Smarter Lipo?
Is the latest always the greatest? Is liposuction really smarter now or are consumers paying the price of ignorance? I love making analogies, simple stories to clarify complex decisions, in my practice and find invaluable. Liposuction, a very common cosmetic procedure, is very heavily marketed. What is true and what will make you blue? Tough to find reality in a sea of marketing schemes pulling the unknowing consumer in fifty directions.
Let’s say I give you a simple task to go to the grocery store for groceries. I also give you transportation options;
· Option #1: Standard SUV currently in your garage.
· Option #2: Latest Mars explorer rocket ship (most current technology in the world).
What is the smart choice? The latest and greatest or the old standby? Let’s weigh the Pro’s and Con’s:
SUV Requirements Spaceship Requirements
1. Drivers License (at age 16) 1. License for spaceship (years to learn)
2. Gas from local station 2. Liquid Nitrogen fuel = $$$
3. Parking spot at grocery store 3. No parking available and tough to stop!
4. Room for groceries 4. No extra space for groceries
5. Cost for car is affordable 5. Cost for spaceship is astronomical
Seems to me the best choice for a run to the grocery store isn’t the latest and greatest technology. As a matter of fact for that common task what we usually drive is safe, easy to learn to drive, cost effective, and predictable 99.9% of the time. Sure bad things can happen, but rarely and certainly not as often as trying to get skilled enough to land a spaceship in the grocery store parking lot!
Standard, worldwide, tried and true liposuction techniques are much like the family car and in well-trained hands give predictable, safe, and excellent results. Is lipo really smarter with a new laser, ultrasound, fat-vaporizing, tissue cooking, bells and whistles marketed spaceship? I don’t think so. Complications are frequent with the latest and greatest because more heat and power make it more difficult to control, even in the hands of the properly trained spaceship pilots. Tough to park in the parking lot without burning a large hole.
Careful what you ask for and what you are marketed to ask for!
Is the latest always the greatest? Is liposuction really smarter now or are consumers paying the price of ignorance? I love making analogies, simple stories to clarify complex decisions, in my practice and find invaluable. Liposuction, a very common cosmetic procedure, is very heavily marketed. What is true and what will make you blue? Tough to find reality in a sea of marketing schemes pulling the unknowing consumer in fifty directions.
Let’s say I give you a simple task to go to the grocery store for groceries. I also give you transportation options;
· Option #1: Standard SUV currently in your garage.
· Option #2: Latest Mars explorer rocket ship (most current technology in the world).
What is the smart choice? The latest and greatest or the old standby? Let’s weigh the Pro’s and Con’s:
SUV Requirements Spaceship Requirements
1. Drivers License (at age 16) 1. License for spaceship (years to learn)
2. Gas from local station 2. Liquid Nitrogen fuel = $$$
3. Parking spot at grocery store 3. No parking available and tough to stop!
4. Room for groceries 4. No extra space for groceries
5. Cost for car is affordable 5. Cost for spaceship is astronomical
Seems to me the best choice for a run to the grocery store isn’t the latest and greatest technology. As a matter of fact for that common task what we usually drive is safe, easy to learn to drive, cost effective, and predictable 99.9% of the time. Sure bad things can happen, but rarely and certainly not as often as trying to get skilled enough to land a spaceship in the grocery store parking lot!
Standard, worldwide, tried and true liposuction techniques are much like the family car and in well-trained hands give predictable, safe, and excellent results. Is lipo really smarter with a new laser, ultrasound, fat-vaporizing, tissue cooking, bells and whistles marketed spaceship? I don’t think so. Complications are frequent with the latest and greatest because more heat and power make it more difficult to control, even in the hands of the properly trained spaceship pilots. Tough to park in the parking lot without burning a large hole.
Careful what you ask for and what you are marketed to ask for!