeletal injuries.
Enhancing physical comfort through body sculpting and liposuction
Body sculpting provides physical comfort beyond aesthetics by alleviating problems such as frequent friction between body parts. It can relieve the discomfort of ill-fitting clothing, which often compresses areas of excess fat or slides due to sagging skin. Body contouring enhances everyday comfort and can improve the overall fit of clothing by targeting and reducing these excess areas.
Promoting mental health through body sculpting and liposuction
We believe that body contouring can ensure that a person secures long-term aesthetic concerns because the shape and shape of the body has a significant impact on the psychology and mood of a person, as well as a youthful and slim appearance that will lead to increased boldness and self-confidence
Risks of body sculpting and liposuction
Any procedures (such as lifting and tightening) are surgical and, therefore, come with certain risks, although these are relatively rare. Body sculpting side effects can include:
- Asymmetry between sides
- Complications from anesthesia, such as nausea, vomiting, or difficulty waking up
- Damage to nerves, blood vessels, muscles, or organs
- Wounds that don’t heal properly
- Pain, infection, or swelling that lasts longer than expected
- Heart or lung problems
With nonsurgical options, the risks are much lower and include:
- Hives or rash
- Pain or allergic reactions
- Red skin and swelling
- Unsatisfactory results and the need for repeat sessions
Preparation before body sculpting and liposuction in Turkey
A week before treatment
- Drink plenty of water, about a liter per day
- No need to change medications, including diuretics (which increase urine flow)
- Refrain from overeating
- Do not drink alcohol for 24 hours
Day of treatment
- Drink 750 ml of water
- Refrain from taking diuretics
- Take prescribed medications regularly and adhere to your doctor’s prescription.
- Refrain from caffeine products and carbonated drinks for 3-4 hours before treatment.
- Enjoy a light meal, as it is recommended to avoid fasting, but refrain from large meals before, during, or after treatment.
Body sculpting and liposuction procedure
Non-surgical body sculpting and liposuction
- Cryolipolysis coolsculpting: Based on the science of cryolipolysis. It uses cold temperatures to target and destroy fat cells in different body areas while leaving surrounding tissue unharmed. The freezing temperatures kill the fat cells, which are eventually expelled from your body through the lymphatic system. The cells should not reappear once they are removed.
- Laser body sculpting: Laser energy is used to heat and destroy fat cells. The high temperatures can cause fat cells to die. The body’s lymphatic system eliminates dead fat cells for approximately 12 weeks after the procedure.
- Ultrasound body sculpting: Ultrasound technology is used to sculpt the body. It is very gentle on the skin when dealing with stubborn fat, and this procedure involves little to no discomfort.
- Injection body sculpting: Injections are used to treat fullness in the area under the chin, also known as the double chin. Deoxycholic acid, a substance naturally produced in the body, is injected. It helps absorb fat and can destroy fat cells. The body gradually metabolizes the dead cells over the weeks following the treatment.
Body sculpting and surgical liposuction
Surgical body sculpting
Plastic surgery procedures that your doctor may recommend include:
- Arm Sculpting: Correcting sagging upper arms.
- Breast Lift: Correcting sagging and flat breasts.
- Face Lift: Correcting sagging in the midface, jowls, and neck.
- Lower Body Lift: Correcting sagging abdomen, buttocks, and inner and outer thighs.
- Mid Thigh Lift: Correcting sagging inner thighs.
- Abdominoplasty: Correcting apron of excess skin hanging over the abdomen.
- Anesthesia: Medications are given to keep you comfortable during the surgery. Options include intravenous sedation and general anesthesia. Your doctor will recommend the best choice for you.
- Incision: All body sculpting procedures require large incisions to remove excess skin, and in many cases, these incisions may be extensive.
The length and pattern of the incisions depend on the amount and location of excess skin to be removed, as well as personal preference and your doctor’s surgical judgment. Advanced techniques typically allow for incisions to be placed strategically where they can be hidden by most clothing, but this is not always the case.
Body sculpting is often performed in stages. Your condition, goals and your plastic surgeon’s best judgment will influence how your surgeon determines your surgical plan.
Body lift
A complete lower body lift is a procedure that addresses sagging buttocks, abdomen, waist, hips, and outer thighs.
Incision patterns vary and may include a circumferential incision around the body to remove a “belt” of excess skin and fat.
Gynecomastia surgery
Incision patterns for a male breast lift will be determined based on the amount of excess skin to be removed. A single incision or a combination of incisions may reduce male breast size and flatten and enhance the chest contour.
Breast lift
Incision patterns for a female breast lift will be determined based on the amount of excess skin to be removed. These incisions may include a single incision or a combination of incisions in a circular pattern around the areola, in a line extending from the areola to the breast crease, and horizontally along the breast crease. Breast implants may also be recommended to improve the shape and size of the breasts.
Arm lift
Sagging skin on the upper arms is treated through an incision from the armpit area extending along the upper arm’s inner or back. Additional incisions may be necessary if other areas of excess skin are on the arms.
Thigh lift
The inner thighs are reshaped through incisions in the thigh that can extend down to the knee along the seam of the thigh.
Improving the contour of the outer thigh may require an incision that extends from the thigh around the hip.
Liposuction
Liposuction is a surgical procedure (liposuction cannot be done without surgery) that uses a hollow stainless steel tube called a cannula inserted through small incisions in the skin. The cannula is then used to suction unwanted fat from specific body areas, such as the abdomen, hips, thighs, and buttocks. This is done in two main steps:
- Anesthesia: Medication is given to ensure your comfort during the procedure. Options include intravenous sedation and general anesthesia. Your doctor will recommend the option that is best for you.
- Incision: Liposuction is performed through small, inconspicuous incisions. First, a diluted local anesthetic is injected to minimize bleeding and trauma. Then, a thin, hollow tube, called a cannula, is inserted through the incisions to break up excess fat using a controlled back-and-forth motion. The loosened fat is then suctioned out of the body using a surgical vacuum or a syringe attached to the cannula.
There are several different liposuction techniques:
In traditional liposuction, a cannula is inserted under the skin to break up the fat. A high-pressure vacuum is then applied to the cannula to remove the fat from the body.
Power-assisted liposuction uses a vibrating cannula to break stubborn fat into smaller pieces, making removing it easier.
Ultrasonic liposuction (UAL) uses ultrasonic vibrations to generate high energy to melt the fat.
Laser liposuction is similar to UAL, except it uses a laser to melt the fat.
Water-assisted liposuction uses a pressurized stream of saline to break up the fat cells.
Your improved body appearance will appear once the swelling and fluid retention typically occur after liposuction subsides. Excess fat tissue should be permanently lost with a healthy diet and exercise. However, significant weight gain may affect the results.
After body sculpting and liposuction
Immediately after treatment
Avoid any alcohol after treatment, as well as heavy/large meals or overeating.
You may feel a little hungry after losing a large amount of fat.
After treatment
- Drink plenty of water
- Resume your medications that you stopped (diuretics)
- Don’t forget to stick to a healthy eating plan
- Don’t increase your normal daily calorie intake
Remember that exercising is very important to burn a large amount of fat through the circulatory system and prevent this fat from returning to its previous state.
Recovery from body sculpting and liposuction
Recovery from surgical options can take about six weeks, depending on the amount of work done and the size of the incisions.
Non-surgical options have much shorter recovery times. Most people return to work and other activities immediately after treatment.
As you recover from body sculpting surgery, your incisions will be bandaged after the procedure.
Small, thin tubes may be temporarily placed under the skin to drain any excess blood or fluid that may have collected.
You will be given specific instructions that may include:
- How to care for the surgical site
- Medications to be applied or taken
You may be asked to avoid bending, straining, or lifting for several days to weeks.
When it comes to a tummy tuck or thigh lift, your plastic surgeon may also ask you to avoid standing completely upright, putting pressure on any internal stitches while they heal, and sleeping with pillows that elevate your knees.
You will need to get up and walk as soon as possible to reduce the risk of deep vein thrombosis (blood clots in the legs) and to drink plenty of fluids.
Expected results
More defined and well-shaped body parts, a younger and slimmer appearance, and smoother skin.
Body sculpting and liposuction results are permanent because fat cells are destroyed. However, post-operative follow-up is critical to maintaining a fat-free body and achieving the best possible shape.
Remember that body sculpting and liposuction are not goals to lose weight. However, you will lose about 3 to 4 kilograms when you do them. You can start with sports or medical programs to lose weight.
The results of surgery are more evident and immediate. It may take weeks or months to see the difference with non-surgical options.
body sculpting and liposuction cost in Turkey
It depends mainly on the type chosen, whether surgical or not, in addition to the area of the body that this operation is to be performed (for example, abdomen only or the entire body)
In general, the average cost of operation in Turkey is $3,500, which is a modest amount given the advanced services, post-operative care, and use of the latest global devices.
Resources:
- Plastic Surgery
- ResearchGate
