Liposuction: Q&A
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I have always gone to a gym religiously and always see many people fighting the fat battle. Are there any studies that show weight loss results are better when fat is simply removed (liposuction) vs. dieting? It's been my result and my observation of people with a weight problem almost always gain all and sometimes more weight back after dieting.
On the other hand, I keep hearing that people who have had liposuction will gain the fat back in different areas. Is this correct? I have not seen this from the people I know that had liposuction and am leaning towards it. Also, do blood values get better in some cases, just wondering?
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luv4art
in long island
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Liposuction is a great motivator for patients to lose weight and increase exercise
Your observations are true. People who have had liposuction tend to be more motivated to continue dieting and exercising to keep their great shape rather than the patients who give up on the dieting and exercising because they don't see significant change. Everyone needs motivation somewhere along the line in their trek to look and feel better. Liposuction is perfect for that. You won't lose much weight at all with lipo but you will in the long term since you will be motivated to continue...
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Sorry, liposuction is NOT for weight loss
Liposuction is a real surgical operation, not just a procedure. It can have rare but life threatening complications that should never be overlooked. It is not appropriate to expose an overweight person to these risks trying to lose weight this way. Liposuction should be better used for contouring after weight loss has occurred.
If you can't lose weight otherwise, have a consultation for a lap band or a gastric bypass.
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Weight loss after Liposuction
Liposuction is a contouring procedure not a means of losing weight. It is really designed to improve those difficult areas you can not improve with diet and exercise. Generally with liposuction you will lose 2-5 lbs. The results in these areas will not change unless you gain 10 to 20 pounds.
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Liposuction is not a replacement for dieting
Although liposuction provides immediate improvement in volume reduction, and this may give you the motivation to continue to lose weight with exercise and diet, it is a bad idea to do liposuction if you are not already watching your caloric intake and the food groups you consume as well as being involved in an exercise regimen. If you only have liposuction, you are destined to put the weight right back on.
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Weight loss through liposuction? Not a great idea.
Liposuction should be considered a way to sculpt the body and smooth out problem areas that have always been heavy even when you are at good weight for your health and body. In general, if you eat more calories than you burn up you will build your fat stores and this will continue to be the case after liposuction too. You are correct also that you will start to store fat in areas other than the spots where you have had liposuction, and this can often be in bad places like inside the...
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Liposuction vs Dieting
Absolutely not. Liposuction is not weight reduction and those whose choose this route will be disappointed. It is not too uncommon for me to turn patients away for liposuction because their intentions and expectations will not be met because there are looking for a weight loss program.
Areas that are liposuctioned can still and will gain weight and fat if weight gain occurs after the surgery. It is a lifestyle change that is needed not liposuction. Most patients that are happy after...
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Liposuction and Weight Loss
Liposuction is NOT a method of weight loss. There is only one method of losing weight, and that is changing the quantity and quality of what you eat. Even with “stomach stapling” operations, you have to change your eating habits. Some clinics are using liposuction as a part of an overall weight loss program experimentally, but, even in these, changing dietary habits is the key. The main reason you need something other than liposuction is that the most dangerous fat is that...
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Highlands Plastic Surgeon
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Liposuctioning for weight loss
Liposuctioning has traditionally not been used for "weight loss" per say. You can and do lose some weight but it is primarily for removing fat to improve the shape. I am not aware of studies done to show whether liposuctioning fat loss is longer lasting than diet and exercise weight loss but it certainly would be interesting to examine that concept.
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Liposuction will improve your shape, but you will still be overweight.
Hi!
1) We often do liposuction on people who are overweight, and they are happy with the results, because they are well informed in advance. You can expect to improve your contours, and to get rid of your bulges, but liposuction should not be used as a weight reduction tool.
2) The liposuction results are very long lasting because the fat cells removed with liposuction do not come back. (We don't make new fat cells after the teen age years. When you gain weight, the same number of fat...
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Liposuction and weight loss
Liposuction should not be used to lose weight.
On average, we typically remove 2-4 pounds of fat.
Aggressive liposuction is commonly limited to 11 pounds.
Rarely is more than this removed and, if done so, is typically performed where aftercare can be monitored.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.
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