Leonardo Da Vinci and "Sfumato" technique

Without doubt, Leornado Da Vinci, was a remarkable painter. One of the techniques he established was the "Sfumato". The word Sfumato comes from the Italian word sfumare meaning "like smoke" or "to evaporate like smoke".

His secret was of course part of his overall painting technique. He used to place very thin layers of colour (1-2 micrometers) one on top of the other (Glaze technique) never exceeding 30-40 micrometers in total thickness. This is how he managed to produce the hazy effect on faces and landscapes.

With this technique he managed a soft transition from light to dark areas of the face. This is how he smoothed out the outline, making subtle gradations from one area of the face to another in the manner of smoke. He thus managed to give a magnificent vividness to the faces he drew.

The "Sfumato" technique is now applied in cosmetic surgery. What Da Vinci did on the faces he painted, we now do it underneath the skin.

Liposuction is now the most popular procedure. 600,000 liposuction procedures were performed in 2007 in USA alone. And let us not forget that obesity in our country tends to become endemic. We rank ninth among the most obese peoples in the world!

It is therefore obvious that the technique that allows plastic surgeons to remove fat and chisel the body with minor bruising, swelling and pain, and at the same time achieve skin firming results, shall see great success.

Bodytite is today the latest and most effective development of the liposuction technique.

The greater public has the impression that breast augmentation is followed by pain that lasts for 2-3 weeks, compression garments or suffocating bandages, tubes inserted into the breasts, bruising around the chest and long stay in bed. And if all this used to be true, it is now all left to the past.

So what would you think of the idea of almost pain-free breast augmentation, without tubes, suffocating compression garments around the chest and movement restrictions? Is it too good to be true?

Well, no matter how hard to believe, modern techniques allow 90% of the patients who have been submitted to breast augmentation to resume regular activities 24 hours after the procedure. Forget narcotic analgesics, tight compression garments around the chest, drains or special bras that press against the breast. You may also forget bruising and breasts that make you look like a beating victim.