Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site tekig1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!tekig1!barbaral From: barbaral@tekig1.UUCP (Barbara Lee) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: fat lipidectomy Message-ID: <1581@tekig1.UUCP> Date: Fri, 16-Mar-84 20:02:38 EST Article-I.D.: tekig1.1581 Posted: Fri Mar 16 20:02:38 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Mar-84 08:14:49 EST Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 15 I saw a TV show about a new medical (cosmetic) surgery called 'fat lipidectomy'. It is to get rid of fat by sucking it out with a machine. An incision (small, like an inch) is made, then a stainless steel tube is inserted into the incision, and the fat is vacuummed out. (I shut my eyes during part of the film clip.) It is not a treatment for general obesity, but rather for the person who is all around fit, but has fat in certain places. A lady on the show had her tummy, saddlebags (hip- thigh area) and her butt done. It cost about $4700, which includes a day in the hospital. The show said if you have it done, make sure someone knowledgable does it, because if too much fat gets taken out, you end up with a dent. This process actually removes the fat cells! What will modern medicine think of next???