Suction curettage to remove excess fat for body contouring.

We have significantly expanded the use of a lipectomy procedure which heretofore had been restricted to the removal of strictly localized excess fat deposits by curettage through a small incision. By modifying the suction curette and utilizing it for extensive body contouring, we have been successful in correcting relatively major fat deformities without causing any postoperative surgical deformities. All our results to date have been satisfactory. This procedure may be helpful to those surgeons who have been seeking a simplified method for removing excessive fat without extensive scarring. The improvement in body contour is often beyond the preoperative expectations of both the surgeon and the patient.