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World History of Liposuction
The
most important thing about liposuction since the Fischers is the development of
local anaesthesia by Jeffrey Klein, an American
dermatologist who demonstrated that by reducing the lidocain and
epinephrine (adrenaline) by 10-20 fold, the dilute solution was safe and
effective. The development of this
tumescent anaesthesia allowed liposuction to be performed over large body area
using local anaesthesia alone without lidocaine toxicity. Thus a new age was
born in which liposuction could be performed
on an ambulatory basis on patients who still awake during the procedure.
A number of dermatologic surgeon
helped to pioneer advances in this tumescent liposuction and helped to educate
other physicians in this technique all over the world. Coleman
WP III, Lawrence N. Guest Editors.Special issue for Liposuction Dermatol.Surg
1997;23/12:1125 More complete history click here : History of
Liposuction
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Liposuction
was developed by Giorgio Fischer and his father Arpad Fischer in 1974.
They first publish their work in 1976. The Fischers used blunt cannulas attached
to a suction pump, which they manufactured themselves. Their work was soon
embraced by Illouz and
Fournier in Paris, who helped to refine the Fischers' techniques and
popularized liposuction worldwide. First American physician to visit Europe and
study liposuction was Lawrence Field in 1977. However American
physician have no interest about this technique until 1982 when dermatologist,
cosmetic surgeons and plastic surgeons began to visit France to learn
liposuction. First American Live Course in Liposuction was offered in June 1983
in Los Angeles to an interspecialty audience (20% among them are dermatologist).