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m o d a lity -th ela s e r - isb e in g to u te da s a fa t- m e ltin g

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c a n n u la ,a n dth e p ro c e d u re o n ly re q u ire s lo c a l a n e s  th e s ia . It is a ls o re p o rte d th a t th e re is le s s p o te n tia l fo r b u rn in g

o r s c a rrin g , c o m m o n

r is k s

a s s o c ia te d

w ith

u ltra s o u n d -a s s is te d

lip o s u c tio n .

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th is

m in im a lly in v a s iv e

p ro c e d u re , e x p e c t m in o r s w e llin g a n db r u is in g ,a n dD r.K a tz r e c o m m e n d s ta k in g it e a s y th ed a ya fte r th e p ro c e d u re .

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lip o s u c tio n

s c u lp ts ,

w h ic h

w hy

som e

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a n d

d e rm a to lo g is ts

a rg u e

th a t

th e re 's g re a te r p re c is io n .Ina d d itio n , s u r g ic a l lip o s u c tio n is s tillth e b e s t w a yto a d d re s s s tu b b o r n fa t d e p o s its .