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For anyone who wants to change an unmanageable part of their body, liposuction surgery may provide the answer. This is a wonderful procedure which can contour and shape your body and help re-proportion your measurements. For you to be considered eligible for this surgery you must be over the age of 18 and be in good general health. You cannot be on any medications which increase your bleeding time, such as Coumadin or Plavix. You should have good skin elasticity and also be no more than 30 pounds overweight. The doctor will also want to make certain that you have a very realistic view of what the surgery can do for you. The surgery itself is very short in duration but you will need a few days to recover. You will have some bruising and the amount of bruising depends on each person’s situation. The newer form of liposuction surgery is called tumescent liposuction and it is done after first prepping the area to be treated with saline, lidocaine and epinephrine. The saline inflates the fat cells and makes their destruction during surgery an easier process. The lidocaine provides local anesthetic effects and also helps control bleeding and the epinephrine helps control the bleeding too. With the tumescent liposuction you have a much shortened recovery time with less bruising.