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After liposuction does the visceral fat "comes back" in some cases to different areas of the body?

Happymommy23Oct 15, 2014
I'm scheduled for a tummy tuck and liposuction next month. I've been doing research and read that in some cases, years later the visceral fat comes back, creating lumps that weren't there before. Can someone please elaborate?

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