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Best Fat Reduction Treatment in Colorado Springs?

Fat Reduction at Flying Horse Medical Center

Best Fat Reduction Treatment in Colorado Springs?

Fat Reduction at Flying Horse Medical Center

Millicent Odunze Geers, MD, MPH

What is the best fat reduction treatment in Colorado Springs, CoolSculpting or Liposuction? The answer depends on your needs.

Best Fat Reduction Treatment: CoolSculpting

CoolSculpting is technically known as cryolipolysis (pronounced CRY-o-lie-PAW-luh-sis). This is a non-surgical method to reduce fat. The results are not immediate. It takes up to 3-4 months to begin to see the results. Also, you may need more than one session to treat one area to achieve the best results. So if you’re trying to save money, you may end up paying more than if you just had liposuction from the get-go. Cryolipolysis can reduce your fat layer by up to 20-25% (which is only 1/4 to 1/2 of what liposuction can do)! If you’re looking for treatment of small, focal fat pockets, cryolipolyis may be the solution for you.

Best Fat Reduction Treatment: Liposuction

Liposuction is a surgical procedure. The results are immediate. Liposuction reduces your fat layer anywhere from 50-80%. Technically, liposuction can reduce your fat layer by 100%, but that would NOT look good. The only places on the body that look good with minimal to no fat between the skin and your underlying muscle are the top of your hands, the top of your feet, and your forehead. A thin layer of fat provides a soft, natural look, even with athletic physiques. So, if you’re looking for more fat removal in a single session and over a larger percentage of your body, liposuction is the way to go.

Meet Dr. Millicent Geers

Dr. Millicent Geers is a highly experienced Colorado Springs Board Certified Plastic Surgeon who has performed thousands of liposuction procedures on patients who are awake and comfortable. Dr. Geers is one of the only Board Certified Plastic Surgeons in Colorado Springs offering Awake Liposuction. With Awake Liposuction there will be no general anesthesia, only local anesthesia. Local anesthesia consists of a special numbing solution called “tumescent” or “wetting solution.” This numbing solution is used to make your liposuction procedure pain-free. Additionally, Dr. Geers and her team will employ a variety of techniques to keep you relaxed and comfortable during your procedure while you are completely awake and in control of your senses. If you prefer, however, Dr. Geers can also perform your Colorado Springs liposuction under general anesthesia. During your consultation, Dr. Geers will help you decide which type of anesthesia is best for you. Furthermore, Dr. Geers is one of the few Board Certified Plastic Surgeons in Colorado Springs offering VASER Liposuction also known as VASERLipo. VASER Liposuction allows for easier and more precise fat removal. VASERLipo can also tighten loose skin.

Schedule Your Consultation

Call Flying Horse Medical Center at 719-633-5255 to schedule a no pressure Plastic Surgery consultation with Colorado Springs female Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Millicent Geers. Dr. Geers is a great resource for learning about all kinds of plastic surgery procedures. Dr. Geers had helped countless people achieve the safe, natural, successful results they want. If Liposuction is the best fat reduction in Colorado Springs for you, Dr. Geers and her team will provide detailed before and after surgery instructions to help you best prepare for your surgery and to help you best take care of your treated Liposuction areas at home. Silicone scar gel, a compression garment, healing supplements, and all preoperative and postoperative appointments are all part of your surgical package. Dr. Geers’ patients receive her undivided attention with personalized care from start to finish. Contact Flying Horse Medical Center today for top-rated Liposuction in Colorado Springs! The best liposuction results in Colorado Springs are just a phone call away.

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How to Get the Best Liposuction Results in Colorado Springs

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How to Get the Best Liposuction Results in Colorado Springs

Liposuction-Plastic Surgery Flying Horse Medical Center

Liposuction is not simply the process of eliminating as much fat as possible from your body. A vital component to getting the best liposuction results in Colorado Springs is knowing when to stop removing fat from an area. Sculpting the body through liposuction involves eliminating just the right amount of excess fat. This requires artistic acumen as well as surgical experience. Too much fat removal looks unsightly and unnatural. There are only a few areas on your body where minimal to no fat actually looks good (and normal). Do you know which areas these are? These areas are the back of your hands, the top of your feet, and your forehead. Even for people with low body fat (note it’s not “zero” body fat), there is some fat. Some fat is good, zero is not. So, no, Dr. Geers will not, “Take it all out!” — no matter how much you ask!

Additionally, for those of you with loose skin in the same areas that you have excess fat, Colorado Springs VASER Liposuction may be able to tighten your skin and avoid the long incisions involved with loose skin removal. Dr. Millicent Odunze Geers has more than a decade experience using VASER Liposuction to sculpt beautiful physiques. What exactly is VASER Liposuction? VASER Liposuction involves that combines ultrasound technology with liposuction to help break up your fat cells and loosen them from the surrounding tissue. This allows the fat to be removed more effectively with less trauma to your body.

Not every plastic surgeon is skilled at VASER Liposuction. Dr. Geers received specialized training for VASER Liposuction in addition to other types of liposuction techniques. Patients have traveled from afar for Dr. Geers’ precise execution and vast liposuction experience.

Dr. Geers has performed thousands of liposuction procedures. She delivers natural liposuction transformations that keep people guessing. Obtaining the best liposuction Colorado Springs can provide depends on choosing a plastic surgeon who possesses both surgical skill and aesthetic taste. Dr. Geers possesses both.

To discuss the natural-looking liposuction transformation you would like to achieve, call Flying Horse Medical Center at 719-633-5255 to schedule a no pressure Plastic Surgery consultation with Colorado Springs female Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Millicent Odunze Geers. Dr. Geers enjoys educating patients about Plastic Surgery so that they can make a truly informed decision about how to proceed. Dr. Geers had helped countless people achieve the safe, natural, successful results they desire. 100% silicone scar gel, a compression garment, healing supplements, and all postoperative appointments are all included with your liposuction surgery.  Additionally, Dr. Geers and her team provide written, detailed before and after surgery instructions to help you best prepare for your surgery and to best take care of your treated areas after surgery. Dr. Geers’ patients receive her undivided attention with personalized care from start to finish. Contact Flying Horse Medical Center today for top-rated Liposuction in Colorado Springs. The best liposuction results in Colorado Springs are just a phone call away!

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Do You Have It In, For Your Double Chin?

Plastic Surgery at Flying Horse Medical Center with Dr. Millicent Odunze Geers

Do You Have It In, For Your Double Chin?

Plastic Surgery at Flying Horse Medical Center with Dr. Millicent Odunze Geers

Millicent Odunze Geers, MD, MPH

Do you have trouble spots, and suffer from a double chin? You know, those areas of unwanted fat pockets that don’t seem to go away with exercise. Well, you’re not alone. Trouble spots can be camouflaged by clothing. Your double chin? Not so much.  Additional fat in your chin area, can result from a variety of causes, including your facial skeletal structure, excess weight, and/ or genetics. Hence, how do you get rid of your double chin?

The chin is one of the easiest areas on the entire body to treat with Liposuction. This procedure is also called Submental Liposuction, Chin Liposuction, or Chin Lipo. For delicate areas like the chin, Micro-Liposuction using gentle suction and a very small tube (only 3 millimeters in diameter) called a cannula, can sculpt an elegant, refined jawline in about 30 minutes! Liposuction of the chin is often performed simultaneously with Neck Liposuction, since it helps smooth the transition between the two areas. Chin Liposuction can be performed comfortably while you are awake under local anesthesia. Awake Liposuction avoids the risks and recovery associated with general anesthesia. There is no need to recover from surgery AND anesthesia for chin Liposuction. After surgery, you’ll wear compression in the chin and neck area. By shrink-wrapping your skin it sculpts a new contour and reduces swelling. 

So, what are you waiting for? Get rid of your double chin and trade it in for a sculpted jawline and smooth neckline. If you would like more information about removing your double chin, contact our Monument office, or call us now at (719) 633-5255. to schedule a FREE  Plastic Surgery consultation with Dr. Geers at Flying Horse Medical Center today! We can wait to help you look lucky, not done! 100% Silicone scar gel, a compression garment, healing supplements, and all preoperative and postoperative visits are included with your surgery!

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Is Liposuction Permanent?

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Is Liposuction Permanent?

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Millicent Odunze Geers, MD, MPH

Many people want to know, “Is Liposuction permanent”? First off, what is Liposuction? Liposuction is a body contouring procedure.  Specifically, it is a surgical procedure that uses a suction technique to remove fat from specific areas of the body. The abdomen, flanks, hips, thighs, buttocks, back, arms, and chin, are all areas of the body that can be treated with liposuction. When fat is removed with Liposuction, the fat travels through a cannula, into a tube, and is collected into a container. Removing fat with this body contouring procedure results in a body contour that is smoothened and streamlined. Other names for Liposuction include Lipoplasty and Liposculpture. 

Although your fat cells are permanently removed with this procedure, it does not mean you can’t still gain weight. Unfortunately, the more weight you gain, the less effective your Liposuction results will be. That said, you’ll be better off in terms of fat volume in the treated area, than if you had never had liposuction. So is liposuction permanent? Yes, liposuction is permanent. However, you can camouflage your liposuction results with weight gain.

To maintain your results from this plastic surgery procedure, filling your body with healthy nutrients and food is key. Movement—walking, biking, stairclimber, running, jogging, elliptical, weight lifting, etc—is also crucial to maintaining your new contours. And don’t forget to hydrate, hydrate, hydrate.

Summary

In summary, there’s no bypassing physiology. You can get a jump start with liposuction, but it does not provide a lifetime of immunity against weight gain like a childhood vaccination does against disease. Liposuction comes with maintenance!

Take-home message: Liposuction works as an effective treatment for a specific target area, but you should use it as a supplement to weight maintenance combined with a healthy diet and plenty of exercise. 

Are you ready for liposuction? You have two options for your liposuction procedure. You can elect to be awake, yet comfortable, under local anesthesia. Or you can be asleep and comfortable under general anesthesia in a surgery center. During your consultation, Dr Geers will help you decide which option is best for you.

So, if you’re ready to get rid of some unwanted fat and would like more information on our liposuction services, contact our Monument office, or call us at (719) 633-5255 to schedule a FREE consultation with Colorado Springs Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Millicent Geers! She’ll help you look lucky, not done!