Director of Cosmetic Surgery,

University of Illinois Chicago

Department  of Dermatology

Oakbrook Center Mall

Oak Brook, Illinois

(630) 928-0240

Jeffrey  Melton, M.D., S.C.,

link to us

drmelton.com

Physicians of several specialties perform liposuction.  The first doctors to develop and perform liposuction were gynecologists who practiced  in France.  Many American doctors travelled to France early on to learn the technique.  These included dermatologists, plastic surgeons, gynecologists, and physicians who were specialists in other  fields. 

Tumescent technique for liposuction is practiced by at least some doctors in all of the specialties above (& other specialists too). 

But since the development, and much of the refinement of the tumescent technique for liposuction occurred in dermatology, and because adoption of the technique spread very quickly in dermatology in the early years, dermatologists are much more likely to use the tumescent technique as their favored technique for performing liposuction.