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Liposuction

Liposuction removes fat from specific areas of the body through small incisions with a blunt cannula attached to suction. ASPS member surgeons performed 349,728 liposuction procedures in 2024, more than any other cosmetic surgery. It reshapes the body and is not a treatment for obesity.

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The map

Liposuction surgeons in Florida

Plastic and cosmetic surgery practices, and eye and face surgeons whose website names liposuction. Dot size is Google reviews. Tap a practice for its dossier.

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Doctors

Florida liposuction surgeons

Most Google reviews

  1. 1CG Cosmetic SurgeryMiami10,937
  2. 2Avana Plastic SurgeryMiami3,997
  3. 3Spectrum Aesthetics®Miami3,502
  4. 4New Life Plastic SurgeryMiami3,390
  5. 5The Ear, Nose, Throat & Plastic Surgery AssociatesWinter Park3,208
  6. 6305 Plastic Surgery Coral GablesCoral Gables2,769
  7. 7Svelta Plastic SurgeryMiami2,711
  8. 8Mia Aesthetics MiamiMiami2,679
  9. 9Sono Bello OrlandoOrlando2,562
  10. 10Gardens Dermatology & Cosmetic Surgery CenterPalm Beach Gardens2,172
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1,212surgeon practices
212with a gallery

By region

  1. Southeast652
  2. Tampa Bay171
  3. Central162
  4. North93
  5. Southwest89
  6. Panhandle45

The operation

What liposuction changes

Lipoplasty is another name for liposuction. The surgeon removes fat through small incisions with a blunt hollow tube, the cannula, connected to a vacuum pump.

Fluid is injected into the fat first. Superwet infiltration puts in about 1 mL of fluid for each mL removed, and tumescent infiltration 2 to 3 mL. Both hold blood loss to about 1% of the volume removed, against 20 to 45% with no fluid.

Liposuction works best in people of normal weight with localized fat and firm, elastic skin. It is not a substitute for diet and exercise.

Ultrasound, laser, radiofrequency, water jets and powered cannulas are added to the basic method. Third-generation ultrasound (VASER) is used in about 20% of liposuction cases, and long-term data showing better results or skin tightening with it are limited.

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What it changes

  • Localized fat of the abdomen, waist, back, hips, buttocks and thighs
  • Fat of the upper arms, chest, inner knees, calves and ankles
  • Fat of the face, cheeks, chin and neck, alone or with a facelift
  • Fat that diet and exercise have not reduced
  • Fat removed in the same operation as a tummy tuck or breast reduction

What it does not change

  • It is not a treatment for obesity or a substitute for diet and exercise.
  • It is not an effective treatment for cellulite.
  • It does not remove loose skin: thin or stretched skin reshapes less well and may need a separate skin operation.
  • Metabolic risk factors did not improve after large-volume liposuction, despite a long-term reduction in fat.
  • One trial found a compensatory increase in visceral fat after liposuction.
  • Long-term data do not confirm better skin tightening with ultrasound-assisted liposuction.

The guide

Liposuction, section by section

Techniques

Suction, tumescent, power, ultrasound, laser and high-definition liposuction: how each one works.

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Fat layers

Where fat sits under the skin and which layer liposuction removes.

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History

From the first attempts in the 1920s to tumescent and ultrasound liposuction.

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Recovery and risks

Week by week after surgery, the risks in numbers and how long results last.

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Questions

Answers to the questions patients ask most, with sources.

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Florida surgeons

Florida liposuction surgeons ranked, with their dossiers.

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