Redistribution of fat after liposuction

You've got it in a nutshell.  Basically, we are born with all the fat cells we will ever have.  As we gain weight, our fat cells each get larger, and as we lose weight, they get smaller.  If you hold weight in your abdomen and have liposuction there, you will  reduce the number of cells in that area that can grow larger with weight gain.  You will instead put on weight elsewhere if you are taking in more calories than you burn.  This is one of the reasons that it is my opinion that liposuction should not be viewed as a weight loss procedure, but rather as a sculpting procedure.  If you have always had a fat tummy even when your weight has been appropriate, liposuction can help you reshape that problem area. If you are too round all around, treating one area will tend to make the other, non treated areas larger as you continue to gain weight. Be healthy, control your weight before having liposuction and then use the procedure to sculpt those areas that still bother you.