INFILTRATION

Tumescent Infusion – Tumescent fluid containing small gas bubbles 5 to 10 microns in size is infused throughout targeted fat tissue. Tight junctions between cells within blood vessel walls and connective tissues prevent gas bubbles from interspersing among and affecting these tissues.1
1. Garcia O Jr. Ultrasound-Assisted Liposuction: Current Concepts and Techniques. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland; 2020.
FRAGMENTATION

Cavitation – Acoustic energy delivered through an ultrasonic probe results in rapid formation and collapse of bubbles in the tumescent fluid, dislodging clusters of intact fat cells with minimal (if any) impact on vessels, nerves, and other tissues.2-4,6
Acoustic streaming – Grooves on ultrasonic probe generate strong localized fluid forces, further separating dislodged fat clusters into smaller clumps, which can be used during fat grafting procedures.1,2,4-6
1. Garcia O Jr. Ultrasound-Assisted Liposuction: Current Concepts and Techniques. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland; 2020. 2. Cimino WW. Ultrasound-assisted lipoplasty: basic physcis, tissue interactions, and related results/complications. In: Prendergast PM, Shiffman MA, eds. Aesthetic Medicine: Art and Techniques. Berlin: Springer; 2011:519-528. 3. Hoyos AE, Prendergast PM. VASER technology for ultrasound-assisted lipoplasty. In: High Definition Body Sculpting: Art and Advanced Lipoplasty Techniques. Berlin: Springer; 2014:73-81. 4. Schafer ME. Ultrasonic surgical devices and procedures. In: Gallego-Juarez JA, Graff KF, eds. Power Ultrasonics: Applications of High-Intensity Ultrasound. Cambridge: Woodhead Publishing; 2015:633-660. 5. Schafer ME, et al. Acute adipocyte viability after third-generation ultrasound-assisted liposuction. Aesthet Surg J. 2013;33(5):698-704. 6. Schafer ME. Basic science of ultrasound in body contouring. In: Garcia O Jr, ed. Ultrasound-Assisted Liposuction: Current Concepts and Techniques. Berlin: Springer; 2020:9-21.
ASPIRATION

Fat Removal - The design of the small-diameter cannula minimizes trauma to vessels, nerves and the fibrous tissue matrix when inserted to suction out the mixed fat cell and tumescent fluid emulsion (compared to second-generation cannulas).
1. Garcia O Jr. Ultrasound-assisted liposuction: Current concepts and techniques. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland; 2020. 2. Duscher D, Atashroo D, Maan ZN, et al. Ultrasound-Assisted Liposuction Does Not Compromise the Regenerative Potential of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells. Stem Cells Transl Med. 2016;5(2):248‐257.
RETRACTION

Tissue Remodeling - Adipose tissue removal during liposuction creates a space for retraction to occur. Post-procedure skin retraction is optimized when the superficial fatty layer is “thinned” with minimal trauma to tissues and the elastic subcutaneous connective tissue matrix is preserved. This allows the skin to naturally retract and re-drape to the underlying frame during the healing process.1
1. Garcia O Jr. Ultrasound-Assisted Liposuction: Current Concepts and Techniques. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland; 2020. 2. Di Giuseppe A. Vaser abdominal contouring. In: Di Giuseppe A, Shiffman MA, eds. Aesthetic Plastic Surgery of the Abdomen. Switzerland: Springer; 2016:309-340. 3. Adapted from: Garcia O. Ultrasonic Liposuction. In: Rubin JP, Jewell ML, Richter DF, et al, editors. Body Contouring and Liposuction. Elsevier Saunders Publishers, NY, NY. 2013; p543-558.