Photo Credit: Courtesy of ORION PRODUCTION/Shutterstock Iulianna C Taritsa, BA; Kirsten A. Schuster, MD, JD; Samuel Lin, MD, FACS AirSculpt is a modified version of liposuction for fat removal and body contouring. It is FDA-approved and designed to be minimally invasive and gentler to the surrounding tissue than traditional liposuction.
The technique and its proprietary equipment have been developed. There are several clinics where AirSculpt is available. A traditional liposuction procedure uses a large cannula to break up excess fat before removal (Dixit et al).
In comparison, the AirSculpt device uses a thinner vibrating cannula to break up and remove fat. AirSculpt is used for areas of higher fat deposition that the patient would like removed or distributed elsewhere. Typically, these are areas like the hips, abdomen, arms, thighs/legs, tailbone area and back, lower neck, and under the chin.
There is also the option to use the AirSculpt in the pubic area. The only area where the AirSculpt is not used is the region above the chin, due to the higher concentration of nerves in the area (Seneviratne et al). The fat removed by the AirSculpt device can be redistributed to other areas of the body if the patient would like, thus it is often combined with other plastic surgery procedures such as gluteal, breast, and hip augmentation procedures.
The results of AirSculpt are much like the results after a traditional liposuction. Patients can expect a modest amount of fat removed duri.