W Magazine: Beauty Buzz

"Laser Lipo - The art of liposuction has undergone many technological advancements in an effort to make the removal of fat easier and less painful.  The latest comes from Palomar Medical Technologies and is called SlimLipo.  A fiber-optic laser is inserted into the targeted area, where, at 924 nanometers, the fat is melted and removed through a flexible plastic cannula (which is less invasive than the standard metal tube).

The laser then goes in again at a higher wavelength (975 nanometers) to tighten the skin around the area.  "With other wavelengths, the fat comes out clumpy, but at 924 it's total liquid," says New York plastic surgeon Kenneth Rothaus, who's been using SlimLipo since June (it won FDA clearance in April) and has conducted a yet-unpublished study on the machine for the company."

December 2008
W Magazine
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