Indianapolis Liposuction doctors
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Barry L. Eppley, MD, DMD
Indianapolis Plastic Surgeon
Indiana University Health North Hospital 11725 N. Illinois Street, Suite 140, Carmel |
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Richard Linderman, MD
Indianapolis Plastic Surgeon
12188-A North Meridian Street Suite 115, Indianapolis |
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Joseph Fata, M.D.
Indianapolis Plastic Surgeon
10293 N. Meridian St Suite 200, Indianapolis |
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2 answers |
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Adam C. Cohen, MD
Indianapolis Plastic Surgeon
545 Barnhill Dr Ste 4, Indianapolis |
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Charles E. Hughes, III, MD
Indianapolis Plastic Surgeon
8051 S Emerson Ave Suite 450, Indianapolis |
Recent Answers
love handles and fat on top of coccyx
There is nothing that CoolSculpting (Zeltiq) does to the fatty tissues that in any way would preclude liposuction later. The remaining fat cells are not altered or scarred that would prevent them from being reduced/removed by negative-pressure vacuum extraction. For many patients such non-invasive fat reduction treatments are a first step and a 'trial'. If the desired results are not obtained, some will graduate to liposuction surgery for a more complete result.
I'm considering a tummy tuck with liposuction. I read the results of a study that the fat cells redistribute after such procedures. My question is do these procedures make weight loss more difficult after surgery? Is there a correlation to the weight of the fat cells removed and weight gain after surgery? What is the optimum bmi of body fat procedure for a tummy tuck? Can Is it possible to achieve optimum results from a tummy tuck with out liposuction of areas such as the flanks?
The stability of fat reduction after liposuction and/or a tummy tuck is highly influenced by what one's overall weight does after the procedures...years done the road. The study to which you refer to about fat redistribution after liposuction points to a small redistribution of fat in the upper arms and back. It was able to be measured but the patients did not seem to notice the small difference. It should be pointed out that this was just one study with a very small number of patients. So whether it's results are typical and apply to the population at large is open to debate and scientific study. The study said nothing about weight loss after surgery nor did it evaluate that issue. That being said, a fair statement is that the results from these procedures are as stable as one's weight. If you gain weight, it has to go somewhere and the most likely place is from where it was originally taken. But it would be no harder to loss the weight than it was before surgery if needed. There is no optimal BMI for liposuction and tummy tuck surgery. Obviously the lower the better, you want to maximize your weight loss as much as you can before surgery. Most tummy tucks need flank liposuction to get the best waistline contouring as the waist is a 360 degree structure. A tummy tuck will only improve 180 degrees of the waistline. For many patients that leaves 'muffin tops' sticking out at the sides if not concurrently addressed with the tummy tuck.
Referring to my initial question... if I go ahead and do get Lipo vs a body lift and continually workout as I do (3-4 days a week @ 2hrs a day) with the assistance of Lipo and working out and my age should play a key role will my skin bounce back to some degree? Enough so where I will not have such large love handles
Liposuction is not a substitute for a circumferential body lift. It has little to no ability to tighten loose skin and, when liposuction is done in the face of substantially loose skin, it may actually worsen it. Exercise, no matter how vigorous or extensive, will aid the effects of liposuction by tightening skin. Your decision is one of doing the better procedure, a body lift, or not doing anything at all.
