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Liposuction is Not a Good Way to Lose Weight

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Updated 27 Jan 2008
Posted 30 Apr 2007
Not Worth It
Spent: $5,000 in New York City, NY

Lets face it ladies. Liposuction is an unhealthy way to lose weight. Unless you are obese and your life is in danger, you can get a surgery. But if you just want to get rid of that flab, liposuction is not a good way. It is a procedure if you are not willing to lose that weight on your own, through hard work. I made that mistake and got liposuction done, and ended up wasting money and gaining all that weight back. Now, i am on a diet and a severe excersice programme, and i feel i am losing more weight this way than liposuction. I also feel fit, healthy and more energetic.I eat well, work out every day and i wish i had done this earlier and not wasted the 5 grand that i did. With liposuction you might lose weight in inches but you gain it back. The ideal thing is to lose weight both in inches and on the scale and keep it that way. When i got liposuction done, my skin became very very loose. It was like a bag. Now with a workout, my fat is not getting sucked out but is turning into muscle. As a result, my thighs and hips in particular are tighter and firmer. I did not feel any pain during liposuction but after that there was lots of pain. I was given strong painkillers and kept me sleepy all day and i couldnt drive or see my keyboard properly. I had mild fever, but just for a night. I wore compression bandages for 4 weeks , which felt tight and uncomfortable. Well.. after all this trouble, the weight came back. See, i have a tendency to gain weight. So if your doctor reccomends that you excersice after liposuction, then aren't we gatting back to where we started? Couldnt we just work out more than before and maintain that weight instead of first spending 5 thousand dollars and then getting to know that you still have to excersice to stay thin? Once my weight came back, i decided that it was a mistake and the only way to lose this fat was to eat healthy and excersice daily. Carrots took place of breads and cheese. Chips became a no no and so did soda. I stopped coffee too and started taking flavored water instead. I started running on the treadmill, did weight training with a trainer till i was ready to do it on my own without help. I did this for 6 months after i gained my weight back ( after liposuction). I lost 35 pounds! Not just that, my skin was tight and my face is now glowing due to good blood circulation.

Trust me, lets not get lazy. If it is just some fat and flab, burn it out. Liposuction might be good for severe cases. But for 50  to 100 pounds, excersice can do the wonder. I see many people at the gym who have lost 6 dress sizes!

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guest (unregistered guest) 28 Jun 2007
Daisy, I couldn't agree with you more. I work with a plastic surgeon in Naples and too many people view liposuction as a quick way to drop the pounds. It's not a miracle procedure. Too many times, we look to the vitamin rather than eating right and a prescription drug of some kind instead of living right. Liposuction has helped millions of people - in fact, I believe it's the most popular cosmetic procedure in the U.S. – but, it's helped these people to shed the hard-to-lose POCKETS of stubborn fat that persist AFTER eating right and exercising regularly... in other words, living a healthy life. We're all born with a certain number of fat cells; liposuction works by getting rid of problem fat cells. BUT, the fat cells that remain can enlarge... so, yes, you can gain the fat back. If you're considering liposuction, eat right and exercise before AND after liposuction.
guest (unregistered guest) 21 Jul 2007
fat does not turn into muscle. you can burn fat off, which I'm very proud of you for your success in doing so. I've lost 20 lbs since my 3rd c-section but my mid section is way off proportionately to my butt and thighs. I exercise 5 days a week and follow the Body for Life diet, and plan on continuing after I have lipo. You are right, lipo is not a healthy way to lose weight! I could care less what the scale says, I want to get dressed for once without changing 3-5 times, without being frustrated that I work so hard and yet clothes just don't fit right. I want to feel confident in all the hard work I've done and lipo is really the only way to get there.

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