The potential outcome or change from Liposuction is directly related to the thickness of your subcutaneous fat layer. You included your procedure weight but you did not include what your current weight is. even a few pounds of weight fluctuation can I have a negative impact because of the increased visceral fat. Your before pictures show as good muscle definition which tells me your subcutaneous fat layer is relatively thin. Probably no more than half an inch. if you treated your full torso and only a liter of fat was removed then your procedure may not have been sufficiently aggressive. Still, if your subcutaneous fat layer is half an inch and a half the fat was removed it will only remove a quarter inch. I recommend all patients have multiple in person consultations well in advance of scheduling surgery. During each consultation and ask providers to open up your portfolio and show you their entire collection of before and after pictures. As providers to show you examples of previous patients who had similar body characteristics to your own pet As providers to show you examples of excellent outcomes, average out couch and outcomes that did not turn out as well as they had hoped. Bring pictures of your own body during the consultation for reference. It’s very important to Ali look at before and after pictures of patients who have similar body characteristics to your own. There are four variables determine what someone’s abdomen looks like. They are skin laxity excess subcutaneous fat, muscle bulging and excess visceral fat. It’s very important to Ali look at before and after pictures of patients who have similar body characteristics to your own. There are four variables determine what someone’s abdomen looks like. They are skin laxity excess subcutaneous fat, muscle bulging and excess visceral fat. if someone doesn’t like the way their abdomen looks it is almost always because of one or more of those variables. Liposuction only address is subcutaneous fat. Individuals with thick layers of subcutaneous fat will have the most dramatic change. I sometimes describe ideal candidates for Liposuction as a “Young tight and pudgy”. Perhaps your provider could’ve been a little more heavy handed. Your outcome is fairly consistent with your candidacy for the procedure. Ideally you should’ve had consultations with your surgeon well in advance of surgery to understand your candidacy for the procedure. I recognize that this is after the fact but the above described approach is what I recommend for patients to get a good assessment prior to scheduling surgery. In the end there are only two variables that matter when it comes to liposuction results. The first is patient candidacy and the second is the skill of the surgeon. The number of plastic surgeons who are good at doing liposuction is relatively rare. Liposuction results very dramatically based on who does the procedure. That said, if someone is not a great candidate for Liposuction then it doesn’t matter who does the procedure in regards to delivering big changes. Individuals with thin layers of subcutaneous fat are going to have subtle results. The procedure only reduces subcutaneous fat. Understanding what the procedure can and cannot accomplish before you decide to have surgery is paramount and delivering hi patient satisfaction. Best, Mats Hagstrom MD