Will adopting a keto diet post-lipo result in fat cells coming back?

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I'm currently 10 weeks post tummy tuck & lipo. I'm looking to adopt a keto diet which is high-fat, high-protein, low carb diet. The daily caloric ratios are roughly 70% fat, 25% protein, 5% carbs. I've heard that it can be easier to gain fat back post-lipo. So, I'm wondering... is this a safe diet to undertake in my circumstances? Do I run a risk of the fat cells coming back easier if I adopt such a diet?

Gary Lawton, MD, FACS · Answer

This is a bad idea.Key factors in the healing of any wound are nutrition and vitamin supplements.  There are specially formulated vitamins that are designed to optimize your healing that we use from Vitamedica.  In addition, we use Arnica and Bromelain to reduce the swelling and bruising.  Before and after surgery, nutrition is a key component that is overlooked by almost every patient and surgeon.  After the operation, your calorie and protein requirements are increased.  We design a nutritional regimen for each patient which is provided to them during the preoperative teaching.  In order to meet the calorie and protein requirements after surgery, the patients typically supplement using protein shakes.  Calorie and protein intake are recorded on a log that we provide and review at the postoperative visits.  The combination of homeopathic medicines, vitamins supplementation, and adequate calorie and protein intake are critical to the wound healing process.  Prior to surgery, we ask the patients to stop all of their own supplements as some can cause problems with bleeding during and after surgery.

Wendell Perry, MD · Answer

Fat cells don't come back after  liposuction. Fat cells do not replicate and that is why liposuction works. If fat cells replicated then if you did a tummy tuck or liposuction the fat cell could grow back and it looked exactly the same the way it did before surgery. Liposuction our tummy tuck does not keep you from gaining weight, It just changes where the calories are stored. Remember liposuction is rob Peter to pay Paul if you take away one storage location another one will compensate.

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