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SmartLipo - Are SmartLipo results permanent or will the fat cells come back?
With SmartLipo, if they suction out the fat cells, don;t the fat cells eventually grow back? And possibly somewhere else on your body?
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10 months ago
Lifestyle habits are important for maintaining your results
Board Certified Dermatologist
Answer by Edgar Franklin Fincher, MD, PhD
The best candidate for either Smart Lipo or traditional liposuction is a patient who has a stable exercise regimen and a healthy diet. The patient in this situation may still have areas of fat that just won't go away and need to be removed to provide the ideal body contour.
Smart Lipo melts fat cells that is then either absorbed by your body or sucked out with liposuction. Liposuction breaks up fat cells and or removes them with suction.
In either case you remove the excess fat cells but leave behind a small layer of fat to provide a natural soft contour to the skin. Fat cells do have the ability to store more fat, however this usually only occurs if a patient's lifestyle changes, more calories are consumed and more fat is stored. In these cases you can get fat returning to the same are or more commonly to other areas that didn't have liposuction.
Again, I have to emphasize the importance of maintaining the results you obtain post-liposuction.
THe only reports of stimulated growth of fat was with a percentage of women who experienced enlargement in breast size following liposuction of the abdomen and/or hips.
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9 Feb 2009
With regards to the stimulated growth of fat in the Smart Lipo article above did these women opt to enlarge breast size through surgery or did it happen naturally?
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20 May 2009
Smartlipo uses laser technology to melt and suction/remove fat cells. Normally, 80-90% of the fat cells are removed in the area liposuctioned. The remaining 10-20% of the fat cells can increase in individual volume dependent upon the leaness or obesity of the patient, but they do not multiply in number. Hence the need to maintain healthy nutrition and regular exercise. My experience is that a weight gain of 5-10lbs. on the average patient shows no change in the liposculpted area. However, a gain of 20lbs or more can of course cause a noticeable increase in all areas, not just the liposculpted area.