There are a variety of ways of placing the incisions in the skin with liposuction surgery. To begin with, where the liposuction incisions are placed strategically is an extremely important point in terms of optimizing a result. It is nice to be able to hide the incisions but usually, if they’re done properly, they heal beautifully and are essentially unnoticeable. For this reason the liposuction surgeon should not compromise the result of an area by only trying to hide the incisions in places that may not be the best strategic places to achieve the best result. To give an example of this, there are many surgeons that prefer the belly button incision for their abdominal liposuction surgery. I find that this is one of the worst places to place an incision to get an even result in the abdomen and it is better to approach the abdomen from outside the periphery of where the liposuction surgery is being done to get an even, smooth complete result. The different types of incisions are a small linear incision in the skin, usually 2 to 3 mm in the skin, which is what I prefer, placed in a direction that is along what we call the natural skin tension lines which usually heal imperceptibly. Some surgeons make a crisscross cut in the skin which I find tends to leave a more noticeable mark and some surgeons prefer to cut small holes in the skin called audits. But once again if the liposuction incisions are small and done properly, with respect to the scars they usually heal imperceptibly. In patients that are more pigment prone such as darker skin patients, the worst thing that usually happens is a slight discoloration for several weeks or months which usually lightens up with either lightening creams or laser treatment.
Liposuction Scars
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