Before speaking about liposuction risks it is necessary to mention the fact that liposuction is considered to be one of the safest plastic surgeries. The patient and the surgeon never rush into the operation but think everything over before having the surgery. The facilities for the procedure are well-equipped, so there is no need to worry about it. However, the procedure is a surgery, so it is possible to expect some liposuction risks. One of the best ways to avoid liposuction risks is to choose a professional surgeon. Today in most cases the procedure of liposuction is performed at home. So, you should be sure that the surgeon you have chosen is certified to perform the operation at the hospital as well. It is necessary to be very careful if you are going to remove large amounts of fat. It is necessary to be sure that the surgeon has sufficient skills to deal with some additional problems. Operations consisting of multiple surgeries or complicated surgeries performed on sensitive areas carry additional liposuction risks. So, it is of paramount importance to talk to your surgeon to know whether s/he has ever performed the operations like that before. But it is also important to bear in mind that even the most experienced surgeons are not able to prevent all possible liposuction surgery risks. Some unusual combination of events can be a threat of such liposuction after surgery risks as a long healing period, serious blood losses, burns, allergies to the drugs taken, formation of clots under skin, fluid in the lungs, permanent damage of the internal organs, etc. Three are a lot of modern techniques that have long lasting effects. These effects, however, are not studied properly. For instance, laser and ultrasound techniques may be more effective than some other techniques, but their complications that can occur some decades later are not known exactly. There are some aesthetic disadvantages of the procedure. For example, it is possible that the incisions left after the surgery will never heal and thus will leave some imperfections on the skin. The skin of older patients may be not elastic enough to accommodate the fat that misses. That is why sometimes some additional surgeries may be necessary to complete the whole transformation. There are some variants of the procedure. One of them is called tumescent liposuction. Surgeons say that it is a safer method of the operation. They ensure that the patients of the operation have never needed hospitalization and blood transfusion. Moreover the procedure has never caused any serious complications or infections. As any other surgical procedure liposuction may also have some side effects, such as temporary numbness, swelling and bruising. It is necessary to note that tumescent liposuction minimizes the skin irregularities which are possible after the procedure. It is due to micro cannulas that are used during the surgery. The results of the procedure become fully apparent only 12-16 weeks after the surgery.