Lumps and bumps of excess fat.

Liposuction was not designed to make fat people skinny. It's best use is to take people who have excess fat in places that they can not get rid of with diet and exercise. The ideal patient is a normal weight, or a few pounds over who has an area such as the lateral thighs, love handles, medial thighs or poochy stomach that needs some attention.

Men's common areas are the chest (gynecomastia) love handles and abdomen. It will not remove abdominal fat that is inside the abdomen, just the excess fat under the skin.

In general, we will not take off more that 5,000ml or 5 liters at one sitting. Although this seems like a lot, on an overwieght patient, 12lbs of fat can seem like a drop in the bucket. Diet and excercise should be the course of action for overweight patients. There is no quick fix for years of overeating.

A common misconception is that liposuction is for weight loss. However, it really should be viewed as a contouring procedure. It is good for patients with steady weight, but with a little extra bulk in specific areas. You should also have good skin elasticity. If you have loose skin, then there is a good chance that performing liposuction will not help you. In this case, you would be better served by abdominoplasty or skin excision. I hope this is helpful.

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Liposuction is great for areas of isolated fat excess that do not go away in the gym. It is ideal for those areas that are recalcitrant to getting smaller with weight loss.

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