Despite the most persistent diet and exercise efforts, stubborn fat deposits can linger and distort the slim figure you’ve been working for. Board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Frederick K. Park performs liposuction in Rocky Mount to minimize these deposits and help patients feel more confident about their body contours. At Park Plastic Surgery, Dr. Park specializes in creating exceptional liposuction results for Greenville, Wilson, Weldon, and Murfreesboro, NC, men and women.

What Is Liposuction?

Liposuction is the use of straw-like tubes, called cannulas, to break up and suction away fat from beneath the skin. Liposuction slims and reshapes specific areas of the body by removing excess fat deposits and improving your body contours and proportion. It is a wonderful technique to achieve reshaping of certain body parts.

Dr. Park generally uses small cannulas and reserves ultrasound assisted liposuction for very dense, fibrous areas, which will not respond to standard liposuction.

What Does Liposuction Achieve?

Liposuction techniques may be used to reduce localized fat deposits of the:

• Thighs
• Hips and buttocks
• Abdomen and waist
• Upper arms
• Back
• Inner knee
• Chest area
• Cheeks, chin and neck
• Calves and ankles

Liposuction can be performed alone or along with other plastic surgery procedures, such as a facelift, breast reduction, or tummy tuck.

What Doesn’t Liposuction Achieve?

Liposuction is not a treatment for obesity or a substitute for proper diet and exercise. It is also not an effective treatment for cellulite, the dimpled skin that typically appears on the thighs, hips, and buttocks, or loose, saggy skin.

Who Is a Candidate for Liposuction?

The ideal patient is at a stable body weight, is hopefully near their ideal weight, has good skin tone, and has limited areas which are disproportionately large despite weight loss. These patients can have outstanding results with limited liposuction.

Dr. Park’s Approach:

“The ideal liposuction candidate is at or near their ideal weight. However, not always the case. For patients who are not at a stable weight, it is essential to clearly define the goals. Liposuction is definitely NOT a substitute for weight loss. It is a reshaping procedure, which works best in a limited area. But it can be used to reduce size in certain larger regions. Common areas for this might be the abdomen or thighs. A patient with a thick abdomen, who desires a slightly thinner appearance, may feel that his or her goals are achieved by a total abdominal liposuction procedure, even if the result is not a thin, contoured look.”