Lasers used to melt fat
Lasers have been around for quite some time to aid doctors in zapping unwanted hair, making broken capillaries disappear, skin resurfacing, and removing brown spots. They are also used to cure certain disorders of the eyes, and they are quite good in producing great results.
Now doctors have found another use for lasers and body-conscious folks couldn’t be happier with this new development
Laser-assisted lipolysis, or laser liposuction, is poised to be the next big thing in body-contouring procedures. The procedure is minimally invasive and performed under local anesthesia or oral sedation, with virtually no pain or bruising. Patients can resume normal activities two days after the operation. The plastic surgeon only makes a tiny incision, inserts a laser fiber probe just under the surface of the skin and aims it at the fat.
Traditional liposuction doesn’t have the convenience offered by laser liposuction. In this method, the patient is usually opened up and solid chunks of fat are sucked out. This can be a very costly and painful procedure. And this is what laser lipo wants to do away with.
Another advantage laser liposuction has over traditional liposuction is the body sculpting effect. The body usually responds to laser by inducing new collagen formation. Doctors believe that this reaction has a very good effect on the body.
There’s no pain, no bruising, and no downtime for laser liposuction. No wonder patients are lining up to undergo the procedure since they didn’t have to take painkillers and the cut is so small that no one would even notice.
The procedure costs about 4,000 to 8,000 bucks – comparable to the traditional method and with no reported negative aftereffects so far.

