Get the real deal on beauty treatments—real doctors, real reviews, and real photos with real results.Here's how we earn your trust.
If you gain weight after liposuction, the areas that were treated will get lumpy, but not much larger. However, the areas the areas that weren't treated will enlarge normally like they always do when you gain weight.
Smart Lipo or any kind of lipo is considered body contouring treatment and not a weight loss treatment. It is true that fat removed never come back but because you still have some fat cells in the area if you gain a lot of weight, you can get fat in the area. Anyway, when you gain wight after liposuction you probably will gain more fat in areas you did not do liposuction. Imagine that 2 liters of fat weighs about jus 4.4 pounds. Thats why Fat removal is for body contouring not for weight loss.
After liposuction you can regain weight. The fat cells removed during liposuction are permanently gone - However, other fat cells in the body may be able to take on more fat if you continue to gain weight. This can result in disproportionate weight gain throughout the body. FFor example, if you had liposuction of the abdomen, you may go on to gain weight throughout the arms and legs afterwards. In rare cases or with extreme liposuction, you gain weight internally around your organs or within the liver itself. This kind of weight gain can be very dangerous to your overall health and negatively affect more than just your appearance.
Hi, I'm assuming you're referring to your outer thighs (pics would help to better assess your situation). Patients who are relatively fit with small target areas are best candidates for this type of liposuction IMO. When you go into a caloric excess (ie 140lbs vs 120lbs) fat cells swell perhaps...
Liposuction is limited to areas between skin and muscle, not the peritoneal cavity or your intra-abdominal muscles.
This is also referred to as a "sad umbilicus" as it has the upside down frown appearance. This could occur with aging as skin laxity diminishes, or after liposuction as skin is partially hanging down after fat removed. You may want to consider additional liposuction along the midline (athlletic...