Skinny Women Who Get Liposuction

Thin people are ideal candidates for liposuction if there are focal areas of fat bulges that don't go away with exercise and diet.  However, I doubt someone has focal areas if they describe as many areas of having liposuction as in this case. Furthermore, there is mention of cellulite preoperatively and this is not a condition known to improve with liposuction. Cellulite may improve but it may worsen in appearance after liposuction or not change.

Hi, thank you for this excellent question. Liposuction is an excellent option for fit individuals with stubborn fatty bulges. However, these patients are often more challenging for the surgeon, because there is no margin for error. Liposuction, when performed on larger individuals, is more "forgiving" to the surgeon: if there is a contour abnormality, surrounding fat is more likely to hide it. In fit individuals, there is not much excess fat, and everything is visible. If you are a fit individual with isolated fatty bulges, you are likely a very good liposuction candidate. You should just ensure that your surgeon has experience with patients like you.

Skinny women just need to get lipo done by a doc who does it under tum.  local with the micro canulas since the fine tuning is best this way.  Your doc can really sculpt the areas nicely with these tiny canulas where if your doc tried to do it with the larger canulas then it looks terrible.

In reality, the ideal candidate
for liposuction is someone who’s relatively thin but has localized areas of
diet-resistant fat.Patients in this
group have usually attempted diet and exercise without success.Under these circumstances, liposuction can
provide excellent clinical results and is associated with high levels of
patient satisfaction.Although
I’m not familiar with the case that you are referring to, liposuction is
generally thought to be an excellent procedure that yields good clinical
results.Unfortunately, this procedure
is often performed by practitioners who have questionable credentials.Under these circumstances, less-than-optimal
results are occasionally seen.For this
reason, it’s always important to check your surgeons credentials before
proceeding with liposuction.

Regardless of technique, whether laser lipo such as Smart Lipo, VASER, or other techniques, liposuction is for removal of localized areas of fat that are resistant to change with diet and exercise. If the fat goes away with diet and exercise then liposuction would be inappropriate, whether you are skinny or have a more average body. Judging from the pictures posted and the description, my guess is that the patient was expecting skin tightening which does not occur to a significant degree with lipo even with laser. I realize that there are studies showing measureable skin tightening but the degree of tightening is not what we would call "clinically significant."

Liposuction is not a form of weight loss and many thin women who have pockets of fat that they would like removed are good candidates for liposuction.

Exercise and a healthy diet are certainly important and a great place to start.
Stubborn areas, that are resistant to diet and exercise can often be improved by contouring with liposuction surgery.  Having a consultation with a board certified plastic surgeon will help determine if you are a candidate.  Remember, any surgery has potential risks.  Discuss these with your physician.
 

Liposuction is not a weight loss procedure. Many of my patients are thin but they have areas of excess fat. I have even performed liposuction on competitive bodybuilders. The technique and experience of the plastic surgeon is critical.

In a perfect world, one would hope that diet and exercise alone would totally eliminate the contour irregularities that we have but as the cliche goes, we don't live in (or have) a perfect world. There are certain specific areas of fat that respond much less to weight loss than our body fat in general - thus the need for liposuction. By the same token, liposuction is ideally performed in an individual that is close to or at their ideal body weight - like the woman that you described. Liposuction should not be used as a method of weight loss but instead as a means for localized fat contouring/sculpturing..

There are many factors that influence the outcome of the procedure and generally include various patient dependent issues (ie. poor skin tone, pre-existing cellulite, diffuse contour irregularities), surgical expertise or lack thereof (plastic surgeon vs. poorly or un-trained physician) and instrumentation.  

The procedure of liposuction was developed to deal with "problem areas" or "privileged areas".  By this I mean areas which do not respond well to diet and exercise.  Overall body liposuction for over weight is dangerous and inappropriate. When liposuction is focused in a few specific problem areas it can provide dramatic and very safe results.  When doing very small areas the surgeon needs to switch to very tiny cannulas and be very cautious.