Cosmetically Speaking:

Tumescent Liposuction

By Dolores A. Rhymer-Anderson, MD, MBA, FACOG

The desire for as perfect body image has affected both men and women for thousands of years. For women, ideal body proportions and measurements as defined by our society have shrunk over the past few decades. Although the ideal male figure has changed little during this time, there has been an increasing emphasis on physical fitness in both sexes and a greater social acceptance of males who are exceedingly concerned about their body image. Although humans have sought improvement in their body proportions throughout history, the recent obsession has resulted in an explosive interest in liposuction.

Liposuction has undergone tremendous growth in popularity since its introduction in the US in 1982, Approximately 250,000 liposuctions were performed yearly in the US in the early 1990's but the number of cases has more than doubled since then. <Read More>