Your journey as a tickle lipo patient doesn’t end after you decide to commit to treatment. On the contrary, it’s just beginning, as your choice of provider is crucial to ensuring a successful outcome.
But what should first-time body contouring patients look for in a potential tickle lipo provider? How can a newcomer to liposuction decide between multiple providers?
At Sapphire Advanced Aesthetics, we’re just as committed to educating and informing our patients as we are to providing industry-leading tickle lipo procedures. Before exploring what makes a tickle lipo provider stand out, let’s take a crash course on the treatment itself.
What Is Tickle Lipo?
Tickle lipo, so named for its use of vibration to gently break apart fat cells, is the latest significant advancement in liposuction technology. This considerably less invasive form of liposuction provides noticeable results with a fraction of the downtime.
The “tickle” in this case refers to low-frequency acoustic vibrations emitted by a specialized cannula, or tube. These gentle vibrations break up fat cells while placing much less stress on surrounding tissues than traditional liposuction.
In a tickle lipo procedure, the treatment area is numbed with local anesthesia, not general anesthesia, before tiny incisions are made to allow a thin tube called a cannula access to the targeted fat cells. The cannula vibrates, breaking up the fat cells. The fat cells are suctioned out through the cannula, which may be moved around in order to enhance contours. Then, the cannula is removed and the incisions are closed.
Thanks to this more discreet approach, tickle lipo offers the following advantages:
- Can be performed in an outpatient setting
- No general anesthesia required
- Smaller incisions
- High-precision contouring
- Applicable to many areas of the body
What Sets an Expert Tickle Lipo Provider Apart?
Our own Dr. Smith offers an example of what to look for: a balance of experience and credentials, leading-edge technology and techniques, and a personal approach that serves each patient’s needs.
Expertise and Experience
Simply put, there’s no substitute for expertise and experience. By the time a provider has performed several hundred procedures, they develop a living, dynamic understanding of how the body responds to the procedure, when to make certain adjustments, and more.
For example, Dr. Smith has over two decades of experience in soft tissue surgery. During this time, she has refined her approach to liposuction to produce results that perfectly align with each patient’s vision.
Leading-Edge Technology and Techniques
Does the tickle lipo surgeon you are considering consulting with offer multiple approaches based on patient input and presentation? Do they offer to combine tickle liposuction with additional procedures for more comprehensive results?
If so, these are indicators that the provider has the technology and techniques they need to accommodate a broader range of patients while still providing customizable treatment plans.
For example, some tickle liposuction patients benefit from BodyTite radiofrequency skin tightening treatment, which reduces unwanted skin laxity for a taut, youthful skin appearance. This can be used in conjunction with tickle liposuction to help the skin accommodate the newly contoured area or as a standalone treatment following rapid weight loss.
Personalized Consultations and Care
An expert tickle lipo provider takes extra time and care throughout the consultation appointment to assess your unique anatomy and review your health history, as well as discuss your personal goals and vision of beautifully renewed contours.
From this initial point of contact onward, you should feel fully looped in on the plan of care, including how your treatment will be approached, why and what you can expect afterwards.
Comprehensive Aftercare and Support
While you can’t “sample” the aftercare experience prior to narrowing down your preferred tickle liposuction provider, you can still read testimonials and reviews to garner a sense of how actively involved each provider is in the aftercare process.
Effective tickle lipo aftercare should include the following components:
- Detailed, tailored recovery instructions
- Follow-up communication (including appointments) to monitor progress
- Support for pain management, compression garments and other aftercare needs
Dr. Smith of Sapphire Advanced Aesthetics also offers a specialized dietary plan that optimizes your results by encouraging the body’s natural healing mechanisms.
How Can I Know if Tickle Lipo Is Right for Me?
While independent research is an important step in the decision process, the best way to confidently determine your suitability for tickle lipo is to consult with an experienced provider.
During a consultation, Dr. Smith will comprehensively evaluate your overall health status, skin elasticity, fat distribution and unique anatomy, among other factors, to determine whether or not you would benefit from this procedure.
Knowing what to expect from your provider and the treatment itself is key to success. For example, tickle lipo is not meant to be a weight loss procedure. It’s a body contouring procedure that eliminates exercise-resistant fat deposits. As such, patients who are already near their ideal body weight and who exercise regularly (along with a healthy diet) are generally considered ideal candidates.
What Questions Should I Ask During My Consultation?
Coming prepared to your consultation with a set of questions can help you better evaluate potential tickle lipo providers for a confidently informed decision.
While these may vary somewhat according to personal preference and other unique circumstances, helpful questions to ask include:
- What is your training and experience in cosmetic surgery?
- How many years have you been performing tickle lipo procedures?
- Can you show me before-and-after photos of patients with concerns similar to my own?
- How do you maintain patient safety throughout each procedure?
- What kind of support do you provide during recovery?
Our team at Sapphire Advanced Aesthetics welcomes your questions. We always encourage patients to voice their questions and concerns if there are any points of the process they want to learn more about or discuss.
Choose Sapphire Advanced Aesthetics for Transformative Tickle Lipo Results
Looking for a tickle lipo provider that checks all the above boxes and more? Look no further than Dr. Leslie Smith.
Contact Sapphire Advanced Aesthetics today at 952-460-1970 for a complimentary consultation and experience the difference that a highly experienced, patient-centered provider can make.
Further Reading on Tickle Lipo:
From Consultation to Results: A Patient’s Guide on Tickle Lipo