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Can Liposuction Actually Contribute to my Overall Disposition?
asked 6 months ago by anon
Latest answer by Julio Garcia, MD
Question viewed 71 times
Tags: benefit, feel, outcome, results
I understand that there may be aesthetic and even health benefits to liposuction. Is there any documented evidence that there is actually a psychological benefit to liposuction?
4 answers to Can Liposuction Actually Contribute to my Overall Disposition?
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Can Liposuction Actually Contribute to my Overall Disposition?
There are no scientific papers justifying that but I think we all recognize that self-confidence is part of an overall disposition and liposuction can increase self-confidence in some patients.
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Benefits to lipo
There are some data showing decreased insulin resistance in patients who have had liposuction. How this may be of benefit is yet to be determined. The only advantage at this point is cosmetic.
Michael Hueneke, MD
Nashville Plastic Surgeon
Nashville Plastic Surgeon
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Liposuction and psychologic improvement
There are numerous studies in the literature suggesting that patients that undergo aesthetic procedures are often satisfied with the results and the surgery has a positive psychologic benefit. While this is not guearanteed, it is a nice side benefit for many.
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Liposuction and Psychological benefits?
Thank you for the interesting question.
I do not know of any “documented evidence” of psychological benefit to liposuction surgery.
However, often when a patient achieves an “improvement” in a problem area this provides a psychological “boost”; patients may report an improvement in self-confidence etc.
Having said that however plastic surgical procedures generally should be performed for patients who have a stable...
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