The next generation of SmartLipo procedures have arrived namely Advanced SmartLipo, Advanced Laser Lipo and XP Lipo Laser. These procedures are using laser technology which delivers higher energy followed by gentle aspiration at the end of the procedure.

They also have the same advantages like the original SmartLipo procedure over traditional liposuction, such as no hospital stay, no general anesthetic, no major swelling or bruising, minimal pain, significant skin tightening over 6 months, a walk in walk out procedure and return to work the next day if desired. The cost comparison also makes the procedures very attractive from £1800-2000 per area compared with £3200+ per area for traditional liposuction.

Needless to say there has been a boom in the amount of people undergoing these procedures; some people who have had failed results with the original smartlipo procedures have been re-treated by their clinics with the newer procedure and this has led to happier outcomes for clients and their cosmetic/ aesthetic physicians.

As more clinics offer Advanced SmartLipo, Advanced Laser Lipo and XP Lipo Laser. The pendulum has swung more forcefully towards the consumer… rightly so, the leading edge. Cosmetic physicians are now offering guaranteed results.

At the pre-treatment consultation, most importantly your suitability for these procedures is assessed, your realistic expectations are discussed and eventual goals and outcomes to be achieved at around six months are evaluated.

If both sides are happy, a pre-treatment photograph is taken and the same photograph at 6 months. The photographs obviously should be taken with similar postures, lighting and background.

These new procedures use lasers which deliver higher energies melting the body’s fat, followed by gentle aspiration of the liquefied fat. They are performed in quicker time and have all the advantages that the original Smart Lipo procedure had over traditional liposuction.However the debate is not over… these procedures are only good for removal of smaller areas of fat, the size of a man’s fist, 500mls to be precise. The ideal patient should be slim and toned with localized areas of stubborn fat, with a Body Mass Index of roughly 25.

A large number of people normally do not fall in this patient selection criteria for the original Smart Lipo procedure, but still somehow ended up having the treatment…. Inevitably with poor results you just have to google: “Smart Lipo forums” to read the pain, anger, agony and disappointment experienced by them.

Sadly with the obesity epidemic in the U.K these people wanting lunch time lipo procedures and meeting the selection criteria are far and few between. However, there is now hope, the Vaser Lipo has arrived in the U.K from the U.S.A.

This technology is again performed under local anesthetic, uses ultrasound energy to emulsify and breakdown the fat followed by gentle aspiration of the liquefied fat.

The Vaser Lipo procedure can remove small to large volumes of fat. It is generally accepted that under local anaesthetic and day case surgery no more than 2 litres of fat can be removed, this is well within, Vaser Lipo’s capability.

Leading clinics are already starting to offer this procedure and it is set to become the gold standard in walk-in walk-out liposuction allowing us to remove larger volumes of fat compared with other technologies and treatments whilst giving us the ability to enhance and reshape your curves.

D.r S.R. Bassi is the lead cosmetic physician in North Nottinghamshires premier medical cosmetic and laser clinic, Selston Cosmetic Clinic, part of the Cosmetics clinic group. Find out more about Advanced Smart Lipo and Vaser Lipo.