subject: Liposuction - How Much Weight Can You Lose? [print this page] It's a question that gets asked all the timeIt's a question that gets asked all the time. How much weight can liposuction take off me? Unfortunately, the premise of the question is somewhat flawed. Much of this misunderstanding comes from the mainstream media. When the procedure was first gaining traction, news reports played it as overweight people heading out to the doctor to get all of the fat sucked out of them, thus making them thin. This isn't the way the procedure works. Many doctors will refuse to perform the procedure on a patient that is more than 20% over their ideal weight. That's right-liposuction is a cosmetic procedure meant for thin people.
To many people, this is a shocking thing to hear. Perhaps you're even questioning the validity of that statement because you've seen the results of others who have had the procedure done. It looks as though they've lost a lot of weight. Chances are, however, they didn't. Or if they did, it was through diet and exercise, combined with the procedure. Most plastic surgeons will not take out more than ten pounds of fat during a single operation. While that's quite a lot of fat, it's not what many would consider extraordinary weight loss.
So what is the procedure for, if not to lose weight? Did you ever see those commercials for exercise equipment or routines that promise to take the fat off your thighs, or reduce fat from your belly? It's rubbish, all of them. It's long been scientifically known that it is impossible to spot reduce fat from any one part of your body. Your body decides where it wants to lose the fat from and there's nothing you can do to make it change its mind. So that means that many people get down to their ideal weight and still have a problem area. If they lose more weight, it still may not come off that area, instead coming from places where they can't spare it, making them look skeletal in one area, while still plump in another. This is where liposuction comes in.
If you have a relatively good diet and you can keep your weight under control, you may be a very good candidate for the procedure. Tell your doctor about your problem area and see if there's anything they can do. Chances are, the procedure will be able to remove the fat from that area. You may not lose a lot of weight, but you'll look like you did.
by: Abigail Aaronson
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