Dr George Commons began his liposuction career in 1982 at an organizational meeting in Albuquerque. Liposuction had just come from France to America. Early cannula were large and cumbersome. Every step of the way and every year since Dr Commons has been a teacher, pioneer, and author in the world of liposuction. With a total experience of over 3700 individual patients and over 16,000 individual areas it is safe to say Dr Commons has mastered every aspect of Liposuction. Dr Bruce Halperin and Dr George W Commons have taught safety courses in liposuction for many years at national, international, and state meetings. In 1996 Dr Commons was chosen as on of the very few people who would receive the Ultrasonic equipment to see if it was safe and effective. Since that time Dr Commons has done over 2500 patients and 12,000 area via ultrasonic lipoction. The Vaser System is the world wide leader in the world of Ultrasonic Liposuction and Dr Commons advocated that Vaser system and teaches classes for Vaser. In 1996 Dr Commons founded the Palo Alto Center for Ultrasonic Liposuctiion also known as the Ultrasonic Liposuction Center of Palo Alto. See http://www.facebook.com/palo alto liposuction. Dr Commons advocates the use of the Vaser system for neck, jaw line. arms cheeks, back of neck, male chest, abdomen, flanks, hips, pubis, anterior thighs, 360 thighs, lateral thighs, posterior thighs, medial thighs, knees, calves, and ankles. Liposuction is at its best in slender , in shape, people with stubborn lipodystrophic areas they can not lose. Dr Commons was an advocate of very large volume liposuction and all 921 of his large volumes did well but today he feels it best to limit liposuction to people who do not go over 50 lbs beyond chart weight. It is just a healthier approach to make the patient participate and work to lose some of the weight. Then when liposuction si done the results are smoother and better. Dr Commons feels it is almost never appropriate to remove a fat volume of over 5 liters or 10 lbs. He like the term larger volume instead of large volume. You can see Dr Commons articles in PUBMED.com. If you would like to know if you are a good candidate for liposuction come and see Dr Commons. His office offers a complimentary consultation. You can also visit Dr Commons on http://www.facebook.com/plasticsurgery1 or http://www.pacfps.com Call 650-328-4570 Thanks, Office of Dr Commons