- You will be greeted by the surgeon & the team (nurse, assistants)
- You will be undressed and changed into operation clothes
- Your operation design will be marked on your skin
- Your essential vitals will be measured - heart rate, blood pressure etc
- You will be escorted to the theatre
- You will be given sedation medication
- You will be cleansed with antiseptics
- Sedation level will be checked and appropriately maintained using clinical judgements and monitoring instruments
- Few keyholes will be made to allow entry of the cannula
- Local anaesthesia will be injected
- Liposuction will be performed in stages, in sequence, with a deliberate intention to shape your desired body shape
- Doctor may ask you to assist by moving your body to facilitate the fat removal
- Most of the procedure, you will not remember, due to the effect of sedatives
- At the end of the procedure, the doctor will assess your shape and conclude the liposuction when satisfied
- Cleasing, application of dressings, and tight garments +/- Compression bandages will be applied
- You will be escorted to the recovery area
- Given some drink and food
- Given post operative instructions and follow up appointments
- Final check on vitals
- Discharged home with the carer
