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Does Weight Gain After Stomach Liposuction Bring Fat Back to Upper Body?
When you have liposuction around the waist and in your stomach area, is it is it true the fat comes back in your upper body? I've heard it will reappear in your arms, upper back and chest area and in your face.
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Donna Dodson
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Treated areas are unlikely to revert to pre-liposuction levels
After liposuction, the areas treated are not likely to regain fatty fullness, as many fat cells have been removed. These areas have reduced fat storage capacity.
However, if weight gain occurs, the fat will be stored in areas that have not been liposuctioned.
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Post-lipo weight gain should be evenly distributed
As you know, liposuction is done to remove areas of fat that are localized and out of proportion to the rest of the body. These fat cells behave differently than fat cells in other areas, and are very resistant to diet and exercise. Think of them as your body's "favorite" spots to store emergency energy reserves in the form of fat.
The key with lipo then is to make sure that you treat all of these areas. A common example would be the "apple" body, where there is excess...
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Weight gain can occur after liposuction
If one were to gain weight after liposuction, the weight has to go somewhere. It will proportionally go back to the operated area less than other areas because there are fewer fat cells left there compared with areas that did not undergo liposuction. The weight might be distributed in certain areas more than others. Maybe the face, maybe the breasts or the back or the thighs, or all over. The key is not to exercise less and eat more after liposuction. Continue your healthy habits....
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Liposuction is best reserved for body contouring and addressing stubborn pockets of fat.
Most people who undergo liposuction are very in tune with their bodies. They are very good at maintaining their physique and will not allow weight gain. If you put on a few pounds you will not notice an abnormal distribution of fat. However if you put on a significant amount of fat you may get abnormal deposits.
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Weight Gain After Liposuction In Stomach and Upper Body
If a patient has liposuction anywhere on their body to achieve a contour improvement, the patient MUST maintain their body weight. If the patient does not follow this advice and packs on 10 plus pounds that fat has to go somewhere on their body. As there are fewer fat cells to "fill up” in the liposuctioned areas, the body will fill up other areas. So the fat does not "come back", but rather the patient increased their weight and it...
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Weight gain and fat distribution following liposuction
Yes, this is true. You will tend to accumulate fat in areas that have not been liposuctioned especially when you tend to gain more than 10% of your ideal body weight.
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Weight Gain after Liposuction
We are born with a certain number of fat cells in our body. These fat cells dont multiply but they can get larger.
Once you have liposuction performed those cells are removed and they can not grow again. But the cells that are still there in the area, not all the fat cells are removed, will get big after weight gain.
So after liposuction and weight gain you will have fat distribution in a similar area and location as you would have before having had the liposuction.
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Weight gain after Lipo
This is a very common question.
Essentially, if you gain weight after lipo, you will gain fat as you would have preoperatively, however, there is less fat cells in the abdomen so it will get fatter, just not as quickly as it otherwise would.
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Gaining weight after Liposuction
Simply having liposuction will not cause weight gain. Overeating and lack of exercises will, however. Fat gained after you have had lipo tends to deposit in areas you did not have the lipo, which can result in your figure becoming disproportionate.
Lipo is best for patients who are near their ideal weight and who are stable with that weight. It is an expensive, temporary, and generally poor substitute for weight loss.
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Weight gain after liposuction
Liposuction removes fat from targeted areas. Liposuction is not magic and does not prevent you from gaining weight in the future. That is up to you. You have to maintain a balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle. If you do gain weight after liposuction, the majority of the fat goes to areas of the body that were not treated with liposuction previously. This means that if you had abdominal liposuction and then gained weight, the weight would go to areas other than your belly. It may...
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Liposuction does not cause fat build up somewhere else.
Hi.
So many people believe this, but it is false. After the teen age years, we don't make anymore new fat cells. When you gain weight, the same number of fat cells just get bigger.
So the fat cells removed with liposuction do not grow back and that is why the correction of the bulges with liposuction is permanent. If you put on weight after liposuction, the fat has to go somewhere, and it is evenly distributed throughout the body (not in your old bulges). But obviously, this does not...
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Post-liposuction redistribution of fat
There is anecdotal reports of increase in fullness in non-suction areas following liposuction. Since fat metabolism and fat distribution are genetically influenced and dynamic characteristics, when significant fat is removed the body may try to retain fat which then is preferentially stored in areas where the fat cells have not been removed. The fat cells do not move, they just store more fat. Obviously having a small amount of liposuction will trigger this redistribution less. The best you...
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After Liposuction weight gain distributes fat in the body
Liposuction removes unwanted localized fat deposits which are resistant to diet and exercise.
If you gain weight after liposuction, the fat is distributed in the body according to genetically pre-detrmined ratio.
You have to gain significant amount of fat to gain back what was suctioned.
After liposuction you can maintain and even imporove on your results by a health diet and exercise.
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
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After liposcution is performed, there is a reduction of...
After liposcution is performed, there is a reduction of fat cells in the areas that were treated. If your weight stays relatively constant, the result will remain. However, if you put on weight, the fat will not go back on in the same distribution as before. Yes, the fat may accumulate in other areas that did not undergo the liposuction.
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Eating more Calories than you are Burning will ADD weight REGARDLESS of Liposuction
Liposuction will remove SOME of the fat cells in the areas treated leaving the rest in a pleasing distribution. Liposuction does NOT magically create fat cells. But the remaining fat cells remain functional and get get smaller (with excess caloric consumption) or bigger (when you eat too much).
In other words, Liposuction is NOT your Get out of Jail - ALL YOU CAN EAT card. Regardless of the surgery, if you eat more calories than you burn, you will deposit fat in ALL remaining fat cells -...
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Weight gain and recurrence of fat after liposuction
What I do not understand is why you would gain weight after any liposuction? I would first try to lose the extra weight before worrying about where excess weight will be distributed.
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