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Liposuction in Dortmund: Areas and Price

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Liposuction and fat removal in Dortmund: price and key facts

Liposuction for patients from Dortmund at City Medical Centre starts at €1,100 (from $1,200). The first online consultation is free; the doctor names the final price and it is fixed in the contract.

Price
€1,100 (from $1,200)
Duration
1–4 hours
Anesthesia
local or general
Stay
home the same day (local anesthesia) or after 1 day (general anesthesia)
Recovery
back to work after 7–10 days
Final result
3–6 months after surgery
How it works
Send photos on WhatsApp or Telegram, get a free doctor assessment and the price, then confirm the plan and dates before anything is booked.

How it works · Liposuction prices

Information current as of 5 November 2026

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Results

Liposuction results
of our patients

All cases are real patients. Faces and identifying details are hidden.

Abdomen and waist

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Liposuction of the abdomen and waist: before and after surgerybeforeafter
Liposuction of the abdomen and waist: before and after surgerybeforeafter
Liposuction of the abdomen and waist: before and after surgerybeforeafter
Liposuction of the abdomen and waist: before and after surgerybeforeafter
Liposuction of the abdomen and waist: before and after surgerybeforeafter
Liposuction of the abdomen and waist: before and after surgerybeforeafter
Liposuction of the abdomen and waist: before and after surgerybeforeafter
Liposuction of the abdomen and waist: before and after surgerybeforeafter
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Comparison

Liposuction techniques

We use two liposuction techniques: tumescent (classic) and VASER (ultrasound). Compare the goal, the indications and the anaesthesia to choose the right technique together with your surgeon.

Tumescent liposuction

A special solution loosens fat for removal through a thin cannula

Tumescent liposuction: abdomen and thighs before and after surgery

from $1,200

Main goal
Removal of local fat with minimal blood loss
When it is done
Abdomen, flanks, thighs, back, arms, chin
Anaesthesia and stay
Local or general anaesthesia, home the same day or after 1 day

VASER liposuction

Ultrasound breaks down fat cells before vacuum removal

VASER liposuction: a male patient before and after surgery

Price at consultation

Main goal
Defined muscle relief and body contouring
When it is done
Athletic abs and delicate areas
Anaesthesia and stay
Local or general anaesthesia, 1–4 hours of surgery

The benefits and recovery times shown are averaged for each technique and given for guidance: the scope of correction and rehabilitation depend on your anatomy and individual features, and the surgeon confirms them at the consultation.

At the consultation the surgeon draws up a plan for your case and explains how your liposuction will go.

Free, before surgery and with no obligation.

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Body areas we treat

Several zones can be corrected in one operation — a saving in recovery time and budget

  • Abdomen and waist

    The most requested area for women and men, often combined with abdominoplasty

  • Thighs (outer and inner)

    Fat “traps” that resist exercise

  • Back and lower back area

    Back fat that spoils body contours

  • Upper arms and shoulders

    A cosmetic issue seen in warm weather

  • Chin and neck

    Small volume, quick visible result

  • Knees

    A delicate area that needs precise work

  • Chest (for men)

    The fat component of gynecomastia and pseudogynecomastia

About the clinic

A clinic where you can feel at ease

Modern equipment, comfortable rooms and care for every patient

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Liposuction is not for everyone

If your case can be solved without surgery, the doctor will tell you so at the consultation — and you will not spend money for nothing.

Suitable

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  • Local fat that resists diet and exercise
  • Uneven subcutaneous fat
  • Disrupted body proportions
  • Silhouette changes after childbirth or weight loss
  • Fat component of gynecomastia in men
  • Good skin tone and elasticity

Not suitable

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  • Patients under 18
  • Expecting a baby or breastfeeding
  • Endocrine obesity
  • Decompensated diabetes
  • Disorders of blood clotting
  • Serious heart, kidney or liver disease, cancer

Not sure the surgery is right for you?

Leave your number — the coordinator will call you back, and the surgeon will tell you whether liposuction suits you. No surgery booking needed.

Find out if it suits me
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Prices

You know the price
before surgery

The final price is calculated individually after an examination and fixed in the contract.

Liposuction prices

  • First consultationFree
  • Flanks / waist liposuctionfrom $1,400
  • Thigh liposuction (outer)from $1,200
  • Thigh liposuction (inner)from $1,200
  • Torso liposuction — the front abdominal wall, sides of the belly, lower backfrom $3,600
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Find out your liposuction plan and price

The surgeon assesses the fat deposits and skin tone, listens to your wishes and chooses the right technique.

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all inclusive

What the price includes

From preparation for surgery
to post-op check-ups.

  • All scheduled dressings
  • Scheduled post-op check-ups
  • A personal coordinator on call
  • Compression garments fitted on the day of surgery
  • A stay in a comfortable
    hospital ward with meals
  • Individual recommendations
    for recovery
  • Remote progress monitoring
    by photos

from $1,200

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How it works

From consultation —
to your new contour

An agreed treatment plan, careful monitoring after surgery and post-op check-ups.

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Consultation
and the surgical plan

The surgeon listens to your wishes, assesses the fat deposits and skin tone and rules out contraindications. A hormonal screening is also ordered — it helps predict the long-term result.

Paying the deposit by card at the clinic reception2

Booking the date
of surgery

We reserve a surgery date for you: the deposit can be paid by card at the clinic or online by bank transfer. The terms are fixed in the contract for medical services

A blood sample tube for tests before liposuction3

Check-up before
surgery

Blood tests (complete count, coagulation panel, biochemistry, infections), an ECG, a chest X-ray and, if needed, a GP consultation. All tests can be done at the clinic with no waiting.

The surgical team during the operation4

Surgery

Marking the areas and fitting compression garments. Under local or general anaesthesia the surgeon removes fat through 3–5 mm micro-punctures — from 1 hour for small areas to 3–4 hours for a combined procedure.

A hospital ward at the clinic5

Waking up
and monitoring

With local anaesthesia you go home 3–4 hours after surgery; with general anaesthesia you stay one day in a comfortable ward under medical supervision.

A surgeon and a patient in the ward during recovery6

Recovery

Compression garments for 30–45 days. First changes show at 2 weeks, once swelling subsides; the final result forms in 3–6 months. Check-ups at 7 days, 3 and 6 months.

Book a free consultation — the surgeon will plan every step with you.

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After liposuction: recovery

After tumescent liposuction, recovery is much shorter than after a conventional procedure. Most patients return to work within 7–10 days. In the first week, mild swelling and a raised temperature are possible — a normal response to surgery. Compression garments are worn for 30–45 days: they fix the new contours and speed up tissue recovery. In the first month, bathhouse, sauna, pool and intense sport are off-limits. For the best result and faster recovery we recommend lymphatic drainage massage, pressotherapy and a gradual return to activity. First visible changes show 2 weeks after surgery, when the main swelling subsides; the final result forms in 3–6 months.

Post-op check-ups

After 7 days, at 3 months and at 6 months. Until the end of the year, get a post-surgery consultation with your surgeon to review results and get more information, at the clinic's expense.

Advantages

Reasons patients choose City Medical Centre

A surgeon discusses the liposuction plan with a patient at the consultation

Just find out — you lose nothing

At the consultation we discuss your wishes and assess the fat deposits and skin tone. Before surgery an endocrinologist rules out hormonal causes of the fat deposits — this improves the long-term result.

A surgeon on a video call with a patient after surgery

We stay with you after surgery

The surgeon follows your recovery and the new body contour at check-ups after 7 days, 3 and 6 months. Check-ups, dressings and aftercare advice are already included in the price of surgery.

A surgeon shows a patient a model and body contouring diagrams

A beautiful contour that fits your figure

Tumescent and VASER techniques, micro-incisions of 3–5 mm and precise volume control. Our aim is a smooth contour that keeps the natural proportions of your body.

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Your schedule is our priority

We respect your time: we work 24/7, with easy booking and a personal approach — we adapt to your pace.

A surgeon shows a patient a tablet: no hidden fees

Fixed prices

After the consultation the surgeon defines the areas and the scope of surgery, and you get a clear price fixed in the contract — no hidden extras.

A surgeon visits a patient in the hospital ward after surgery

Round-the-clock care after surgery

With general anaesthesia recovery starts in a comfortable hospital ward under round-the-clock nursing care. The stay and meals are already included in the price.

FAQ

We answer what
people ask before booking

Liposuction in Dortmund: price and what is included

Prices are in US dollars; the amount in brackets is an approximate conversion to EUR at the rate of 02.10.2026. The final price is fixed in your contract.

How much does liposuction in Dortmund cost?

Prices start from $1,200 (≈ €1,100) per area. The surgeon sets the final price at the free consultation, and it is fixed in the contract, with no hidden extras.

What is included in the price?

The operation under local or general anaesthesia and the surgeon's support throughout recovery. The price is per area and fixed in the contract.

How do I get my exact price?

Message us on WhatsApp or Telegram using the buttons below. A coordinator will answer your questions and book a free consultation where the doctor names the exact price.

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Liposuction in Dortmund: techniques, stages and price

Before any decision on liposuction in Dortmund, it helps to know how the clinic approaches it. An endocrinologist rules out hormonal causes of excess fat, which improves the long-term result. Surgery uses tumescent and VASER techniques and closed fat-harvesting systems with precise volume control. Liposuction can also be combined with other procedures, for example a tummy tuck for the abdomen.

Duration depends on scope: from about one hour for a small area to three or four hours for a combined procedure. Anaesthesia is local or general depending on how much is treated. After general anaesthesia you spend one day in hospital under observation; after local anaesthesia you go home three to four hours later. The same approach applies to patients from Dortmund.

Liposuction in Dortmund costs from $1,200 (≈ €1,100). The exact amount depends on which areas you want to correct — abdomen, flanks, thighs, back, arms, chin or knees — and on whether they are combined in one operation. The surgeon calculates it individually after the examination. The first consultation is free, and a coordinator will book it once you leave a request.

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Steelworks turned lakeside: Hörde, Phoenix and the parks of southern Dortmund

Few places show Dortmund's change as clearly as Hörde. The castle there dates back to the twelfth century, and in 1852 an iron manufacturer built a puddling and rolling mill beside it, which is why the Hörder Burg is often called one of the cradles of Ruhr industry. For well over a century the Phoenix steelworks dominated the district.

When the hot end of steel production in Dortmund was shut down after the Krupp and Thyssen steel businesses merged in 1997, the Phoenix sites were left empty. On the eastern one, the city created the Phoenix-See, an artificial lake of about 24 hectares and 1.2 km in length; on the western one, two blast furnaces and a gas holder still stand as monuments while the land around them is being returned to green space. To the north lies the 75-hectare Westfalenpark, laid out for the federal garden show of 1959, with the German rose garden and the Florianturm.

Dortmund's official population was 600,880 on 31 December 2025, the largest of any Ruhr city, and much of its former industrial land is now open to walkers. That is useful after liposuction: once the first week without physical exertion or heavy lifting is over, gentle, regular walking is part of a good recovery, and a flat path around a lake is easier on a body in a compression garment than a gym.

Heat islands, steady rain and the 30-45 days in a compression garment

The city's long-term figures put the annual mean temperature at 11-12°C and rainfall at about 810 mm, spread fairly evenly over the year. Winters are mild, summers rather warm, and because the city is so densely built, Dortmund shows the heat islands typical of an urban climate; in high summer temperatures have occasionally reached 40°C. January runs at roughly 2-7°C and August at roughly 13-25°C.

That swing matters for the weeks spent in a compression garment, which stays on for 30-45 days whatever the season. On hot August days, sweating under the fabric is the main nuisance, so breathable layers underneath, a spare garment to change into and air-conditioned rooms help. In the cooler, damper months the same garment disappears under ordinary clothing, and long spells of drizzle mostly mean that the walking moves indoors for a while.

None of this changes the medical timeline. Most people return to work and their usual routine in 7-10 days, swelling and bruising clear by weeks 4-5, and the final contour forms within 3-6 months once the tissues have adapted. For the first month the sauna, the pool, tanning beds and intense sport stay off the list, which in a Dortmund summer means skipping the open-air pools rather than the weather itself.

Getting ready in Dortmund: the weeks before liposuction

Most of the preparation happens at home, which is convenient for anyone living in Dortmund. Two weeks before the operation, medicines that affect blood clotting are stopped in agreement with your doctor; a week before, alcohol and smoking stop too, because both slow healing. The last meal is eight hours before surgery.

The pre-operative check-up consists of blood tests, an ECG, an ultrasound and consultations with a GP and an anaesthesiologist, and you receive the full list after the first consultation. Having these done by your own doctors in Dortmund has a side benefit: the results stay in your local records, which makes later questions easier to answer. Bring the reports to the consultation together with any medication list, so that the surgeon can confirm the plan, the areas and the type of anaesthesia before a date is set.

Your right to be properly informed, and to your own file

Section 630e of the German Civil Code requires the doctor to explain the nature, scope, expected consequences, risks and alternatives of a procedure early enough that the patient can reach a considered decision, and not for the first time on the day of surgery. For liposuction that includes which areas are treated in one session, whether the anaesthesia is local or general, and what that means for the stay: one day under observation after general anaesthesia, or discharge three to four hours after a local one.

Section 630g gives every patient the right to inspect the complete treatment file without delay and to receive copies, including digital ones, with the first copy free of charge; access can be limited only for serious therapeutic reasons or where the rights of others would be infringed, and a refusal has to be justified. If you want a second opinion on which areas to treat, asking for the file in writing is the simplest way to take the findings and the hormonal screening results to another specialist.

Checking a surgeon in the Westphalia-Lippe region

Doctors practising in and around Dortmund are listed by the Ärztekammer Westfalen-Lippe, whose public search shows registration and the specialist title a doctor actually holds. The title to look for in body contouring is Facharzt für Plastische und Ästhetische Chirurgie; the DGPRÄC, the national society for the specialty, keeps a separate search limited to its own members.

Because the clinic orders a hormonal screening before liposuction to help predict the long-term result and to rule out an endocrine cause of excess fat, it is worth asking at the consultation how those results change the plan. Ask, too, how many comparable cases the surgeon has handled, which technique is planned for each area, and who sees you once the compression period ends.

If something does go wrong, the same chamber runs a Gutachterkommission für Arzthaftpflichtfragen, which reviews alleged treatment errors in Westphalia-Lippe out of court and free of charge for patients. Knowing that it exists is part of choosing calmly, not a reason for worry.

Is summer in Dortmund a bad time for liposuction?

Not medically. Summer simply makes 30-45 days in a compression garment warmer, so breathable fabric and a spare garment help, while in the cooler months the garment hides more easily under clothing.

Where can I walk after liposuction in Dortmund without overdoing it?

Any flat, even route works. Once the first week without exertion has passed, an easy walk around a lake or through a park is more useful than a gym, as long as the compression garment stays on.

Can someone in Dortmund ask questions online before booking anything?

Yes. A coordinator is reachable on Telegram and WhatsApp 24/7, answers questions about areas and technique, and can arrange a free consultation with no commitment to surgery.

How do I get a copy of my own file if I want a second opinion?

Under Section 630g BGB you can request your complete treatment file, including a digital copy, and the first copy is free; access can only be limited for serious therapeutic reasons, and a refusal must be justified.

How do I confirm a surgeon near Dortmund is properly registered?

The Ärztekammer Westfalen-Lippe's public search shows registration and specialist title, and the DGPRÄC member search narrows that to surgeons working in plastic and aesthetic surgery.

When can I go back to the sauna or a swimming pool?

Not during the first month. The sauna, bathhouse, pool, tanning beds and intense sport are avoided for that period, and your surgeon gives individual advice after the operation.

What happens if I think a treatment error was made?

In Westphalia-Lippe you can turn to the chamber's Gutachterkommission für Arzthaftpflichtfragen, which reviews alleged treatment errors out of court and free of charge for patients.

How long does the operation take?

From about one hour for a small area to three or four hours for a combined procedure, under local or general anaesthesia depending on how much is treated. After general anaesthesia you stay one day under observation; after local anaesthesia you go home three to four hours later. First changes show at about two weeks, an interim result is assessed at 1.5-2 months, and the final contour forms within 3-6 months.