Does Liposuction in One Body Area Make Another Get Fatter?

Liposuction is permanent removal of fat cells -- but the fat cells that remain behind can increase their size by up to 16 times!

Under normal circumstances the fat cells that are removed will never grow back.

Your body is genetically programmed to store fat in certain areas and to absorb fat from certain areas when you need it for energy. Having liposuction may or may not change these areas of preferred storage and utilization.

As long as you maintain your good diet and exercise habits after liposuction you should not have a problem.
 

Liposuction is targeted, focal, permanent loss of fat cells in the areas treated.  Liposuction improves the bodys contour and most importantly it helps create proper proportions.  Example:  If your body is model perfect except for "saddle bags" on the sides of your thighs, these saddle bags are out of proportion to the rest of your body.  Liposuction will bring your thighs into proportion and even though some fat cells have been permanently removed from the treated area, not all fat cells have been removed from that area.  So in the future if you gain weight, all areas of your body will increase in size in proportion and if you lose weight the same is true.  Your best results will occur if you use liposuction as a contouring procedure and not a weight loss method and maintain a healthy diet and a good excercise regiment.

Liposuction improves body contour. It is not intended for weight loss or generalized fat removal. The body contour changes can be long lasting, as long as the patient does their part maintaining their weight with a healthy diet and regular exercise. Weight gain negatively influences results. If you had liposuction from a particular area that you usually noticed weight gains, well, now there are less fat cells there. So with weight gain, you may tend to notice fullness in other areas in addition to the area previously treated. So bottom line is, your results will be stable if your weight is stable.