Talk:Liposuction

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Someone should talk about the dangers of Liposuction here as well. Antonio BDSM Master Martin

I posted an article yesterday that goes into detail about the side effects and potential complications. It follows what was the stub. Should I have removed the stub?

Someone has changed my Liposuction heading to History. My article begins with that heading.

This is my first attempt to contribute anything to Wikipedia and I'm still very ignorant about how to do it. Learning as I go here. I want to make this article into editable sections but haven't yet figured out how to do that. Now it's 11:30 pm, so I'll have to try on Wed. evening May 10. Jenny305@earthlink.net —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pinkgalah (talk • contribs) 9 May 2006.

To make sections, use the section tags (i.e. ==). For nested sections, use more = signs. For example:

==Main section==

===Subsection===

And it will render like you see it in the article. By the way, I just cleaned up the whole article so you don't have to. But you can look at the source to see how I did the sections. — Frecklefoot | Talk 17:57, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 clots.. of fat! 2 lots ... of sources coming 3 Cost 4 Emulsifier 5 Pictures 6 Sources 7 Ultrasound lipo

[edit] clots.. of fat!

Has fat embolisation ever been reported? i can't see why it should happen - it occurs when long bones are shattered, not from someone rummaging around in adipose tissue. THe phrase about clots forming around the area operated and then getting into the circulation suggests to me that whoever wrote it does not understnad venous trhomboembolism at all either. I've not got actual figures for VTE/DVT/PE with liposuction. If it is done under local I'd assume people can wriggle a bit, so it is low risk, even if they are - one assumes - not slim to start with. Midgley 23:02, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] lots ... of sources coming

I've been busy and haven't come back here to finish posting this article properly. I'll work next on giving sources. Pinkgalah 03:09, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

I provided some sources and will give more shortly. Pinkgalah 23:00, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cost

I came here looking for information on the costs involved with liposuction. And perhaps whether liposcution is covered by health plans.

I would add the information myself if I knew the answers.

Probably not appropriate in a Wikipedia article--costs vary between providers/plans let alone countries. Seems like it'd be turning this into an ad for liposuction rather than an article of information on it.

-Rj101 05:27, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

I agree. Though I think I copyedited that section (and others), I thought it was an inappropriate topic for an encyclopedia. Costs change and vary too much for us to give any estimates or reliable information. — Frecklefoot | Talk 14:27, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps a ballpark figure, or an average statistical cost for a given year would suffice.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 12.75.199.119 (talk • contribs).

No, I don't think an encyclopedia is an appropriate place for prices for such procedures. They vary too much, from area to area, from type to type. If we did include such information, there is no way we could guarentee it is at all accurate. Covering the general topics of the procedures is the correct scope for this article. — Frecklefoot | Talk 20:29, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Emulsifier

I was convinced that some sort of surfactant was also added to the fluid in liposuction, but I don't find any references to this being done. Can anyone confirm this? --Slashme 11:04, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures

It is requested that a photograph or photographs be included in this article to improve its quality.

I think the addition of before/after pictures would improve the article, and also pictures of some of the machinery used in the procedure.

[edit] Sources

I originally wrote this article and have been busy with other things since May. But I'd like to provide the missing sources ASAP. I'll try to finish it this week before I leave for Australia; otherwise, will finish it in late January or Feb. Pinkgalah 19:45, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm confused at which sources were used because I read some info that was a bit contradictory.

In the intro, the article states: "The amount of fat removed varies by doctor, method, and patient, but the average amount is typically less than 10 pounds (5 kg)."

Yet, under Popularity, the article states that: In the U.S., around 65% of the population is overweight. So it should not be surprising that liposuction is now the most often performed surgery in the country.[citation needed] Usually it is done to remove about 10 to 15 pounds of fat.

So while "the average amount is typically less than 10 pounds", liposuction is also "done to remove about 10 to 15 pounds of fat." It doesn't really make sense to me. --Yournombrehere 17 January 2007

You're right, the article is in a sad state right now. — Frecklefoot | Talk 16:11, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ultrasound lipo

I was rummaging around the net when I found a bit of info about ultrasound lipo. The section is very small in wikipedia so info there but I found a company Ultrashape ( http://www.ultrashape.com/ ). They say they've been featured on an irish show. Here's the video: http://www.ultrashape.com/data/uploads/Video/TV3%20Ireland%20AM%20LOW%20Band.wmv Something the doctor says in that video feels fishy to me. He says the fat tissue is destroyed permanently because fat cells are not produced in the body instead the old ones grow and they're killing the old ones.--Energman 13:06, 3 January 2007 (UTC)