Liposuction: Q&A
Ask a QuestionAchieving Ideal Weight with Liposuction and Tummy Tuck?
I am 5'10" right now and I weight 215 lbs. I am looking to have a Liposuction or Tummy tuck surgery will doing this help me get to the ideal weight off 180-190 lbs?
I know it is better to exercise but I am asking If I can do it at this weight and how many pounds can I get rid off. Thanks.
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DAL3124
in Orlando
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Weight loss with plastic surgery
Weight loss with plastic surgery results in disappointment. Liposuction and tummy tuck procedure are not weight reduction surgeries and would not help achieve and weight reduction that you are looking for. They will make your body more shapely and look better in clothes but not help you drop 35 lbs.
Hope that answers your question.
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Losing weight with liposuction and a tummy tuck
If you use liposuction and a tummy tuck as a form of weight loss, be careful. After surgery and recovery, you may put the weight right back on. After you're down to your ideal weight, a tummy tuck is great for the excess skin on your abdomen as well as tightening you abdominal wall. Liposuction is great for those hard to lose areas. Good luck and be safe!
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It won't get that much weight off
It is common to think that tummy tuck and liposuction remove a lot of weight when performed. However, fat has less weight than one would think. Because not a lot of fat can be liposuctioned from the abdomen at the same time as the abdominoplasty I suspect you will only lose, may at best 8-10lbs.
So I know you don't want to hear it but diet and exercise is the best by to lose weight.
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You'll get the best surgical results at your goal weight
DAL3124:
In order to achieve the best surgical results from the liposuction of tummy tuck, you would want to be at or near you goal weight first.
The removal loose skin and / or fat with liposuction or tummy tuck will allow you to look like you lost significant weight, however you'll be surprised how little pounds you actually loose.
Liposuction is best at reducing localized excess fat. Tummy tuck is best at removing loose skin and fat, and improving muscle tone of the abdomen. They give...
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Body Contouring vs. Surgical Weight Loss
Dear DAL,
First, both liposuction and tummy tuck procedures are body contouring procedures, not weight loss procedures. Even in cases were there is a lot of skin to remove (such as a massive weight loss patient), the weight of the skin removed is surprisingly little (2-3kg or 5-7 lbs is really an impressive resection.) For liposuction, we consider "large volume" anything over 5 liters, which tends to be quite aggressive and a reasonable metabolic challenge for your body. I...
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Not accurate that liposuction or tummy tuck will cause you to lose weight
Dear Dal
Only two things determine what you weight and neither of them are liposuction and tummy tuck. What you weight is determined by what you eat and by your metabolism. The metabolism is the rate at which you burn calories. This rate changes with increases or decreases in physical activity and not much else unless there is a hormonal abnormality.
Tummy tuck and liposuction are shaping procedures. There is a certain amount of fat that is removed with these procedures but you are fully...
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Liposuction and Tummy Tuck are not weight loss techniques
Liposuction and Tummy Tuck are body contouring techniques, not weight loss techniques.
Your present weight is the product of :
1. Calories ingested (food)
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2. Your metabolic rate - how fast or slow your body burns calories
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3. Your average daily energy expenditures.
If you shave off a few pounds off in surgery, after a few weeks you will reaccumulate fat in other parts of your body. Your body will look different, but you will weigh more or less the same.
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Tummy tuck and liposuction
Tummy tucks and liposuction are great procedures to improve the contour of the areas treated. However, they are not the best treatment for trying to lose weight. Diet and exercise first and then tummy tuck for loose skin and complimentary liposuction of recalcitrant areas.
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Ideal body weight and tummy tuck
Tummy tuck and liposuction are shape-changing operations; they are not particularly effective for weight loss.
Although you could have a tummy tuck at your current weight, the amount of weight you would lose would likely be fairly underwhelming.
You would see benefits from surgery at your current weight, but your results would be vastly superior if you lost weight prior to surgery.
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You can have surgery at this weight.
Hi!
We do abdominoplasty and liposuction on people who are overweight, as long as the patient understands clearly what can be safely accomplished. You will look better, and you will get rid of some pounds (up to 10). But you will still be overweight.
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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