Self Liposuction
Posted on 03. Aug, 2009 by CSG in Surgical Procedures
People go to great lengths to look good. They eat healthy, exercise a lot and cut out chunks of their body which they don’t quite like with a kitchen knife.
Did you do a double take as you read that last sentence, and go back to check once more just to ensure that you read the right thing? Don’t worry. Most normal, sane, non-knife wielding people would have had trouble with that idea. However, there are some people for whom self liposuction has become the solution to their dissatisfaction with their own body and looks.
Liposuction according to Transform Cosmetic Surgery, is a cosmetic surgery practice that involves the removal of fatty tissue by dissolving it subdermally with chemicals and surgical suctioning it away. Self Liposuction is when you do it yourself – usually very badly, making yourself look even worse.
The procedure is called self-liposuction and although one would think the name in itself would have people putting their kitchenware under lock and key, sadly enough, there are quite a few people who actually believe it might work.
Self Liposuction: liposuction on a budget
Self-Liposuction is a seemingly attractive option for some people who either cannot seem to get rid of extra flab no matter how hard they try, or whom the insurance companies reject. It is common knowledge that insurance plans do not cover cosmetic surgeries like liposuction. It is for those who truly need the surgery but cannot afford the expenses that come with getting liposuction done in a hospital, with trained professionals, that self-liposuction becomes an option.
One would think self-liposuction would be a mere fleeting thought, quickly dismissed as an absolutely crazy idea. This is not the case.
What is amazing is the objectivity with which people who are considering self-liposuction discuss cutting through their own skin. Questions as to which kitchen knife would be able to make the cleanest incision and queries on where one can purchase an anaesthetic and how best to handle all the bleeding are constantly being posed in a cold and clinical manner by a lot of people considering going under their kitchen knife, oftentimes wielded by their own hand!
What risks are associated with self liposuction?
What they fail to ask, is what the chances are, realistically, of them coming out of their self-liposuction unharmed, let alone alive.
Some of the problems that could crop up with self-liposuction are excessive bleeding that comes from making an incision big enough to perform the procedure, inaccurate cutting, especially since you can barely see where you are cutting from your point of view, immense pain from the lack of anaesthesia and leaving your skin damaged permanently, with stitches that will almost definitely leave permanent scarring.
There have been documented cases of people who have died by trying this at home. This should be all that is needed to convince you to find some way to get the money needed for a proper procedure at a certified hospital. You could also go overseas to countries like India and Thailand, where cosmetic procedures are a lot cheaper and done just as well. If all else fails, try eating healthy and working out. Dieting has worked for some people after all. It may take a while for you to enjoy the results and involve more work, but at least you are still in one piece.
Video of self liposuction
Believe it or not, there is a video of someone in Japan performing self liposuction upon themselves. Watch in horror…
Anah
05. Aug, 2009
I understand in cosmetic surgery you will invest money but it will give you assurance because you will deal with surgeon that is expert on liposuction.For me I will not recommend self- liposuction even it is less expensive because the risk is very high in performing such thing, that may cause a lot of problem,illness and maybe death.
akshay
30. Oct, 2009
awesome bro.. awwwwsome…i want to learn
lizbeth
10. Jan, 2010
disgusting!!! eeeeeuurrggh! how could you do that to yourself! im desperate to have a breast enlargement but youd never see me puting my own implants in! even if i did know how, absolutely nuts!!! liz xx
ChloeM
19. Jan, 2010
Eww! Thats horrendous! Who would do that to themselves? Mind you sometimes even surgeons arent very professional, like mine
.
It ok though, I rated him on goodsurgeonguide.co.uk to warn others. hehe
CoolBuddy
26. Mar, 2010
Ohh, Its too horrible. People afraid to take a surgery in clinics and some one do it herself.
julie
18. May, 2010
why can tpeople just love themselves for who they are it would be a lot cheaper. but the surgeons would lose out on there money
Name (required)
10. Jul, 2010
Hey! Hey! Hey! Top stuff Mr. Surgeon. I’m looking for a way to do mine. A grotesque 17st. body must be worse than a slip up or two. At 61 it’s not going to matter to anyone else
what I look like all covered up. I’ve worked out the way to do it and got the items but it’s the proper medical chemicals is what I need now.
Any ideas from there please?
RAM
sid
24. Feb, 2011
that kixass!
emily
08. Mar, 2011
omg i want lipo but i cant even find a good place that will just tell me the one off cost !!!!! jezzzzzzz xx
Jade
04. Jun, 2011
That looked like an awful lot of effort for such a measley amount of fat he managed to remove. I was expecting to see a lot more at the end.
nunya
10. Jun, 2011
that is awsome!!hell to the god damn no if i do wat that man did..but it was still awsome!!!
fk you
18. Jun, 2011
Why did this guy need lipo suction? He’s not fat.
jen
07. Jul, 2011
He makes it look so easy. But, he had help (nurses) and what looked like professional equipment. A far cry from a dinner knife and straw. It even appeared as though he had a local anesthetic. Not to mention, the fat he removed was not that much and so he was able to see what he was doing a lot better then an obese person would. I’d love it if doing this was as easy as 1 2 3. But, without some knowledge of what you are doing, the right tools, and perhaps some help, it’s akin to trying to rewire an electrical system without knowing a thing about how and with the power still on. Not really all that bright.
stupendous
12. Jul, 2011
now they just need a (do it yourself) breast augumentation, i would lovee to learn how to do that
thespiral
13. Aug, 2011
I don’t speak any Japanese, but the person in this video is obviously a surgeon performing the procedure on himself. Notice that he is in an operating room, that he is given an epidural (an injection of painkillers into the tissue surrounding the spinal cord, as is often given to women in labor), that he is hooked up to a heart monitor and surrounded by scrubbed-in nurses/doctors. Had he made one wrong move (perforated his colon, for example), it was obvious that there were people ready to step in and take over. Considering all of the above, while this man’s self-liposuction was a stupid stunt, in his case it doesn’t seem to have been unreasonably dangerous. What IS dangerous is that it might encourage people to attempt this at home, without training and without the proper equipment, experience, and – perhaps most importantly – backup in the form of experienced nurses and surgeons on hand.
The video is irresponsible in that it might encourage a layperson to attempt this at home, but that said, it’s pretty obvious that while this video is advertised as “self-liposuction”, the guy was hardly flying solo.
There was once a Russian physician at a remote station in Alaska who had to remove his own appendix using a mirror – since then the Russians always have at least two doctors at the station. While that Russian doctor was in a dire situation and pulled off an amazing act of desperate bravery, this japanese guy is obviously just out for his fifteen minutes of youtube fame – and is either oblivious of the potential consequences or just doesn’t care. Pity.
thespiral
13. Aug, 2011
Did I say Alaska? I meant Antarctica. Vostok station, to be precise. On a similar note, an American doctor (Jerri Nielsen, I believe) at Amundsen-Scott base at the south pole discovered she had breast cancer at the beginning of the winter; she was stranded for months and had to do a get a welder to assist her in performing a biopsy of her breast. They managed to air-drop chemo drugs and she had to train mechanics and engineers in placing IVs and administering chemotherapy. She went on to live about ten years before succumbing to the disease, and while it’s impossible to guess how long she would have made it lacking her discovery and her bravery, it’s a safe assumption that she wouldn’t have lasted a tenth as long.
This is another case of desperate circumstances calling for desperate measures. This Japanese doctor, on the other hand, is – in my opinion – merely desperate for attention.
ashley
29. Sep, 2011
listen up “the spiral”…who cares what you think…you dont know for a fact that he’as just after attention…how synical of you…maybe he’s just a cosmetic surgeon who decided he was too fat in the belly region (and lets face it-he wasnt fat-BUT-being exposed to the crazy mind sets of his customers,god knows how that affects ones own view of self image) and decided it would be entertaining or at least interesting to video it, maybe he even had to, for record purposes..i dont know. and all that crap about it giving people ideas to do it to themselves, well, if people are THAT impressionable we wouldnt have half the stuff we have in this modern world would we? so take a chill pill man and get off your soap-box
nitrozx12
23. Oct, 2011
i share your opinion ” the spiral”, he has had training and back up of medical staff.
this is not a do it home procedure.
no use placing yourself at risk of infection.
rubme the wrong way
16. Dec, 2011
i tryed it and lost 3 stone in in 6 minuits i used a henry hover redused the pipe down to having 8mm micro bore copper heating pipe cut at an angle and sharpened six points of entry on my belly cant even tell.
rubme the wrong way
16. Dec, 2011
no only joking i wouldn’t reqummend heven having it done by a hospital unless you are so over weight that your life is at risk. eat healthy!
Liposuction
11. Jan, 2012
I’m planning to have liposuction next month but I would never do it on my own.