Knee lipo; strange plastic surgery procedure

According to some experts, the most commonly hated part of the female body is not the belly or the butt, but the knee. “Almost every woman who comes in for lipo hates her knees,” says Dr. Joel Schlessinger. “Perhaps because they can easily see them in the mirror, whereas they can’t always see the hips and thighs.”


Schlessinger says knee liposuction is usually done along with other areas, but that not all women are candidates for the procedure. “Not all women have fat there,” he says. “Many times it’s muscle.” If it is fat and the patient wants it removed, a doctor (make sure it’s a board certified cosmetic surgeon) will do so through tumescent liposuction, an outpatient procedure that involves a local anesthetic such as lidocaine. The procedure takes a few hours (the patient can be in and out in a morning); recovery time is one to two days.


Cost for knee lipo alone is difficult to break down since most people have other areas done at the same time. One liposuction procedure, however, usually runs between $2,000 and $4,000.