Is there a weight limit for holistic liposuction? Im currently almost 300 pounds, 5ft 2" with 2 kids.

I am not sure what "holistic liposuction" is.  You BMI is quite high and may suggest the need for significant weight reduction or even bariatric surgical intervention before considering cosmetic surgery.  Good luck and be safe.John T. Nguyen, MD, FACS, FICSDouble Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

Liposuciton is not a weight loss tool and if you are overweight I suggest considering other options like bariatric surgery first.  Best, Dr. Emer.

Yes, there are very well defined limits to liposuction.  Having a Body Mass Index in the normal range <30 is optimal.  For outpatient liposuction procedures, a limit of 5 liters of aspirate has been defined as the safe upper limit.  Exceeding 5 liters would put you at undue risk.

Thank you for your inquiry. While there may be no such term as holistic liposuction there are few of us who practice holistic plastic surgery. In cases where patients are overweight that entails taking a detailed history on what would cause the weight gain and figuring out what the patient many different ways to increase metabolism and possibly burn off some of the fat. This does not mean that you are not a candidate for liposuction, but it could mean that you would have to decrease your BMI to allow for a safe anesthesia and a safe surgery and recovery. I hope this helps.

I don't believe there is any particular procedure known as holistic liposuction other than a spin on words. My practice is almost exclusively devoted to body contouring, and I am quite well-versed with the majority of techniques and equipment used for fat reduction. Weight by itself is not an indicator for determining if liposuction is appropriate or not. There are patients who are substantially overweight who are good candidates for liposuction and patients with low BMIs who are good candidates for liposuction as well. The opposite is also true.As a general statement, if the primary diagnosis is extreme obesity, then it's less likely someone will be satisfied with liposuction. That being said, there are many patients who are significantly overweight who have very high satisfaction after liposuction. Much of it depends on the fat distribution, which is really the key in determining if liposuction is a good procedure or not.I suggest you have an in-person consultation with a board-certified plastic surgeon to see what your options are. At times, having more than one consultation can be helpful.Best of luck,Mats Hagstrom, M.D.

I'm afraid you have been duped by a sales gimmick, there is no such thing as holistic liposuction. When doctors trying to sell something to the public use this term it is nothing other than nonsurgical melting of the fat by some technique such as cold or radiofrequesncy or ultrasound or one of several other similar techniques. And anyone who approaches treating patients by trying to fool them needs to be given a wide berth. These techniques do have some limited application for very limited areas such as love handles, and the cost is very close to liposuction which gets a lot more done. But the maximum removed by liposuction is limited to 10 pounds, you can't get even close to that with nonsurgical techniques. You are not a candidate for any of these treatments yet so I hope you don't get talked into wasting your money. Your quality of life would be dramatically improved, as would your longevity, by spending your money on bariatric surgery.