Sydney Cosmetic & Plastic Surgery Clinic is no newcomer. In fact, we are one of Sydney’s leading cosmetic clinics established by Dr George Mayson over 20 years ago.
These days, we have a team of Cosmetic & Plastic Surgeons offering the full spectrum of cosmetic procedures to meet the needs of every patient.
I have personally been in this industry for over 24 years and have seen that the explosion in the popularity of cosmetic procedures has attracted widespread ‘price cutting’. While some would regard ‘price cutting’ as beneficial for patients, the hidden downside has been the compromise of both standards and quality of results that lower prices can deliver: the old adage ‘You Get What You Pay For’ has never been truer!
Our Clinic has always enjoyed a distinguished reputation in terms of patient satisfaction, high standards, ethics and safety. Therefore, I am very proud that it holds the same reputation to this very day and that we are regarded as one of Sydney’s leading Cosmetic Clinics with only Cosmetic and Plastic Surgeons performing ALL procedures, not Cosmetic Physicians.
My personal undertaking to all patients is that we will continue to deliver premium cosmetic procedures under the highest of professional standards at a Value-For-Money Price but always with the patient’s best interests in mind.
Sincerely,
CEO
Our Clinic was one of the first clinics in Australia to start performing Liposuction over 25 years ago, so we have personally witnessed its explosion in popularity, but sadly at the same time, also a decline in the standards, safety and quality of results as more and more doctors with insufficient training and experience continue to enter the market.
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Warning: Any doctor without Hospital accreditation can start performing Liposuction within their own practice after minimal training. Hospital accreditation is an important standard to always look for as Hospitals will only allow those doctors with an acceptable degree of surgical training and experience to operate at their facility!
Warning: How can any doctor possibly assess your skin’s elasticity with an online or Skype Consultation? The state of your skin’s elasticity is critical in determining whether or not you will be left with loose skin after the surgery and this can only be assessed at a consultation! It’s too late if you end up with loose skin after surgery and nobody has bothered to assess it!
Instead, we offer a detailed consultation with the Surgeon who’ll be doing your Liposuction so he/she can carefully assess your suitability and then plan your procedure.
Warning: Avoid the temptation of ‘Free’ Consultations which are primarily designed to ‘sell you’ the procedure – even if you are not totally suitable! Always question the quality and integrity of any consultation that is ‘free’!
Warning: Operating Rooms in doctors’ practices are not subject to the same stringent standards as a Hospital’s Operating Theatre. Accordingly, liposuction in any non-Hospital premises most likely carries the following risks:
Therefore, always choose a Surgeon who operates at a Hospital. Yes, doing it in a Hospital with an Anaesthetist will cost you more but wouldn’t you prefer to have it done painlessly and under the safest of conditions?
Warning: Firstly, Anaesthetists will not anaesthetise in a non-Hospital setting. So, if you intend having it done in any place other than a licensed Hospital, you will almost certainly not have the services of an Anaesthetist. Be very wary of clinics that list “Anaesthetic” on your quotation: this COULD STILL MEAN you’ll have no Anaesthetist because the word “Anaesthetic” is NOT the same as “Anaesthetist” and it could refer to you being injected with any concoction of anaesthetic medications by someone other than a qualified Anaesthetist – a dangerous and very unsafe scenario!
And, should you have any unexpected reaction to those medications and there is no Anaesthetist present, who in that room will have the knowledge and expertise to treat your emergency?
So, if you’re not guaranteed that a qualified Anaesthetist will be present for your entire procedure, go elsewhere!
Warning: ‘Package’ Type Pricing can be quite deceptive by making it initially appear ‘cheaper’ when in fact the total cost usually ends up much higher when you get there!
In contrast, we calculate our Surgical Fee on the basis of each area whereas the Hospital & Anaesthetist are priced according to how long your procedure will take. This is, by far, the fairest way to price your procedure as you are an individual, not a ‘package’.
Warning: Some clinics offer one technique only e.g. ‘Vaser’. However, we don’t regard this to be an ideal approach as different body areas require different techniques in order to achieve the best possible result.
In contrast, we prefer to customise your procedure according to whichever technique is going to deliver the best possible result – be it Vaser Liposuction, Laser Liposuction, Smart Lipo, or regular Tumescent Liposuction – and whichever instrumentation is best be it MicroAire, Laser, Mangubat Cannulas, Micro-Cannulas, etc.
Nothwithstanding the foregoing, infinitely more important than the technique or the instrumentation is the experience, skill and artistic eye of your surgeon.
As Dr. J. Gerald Minniti, MD, a Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon, wrote in 2019 when comparing Vaser to regular Tumescent Liposuction:
“Vaser Liposuction has had a resurgence since the advent of ‘Hi-Def’ liposuction in the last few years. I can tell you with certainty that ‘regular’ Liposuction can achieve any result that Vaser can. What’s important is the training, skill, and experience of the surgeon. The machines are unimportant.”
We are in total agreement with Dr Minniti’s remarks!
Straightforward removal of fat is one thing and artistic re-shaping is another!
Warning: Any doctor can robotically remove fat but Liposuction should be performed artistically with an awareness of ideal body contours. Knowing how much fat needs to be removed and how much should be left behind is essential for delivering the right shape and curves. This skill only comes with an artistic eye and years of liposuction experience!
Most alarming to us was the report of one doctor who told us that it was common practice where he worked for two liposuction surgeons to be working on the same area at the same time!
This makes as much sense to us as two artists working on the same painting at the same time!
Warning: Such fancy marketing terms are used by some clinics to suggest to prospective patients that theirs is a different, newer or superior technique to others. However, superior results depend on the surgeon’s expertise and artistic ability, not on what you call the procedure!
Despite the success of the traditional, time-proven technique of regular Tumescent Liposuction – which many Cosmetic and Plastic Surgeons still regard as the ‘gold standard’ of all liposuction techniques – regular attempts to modify or replace this technique of fat removal continue to appear on the market.
One such addition that has appeared on the Australian market is Vaser Liposuction.
‘Vaser’ is a catchy term because it sounds like ‘laser’ but in actual fact, Vaser technology has nothing to do with lasers.
VASER is actually an acronym for Vibration Amplification of Sound Energy at Resonance.
Vaser Liposuction utilises a fine probe that emits ultrasound energy at its tip to ‘melt’ the fat prior to its subsequent removal by a hollow tube known as a ‘cannula’.
The first Ultrasound-Assisted Liposuction techniques used in the 1980’s and 1990’s caused many instances of tissue damage, skin necrosis, and burns due to excessive amounts of ultrasound energy emitted at the tip. Vaser Liposuction, the third generation of ultrasound-emitting technology, has reduced the risks of those earlier complications by developing probes that emit pulsed ultrasound energy instead of continuous energy, thereby reducing the amount of heat generated at the tip of the probe.
Vaser High Definition Liposuction is an extension of the Standard Vaser Liposuction technique whereby fat is removed from around and on top of the underlying muscles to enhance their visibility. This variety of Vaser Liposuction aims to deliver a more toned and athletic appearance by highlighting the underlying muscles. However, this technique is not for everyone and the best candidates for ‘Vaser High Def’ are those with thick skin, good skin elasticity, and muscles that can be felt under the skin when they are contracted. One example of such an application would be someone who wants to create a ‘six-pack’ over their ‘abs’.
‘Vaser High Def’ Liposuction is an advanced technique that requires a long learning curve on the part of the Surgeon and for this reason, should only be performed by those Surgeons skilled and confident in its use.
In the best interests of patient comfort and safety, all Vaser Liposuction procedures are performed in a licensed Hospital with a Specialist Anaesthetist in constant attendance.
Even when Liposuction is done in a Hospital under General Anaesthesia, it is still a ‘walk in, walk out’ procedure with no overnight stay required. You can go home two hours after your procedure but you must not drive or go home alone. You must be accompanied by a responsible adult and have someone at home to look after you during the first 24 hours.
In Vaser Liposuction, a Tumescent Solution is first introduced into the fat deposit to be removed. This Tumescent Solution contains both a Local Anaesthetic and Adrenalin, the latter serving to first constrict the area’s blood vessels and so minimise blood loss when it comes to the removal of the fat.
Next, the Vaser’s ultrasound-emitting probe is introduced into the fat through a tiny skin incision and repeatedly moved back and forth through the fatty deposit. The ultrasound energy emitted by the tip of the Vaser probe ‘melts’ the fat cells and emulsifies (liquefies) them.
When the surgeon feels that enough of the targeted fat has been liquefied, he/she removes the Vaser probe and inserts an Aspiration Cannula – a hollow metal tube – to remove the emulsified fat by suction.
At the end of the procedure, the small entry incisions are sutured, Fixomull Tape is applied and over that a Compression Garment is fitted. This garment needs to be worn for 6 weeks.
You will then be taken to Recovery and after 1-1½ hours in Recovery, you will be allowed to return home. However, you cannot go home alone. You must be escorted home by a responsible adult and also have someone at home with you for the first 24 hours.
Sutures are removed after 7 days.
Normally in adult life, we form no further fat cells. Accordingly, the reason liposuction can permanently remove abnormal fat deposits is that it removes the fat cells within the fat. As the fat cells left behind in the lipo-suctioned area do not have the ability to multiply and replace those that have been removed, the correction should be permanent.
In other words, if you do not gain weight after liposuction you should keep your new shape.
If, on the other hand, you allow yourself to gain weight after liposuction, the remaining fat cells in the lipo-suctioned area can store new fat and expand in size. However, this new increase in size of the fatty deposit is now limited by the reduced numbers of fat cells in that area, and if desired, repeat liposuction can always be performed to further reduce the area concerned.
These are questions anyone considering liposuction would naturally ask but the responses from any number of Liposuction Surgeons would differ. As a clinic that has been performing liposuction for over 25 years, we believe that far more important than the liposuction technique is the experience, skill, and artistry of the Surgeon – knowing just how much to take out but equally important, how much fat to leave behind!
Many liposuction surgeons share that same view. The following are statements from two eminent Plastic Surgeons in the USA:
Vaser Liposuction refers to a special technique of liposuction which utilises a fine probe that emits ultrasound energy at its tip to ‘melt’ the fat prior to its subsequent removal by a hollow tube known as a ‘cannula’.
This contrasts with the traditional technique of Tumescent Liposuction in which the fat is removed by mechanical suction using various designs of ‘cannula’ after a solution is first injected into the fat to constrict the blood vessels and minimise blood loss.
The following are the reported benefits and disadvantages specific to Vaser Liposuction:
This will be decided at your Initial Consultation. Our Surgeon will assess each of your areas and advise whether Vaser Liposuction or regular Tumescent Liposuction would be the more appropriate technique for each area.
At your Initial Consultation, our Liposuction Surgeon will further explain the differences between the two techniques and recommend whichever Liposuction technique he/she believes is the better option for your specific areas.
Liposuction is indicated for the removal of genetically pre-determined fat deposits that are out of proportion with the rest of your body. In contrast to other body fat, the fat cells in these deposits are characteristically resistant to diet and exercise. Significant weight loss may reduce some of the prominence of these genetic deposits but at the same time you’ll probably lose too much from other body areas such as your face and breasts.
Liposuction is really the only effective way to reshape your body by permanently removing the excess fat cells in these disproportionate deposits.
Basically, any deposit of excess fat on the body can be removed with the following being the most commonly requested areas:
The following before/after images are just a small selection of the thousands of Liposuctions our Clinic has performed over the last 25 years. Although not specifically examples of Vaser Liposuction, we display them here simply to demonstrate the impressive results that can be achieved irrespective of the technique used, and to once again stress the importance of the training, experience and skill of your Surgeon.
Knees, Calves, Ankles and Arms can also be slimmed down provided there is a true excess of fat and the shape is not primarily muscle bulk.
Common areas in men include:
The following are the approximate Surgical Fees for the more commonly requested INDIVIDUAL areas. HOWEVER, WE ALWAYS OFFER DISCOUNTS WHEN MULTIPLE AREAS ARE CHOSEN:
Initial Consultation |
$165 |
Jowls |
$1100 |
Under Chin |
$1,650 |
Lower Abdomen |
$2750 |
Full Abdomen |
$4400 |
Hips |
$2750 |
Outer Thighs |
$3300 |
Inner Thighs |
$2750 |
Arms |
$3300 |
‘Man Boobs’ |
$3630 |
Other ‘Special Areas’ include:
Calves |
$3300 |
Ankles |
$3300 |
Pubic Mound |
$1650 |
Armpit Surrounds |
$1650 |
‘Buffalo Hump’ |
$1650 |
Back (‘Water Wings’) |
$4400 |
Abdominal ‘Six-Pack’ |
$5500 |
Please note: The above prices are not inclusive of Hospital & Anaesthetist.
Please call one of our friendly Clinical Advisors on 9267 3322
Or email us at info@sydneycosmeticclinic.com.au
