Fun Sculpting — Vibration-Assisted Liposuction

Fun Sculpting at Regenevéda is a vibration-assisted liposuction technique performed under local anaesthetic without general sedation, allowing fat removal with reduced bruising, faster recovery, and the option to harvest fat for natural fat transfer procedures. The procedure uses a vibrating cannula that mechanically emulsifies fat cells before aspiration, reducing the mechanical trauma to surrounding tissues compared to conventional liposuction. Led by Dr. Thom E. Lobe MD — a board-certified general and paediatric surgeon — the procedure targets common areas including the abdomen, flanks, arms, and thighs.

Fun Sculpting at Regenevéda is a minimally invasive, awake liposuction procedure using a vibration-assisted cannula technique that allows body contouring without the risks, costs, and recovery time associated with general anaesthesia. Dr. Thom E. Lobe MD — who trained in general and paediatric surgery at Johns Hopkins, the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard, and Ohio State and holds a faculty appointment as Professor of Clinical Surgery at the University of Illinois–Chicago — performs Fun Sculpting as an office-based procedure under tumescent local anaesthesia, a technique in which a large volume of dilute lidocaine-epinephrine solution is infiltrated into the treatment area to provide profound anaesthesia, vasoconstriction, and tissue tumescence that facilitates cannula passage and reduces blood loss. The vibrating cannula — the distinguishing feature of vibration-assisted liposuction (VAL) — uses rapid mechanical oscillation at the cannula tip to break up fat lobules before aspiration rather than relying solely on suction to disrupt and remove them. This mechanical emulsification reduces the force required to advance the cannula through fibrous tissue, lowers physical trauma to surrounding nerves, blood vessels, and connective tissue, and generally results in less post-operative bruising and oedema compared to conventional suction-assisted liposuction (SAL). The tumescent technique also significantly reduces intra-operative blood loss (aspirate is predominantly fat and tumescent fluid rather than blood) and allows the patient to remain awake and alert, providing feedback during the procedure that guides the surgeon's sculpting precision. A key feature of Regenevéda's Fun Sculpting programme is the integration with natural fat transfer: the aspirated fat can be processed immediately after harvest to separate viable adipocytes and stromal vascular fraction from tumescent fluid and oil, then injected into areas requiring volume augmentation — including the breasts, buttocks, or facial hollows — in the same session or a subsequent procedure, entirely avoiding synthetic implants or fillers. Recovery from Fun Sculpting typically involves compression garment wear for two to four weeks, with return to normal activities within one to two weeks for smaller areas.