2006 Guidelines for Liposuction Surgery Released by American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery

CHICAGO, Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery (AACS) is pleased to release its 2006 Guidelines for Liposuction Surgery. Liposuction continues to be one of the most popular cosmetic surgery procedures, and these guidelines serve as recommendations for physicians, confronting the most important issues in liposuction surgery today.

  New key points of the 2006 Guidelines for Liposuction Surgery include:
  -- Information on anesthesia and research showing that tumescent
     anesthesia is safer for patients than general anesthesia alone.
  -- A statement on advances in laser light technologies and the importance
     of physicians to stay up-to-date on new techniques and to acquire
     proper training on these.

For more information regarding the new 2006 Guidelines for Liposuction Surgery, contact the AACS at 312.981.6760 or visit http://www.cosmeticsurgery.org/ .

The American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery is a professional medical society whose members are dedicated to patient safety and physician education in cosmetic surgery. Most members of the AACS are dermatologic surgeons, facial plastic surgeons, head and neck surgeons, general surgeons, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, plastic surgeons, or ocular plastic surgeons -- all of whom specialize in cosmetic surgery. AACS is an organization that represents all cosmetic surgeons in the American Medical Association through its seat in the AMA House of Delegates.