Procedures
LipoAI
Laser-Assisted Lipolysis
& Skin Tightening
What to Expect
LipoAI is a revolutionary form of laser-assisted liposuction that simultaneously removes fat and tightens skin. This unique feature makes it ideal for liposuction patients who need additional skin tightening without skin excision surgery, or for those who excision surgery, like tummy tuck, may be too aggressive for. LipoAI can be performed as a standalone procedure or added to surgeries like tummy tuck, arm lift, and thigh lift to significantly enhance your overall result.
Year after year, body contouring with liposuction continues to be one of the three most popular plastic surgeries performed worldwide and one of the most requested procedures at Edina Plastic Surgery. Liposuction can reshape and enhance the contours of your body by removing stubborn pockets of fat that are difficult to lose, even with extensive diet and exercise. It is a highly versatile procedure that can remove excess fat virtually anywhere on the body including the upper arms, back, abdomen, hips, and thighs.
Whether performed alone or in combination with another procedure, like tummy tuck, to enhance your overall result, liposuction has one of the highest satisfaction rates amongst our patients, helping them achieve a leaner, more sculpted body and renewed confidence.
In our efforts to provide our patients with the safest, most effective, and state-of-the-art procedures available today, Edina Plastic Surgery is proud to offer one of the industry’s most innovative and advanced technologies, LipoAI. This next-generation form of liposuction features built-in artificial intelligence to deliver our patients safe and predictable results with additional skin tightening, minimal pain, less bruising, and significantly reduced downtime.
What is LipoAI and How Does it Work?
LipoAI is a minimally invasive form of laser-assisted lipolysis that combines the precision of laser energy with artificial intelligence to enhance aesthetic outcomes and improve safety. It is used for reducing stubborn pockets of fat throughout the body, improving the contour of your physique, and tightening skin in the treated area. These characteristics make LipoAI the perfect procedure for patients who may not be the ideal liposuction candidate due to excess skin, but who do not have enough excess skin for skin excision surgery, like a tummy tuck.
LipoAI uses artificial intelligence (AI) combined with advanced laser technology to deliver energy into the fat layers under your skin through a tiny 1-2mm incisions. This highly specified energy helps destroy the targeted fat cells and create new collagen at the same time, resulting in a tighter, smoother contour once the area is healed.
LipoAI is like liposuction in that fat cells are removed from the body. However, because LipoAI melts the fat cells first, they are more easily suctioned, which leads to a smoother recovery process and less downtime (for some smaller treatment areas such as the neck, suction may not be necessary post-LipoAI, as the fat will be naturally processed out by your body). LipoAI is also ideal for smaller, hard-to-treat areas that are often not possible to treat with traditional liposuction.
The AI technology of LipoAI works dynamically with your plastic surgeon to ensure both safety and predictability during your procedure. During your procedure, the device learns which areas it is encountering more resistance and adjusts how much energy is dispersed accordingly. More in resistant areas and less in non-resistant areas. This feature prevents skin damage, burns, and potential hyperpigmentation and dramatically improves the safety profile of LipoAI compared to other laser-assisted liposuction devices on the market.
What Areas of the Body Can LipoAI Treat?
LipoAI can help enhance fat removal and tighten overlying skin on virtually any area on the body, including:
- submental fullness under the chin
- neck
- upper arms
- bra fat
- excess male breast tissue (gynecomastia)
- abdomen
- flanks
- back
- hips
- inner/outer thighs
- knees
- calves
- ankles
Who is a Good Candidate for LipoAI?
Just like traditional liposuction, LipoAI is not a weight loss solution. The best candidates for this procedure are in good overall health and close to their ideal body weight. LipoAI is ideal for patients who want to remove stubborn pockets of fat but would also benefit from skin tightening in the treated area.
For example:
- A patient who is not the ideal traditional liposuction patient due to excess skin, but who does not have enough extra skin to be a candidate for skin excision surgery.
- A mother who has excess skin on her abdomen after pregnancy, does not have diastasis (abdominal muscles separation), but the excess skin is not pronounced enough to warrant a mini or full abdominoplasty, or tummy tuck.
- Patients who want to contour their inner thighs or upper arms, but want to ensure the remaining skin stays tight.
- Patients in their late 30s/40s with submental fullness (double chin) who aren’t ready for a neck lift, but would benefit from the dual fat removal and tissue tightening of LipoAI.
LipoAI is also an excellent complementary procedure to other surgeries like Mommy Makeover, tummy tuck, body lift, arm lift, thigh lift, and butt lift because it tightens skin to enhance your overall result even when surgical excision of excess skin is performed.
How Your Surgical Results May Be Improved by Adding LipoAI
LipoAI excels in skin tightening. When the laser melts fat beneath the skin, it significantly stimulates collagen production. This reaction causes skin to heal much tighter and firmer than traditional liposuction. As you can imagine, this feature can dramatically improve the outcomes of procedures like arm lift, tummy tuck, and thigh lift, where there is almost always sagging skin present, as well as fat, before surgery.
LipoAI has several unique benefits that make it advantageous to add on to other plastic surgeries. Your plastic surgeon will discuss these during your initial consultation and help determine if your surgical results would be enhanced by adding LipoAI to your procedure.
Precision Targeting – The LipoAI system allows our skilled surgeons to safely and precisely target specific areas of fat, ensuring optimal results tailored to your body shape and goals.
Minimally Invasive – LipoAI requires only very small incisions, reducing recovery time and minimizing scarring.
Enhanced Skin Tightening – The laser technology in LipoAI not only aids in fat removal but also tightens the surrounding skin, promoting a smoother appearance and reducing the risk of sagging.
Scheduling LipoAI at Edina Plastic Surgery
The best way to learn if LipoAI can help you achieve your body contouring goals is by scheduling a complimentary consultation with an Edina Plastic Surgery board-certified plastic surgeon. Start your journey by calling (952) 592-5871. You can also fill out our online contact form to have a team member reach out to you at a time better suited to your schedule.
