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Liposuction surgery: Side effects and potential risks

BMI Healthcare is the UK’s largest private hospital group and is also one of the leading providers of cosmetic surgery. BMI Healthcare only work with experienced consultant surgeons, covering a wide range of specialist cosmetic treatments including breast enlargement, reduction and uplift, nose reshaping, face lift, brow lift, ear correction, thread vein treatment and tummy tuck.

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Major complications and side effects following liposuction surgery are very rare. Every year many thousands of people undergo liposuction treatment and don’t experience any problems afterwards at all. However, anyone considering surgery should be aware of the risks as well as the benefits, and it is advisable to ask your surgeon about the hazards associated with liposuction surgery. Armed with this information you can then assess whether undergoing liposuction is worthwhile and whether the benefits it will bring are important enough. Try to avoid being pressured by friends or people you know who have undergone the operation. You alone should be the one to decide if you want a lipoplasty. Take your time and gather as much information about liposuction as you can, so you can make a truly educated decision.

There are always risks associated with surgery involving anaesthetic, including an adverse reaction to the medicine, infection, and bleeding. Blood accumulations (haematomas) under the skin are possible, although this often resolves itself given time. Temporary numbness of the skin at the site of the operation may be experienced for a few days, and in very rare cases, a lack of sensation may persist or skin discolouration may appear. Occasionally contour irregularities or wrinkling of the skin can occur, but there are various treatments available in the unlikely event that this could happen to you. Sometimes an embolism may happen, which is when a piece of loosened fat enters the blood stream through ruptured blood vessels and travels to an organ. This is serious and would need immediate treatment, although again, it is a very rare complication of liposuction surgery.

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