How Much Liposuction Can Be Done at Once? Can I Have Multiple Body Areas Treated At Once?

Outpatient Liposuction - No more than 5 liters = guidelines for most states regardless of whether it is laser lipo, ultrasonic lipo or standard liposuction

Liposuction Limits - depends on State and Safety

5000 cc's (5 liters) is the guideline limit for outpatient liposuction for many states including California. For smaller patients like yourself with more areas for liposuction removing less fat may be safer. This would probably apply to you as you only weigh 115 pounds. Make sure you have a consultation with a board certified plastic surgeon

From your description, you are an ideal candidate for lipo-sculpting of your problem areas.  Safety dictates that not more than 5 liters of liposuction can be done as an outpatient.  You wouldn't be closed to needing that much removed.  It is also not a problem treating multiples sites on the body at once, (although it can be difficult for anesthesia to keep their monitors out of the way).  As it sounds like you would need only local areas treated, you could possibly be done under only local anesthesia, saving you the cost of general anesthesia.  Check with a board certified plastic surgeon for all the specifics about your individual case.

It sounds like you are a good candidate for liposuction as you are not overweight and are doing the procedure to remove small areas of fat collection. The total amount of fat removed and time spent on the operating room table supercedes the number of body areas that undergo liposuction. Therefore you should be fine doing what you want in the hands of a qualified surgeon in a certified operating room.

My response to your question/post does not represent formal medical advice or constitute a doctor patient relationship. You need to consult with i.e. personally see a board certified plastic surgeon in order to receive a formal evaluation and develop a doctor patient relationship.

At 5'3" and 115 lb. you are fine to have all those areas done at the same time...Routinely we say that up to 5 liters (which you wont get anywhere close!) can be done safely as an outpatient and anything more than that, the patient should spend the night and be monitored. Again, you will do fine, I'm sure....

Liposuction removes unwanted fat with the use of cannulas.  Liposuction is not a weight loss method. It is best when used for fit people with "problem" areas.  It is not uncommon to have multiple areas liposuctioned at the same time. This has the advantage of combining recovery and is also more cost effective for you.  The key to multiple area liposuction is the amount of fat that is removed. It is important to keep the amount removed to less than 5 liters. This is still very a very significant amount of fat (about 12 pounds!) so it is possible to perform several areas of liposuction on fit people with "problem" areas such as the arms, thighs, neck, and abdomen. Make sure you select a board certified plastic surgeon with a lot of experience in liposuction.  Most surgeons like myself who specialize in body contouring perform several cases of liposuction per week and several hundred cases per year.