Is it possible liposuction can backfire?

When you are 18, you have made just about all of the fat cells you are ever going to make. We just make the ones we have bigger. When you have liposuction, some of these fat cells are suctioned out from the problem areas to make them closer in appearance to the surrounding areas. If you have gained weight everywhere, you will gain weight where you had the lipo. If you only gained weight in that one area, something else is likely the cause.Best,Dr. Pyle

While it is true that gaining weight after liposuction may hide your true results from the surgery, your IBS likely has something to do with it.  Any shift in water weight and "bloating" may hide your new shapely contours!  When the fat cells are removed from liposuction, they are gone forever, never to return.  However, the remaining fat cells in your body can become bigger and smaller.  Recent studies suggest that keeping up even a low level of physical activity after liposuction will help to keep your results the way you want them.  Remember to follow a smart diet and keep up the exercise!

Certainly weight gain after liposuction can significantly compromise or even negate the results. Also people that gain their weight primarily around the tummy not only gain in the layer beneath the skin but also inside of the abdominal cavity, which can further increase abdominal fullness. If you can loose the weight you gained your results should improve. I would doubt IBS contributed much to this scenario.