What happens if you eat really poorly after laser lipo? (Photo)

The good news is that weight loss will restore your appearance. When you invest money and time into cosmetic surgery to improve your looks, you need to take eating habits and lifestyle issues more seriously if you wish to maintain your results. Wearing your garment for 6 months, using foam and going for endermology are a total waste of your time if you can't keep your weight under control. The photo on the right looks like the before photos of many of my tummy tuck patients. Perhaps that might have been a better choice.

Although there are lots of factors that affect the overall result of any operation including laser liposuction, eating properly is an important one. In my opinion, wearing a garment for longer than a week or two does not change the result (but may make the patient more comfortable). The fact that you've gained weight by itself doesn't mean your result will be worse because muscle weighs more than fat and many patients get more toned following laser lipo. On the other hand, a diet that is high in fat and sugar can 'overwhelm' the results of the operation and gain weight so that your results are diminished.A follow up appointment with your plastic surgeon should clear up a lot of your questions and good luck

 Thank you for your pictures. To answer your first question diet can affect liposuction results. Maintaining a healthy diet and a stable weight will maintain your result. Concerning your result, I think he would be better served by having a tummy tuck and liposuction. You have some loose skin and stretch marks. Wearing a garment for six months is not going to  flatten your tummy. 

I'm sorry to hear that you're frustrated with your results. Certainly changes in diet and exercise routines Will continue to be seen on your figure no matter what sort of treatment you have. It is a bit unusual to require you to wear compression for six whole months after this sort of procedure. Although, I will definitely follow your surgeon's recommendations. It requires a lot of discipline to maintain any sort of diet and workout routine. I'll try to find something that works for your lifestyle that you can stick with. Overall, you appear had a very nice figure that you should be proud of.

Eating poorly is never a good idea, especially if you gain unwanted weight from it. Consider changing your habits, eat more of a paleo or caveman diet, reduce the carbs, and exercise regularly. Your lipo results will be better if you do this and lose the extra pounds. Although you say you have gained weight back in your tummy, this may be reversed by adhering to this advice. 

Eating poorly anytime is not advisable. A patient can eat poorly and ruin their results. I have had patients after gastric bypass, loose 100 lbs., eat poorly and gain back 150 lbs. You may want to consider weight management for several months so you don't ruin your investment.I tell my patients they need to wait a minimum of 6 months before I will consider doing any touch up or revisions. The recovery from any liposculpting procedure is longer than most patients are willing to wait. If you have lots of loose skin (which you do not) 6 months post op, you may need a mini or full tummy tuck. If you only have a little excess skin or want it tighter, I would consider ThermiTight of the abdomen it is more precise than Smart Lipo for melting small amounts of fat and tightening  small areas of loose skin. The other option is a more adequate liposculpting. I use "Tickle Lipo" and have not ever had to perform a tummy tuck afterwards. The skin retracts extremely well. The advise I would give you personally is that you need to hang in there. I think you will have a good result but it could take as long as a year to see your final result. I would wait that long before entertaining more surgery.