Liposuction surgery has advanced dramatically over the past 10 years with the advent of tumescent anesthesia, the use of microcannulas, smaller incisions, incisions not closed with sutures, and specially designed garments. However, there has not been much improvement in the science of incision placement. This article discusses a technique that makes liposuction incisions less conspicuous to the human eye by placing the incisions in asymmetric patterns.
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