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Must You Eat Less After Lipo, Regardless of Healthy Diet Before Lipo, Because of Having Less Fat Cells?

LidiaC
I have been reading online studies regarding weight gain after Lipo. I am a little confused! Is it true that regardless of a healthy diet with exercise before lipo, that you will need to eat less and or exercise more because you have less fat cells than before the surgery? Does the fat removed fight HARDER after surgery to come back, regardless of diet and exercise? If a woman ate 1200 calories/daily before lipo, would she have to reduce calorie intake because of less fat cells afterwards?

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