Dear Dr. Seckel, I am interested in liposuction and have heard of laser liposuction. Is it safe and does it work? I have heard of Smartlipo, Coollipo and now SlimLipo. Can you tell me the difference and which laser liposuction is best? Thank you, Marie, Boston, Massachusetts
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 Dear Marie,
Thank you for your question. Liposuction is the most common plastic surgery procedure done in the United States.
Palomar™ Medical has just introduced SLIMLIPO™ a new laser liposuction technology which will revolutionize the way liposuction is done. The word SLIM™ stands for Selective Laser Induced Melting and what is new is the laser wavelength-924 [...]