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"You"
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Liposuction Suitability
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Alternate Procedure
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Bottom Line
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| "I want to lose weight." |
Poor
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Cosmetic surgery is not effective for patients looking to lose weight.
Even abdominoplasty (the "Tummy Tuck") results in little actual weight
loss. |
This may not be for you. |
| "There are many (more than 4) body areas I want treated." |
Less than optimal
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Although it is possible to treat a number of areas, often patients
looking to address many different areas are looking to lose weight and
not to change contour. |
Make sure the idea is contour change and not weight loss. Accept the
fact that some areas may be more appropriate for liposuction than others. |
| "I am a woman who has had three or more pregnancies." |
Variable
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In the woman with multiple pregnancies, liposuction of the abdomen
may (as sole treatment) not be adequate. These patients often have abdominal
wall muscular laxity ("stretching") and/or lax skin from the tension of
the pregnant uterus. Tummy Tuck Surgery should at least be considered in
patients in this category who seek abdominal treatment. |
If you are looking to treat the abdomen, see a surgeon who does both
Tummy Tuck surgery and liposuction. If your surgeon does just one or the other,
you may get a biased opinion. |
| "I have already had liposuction two or more times in the same area." |
Variable
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Maybe what you are looking to change requires another procedure or
is less than reliably addressed surgically. |
Unless you are looking to fine tune your result with more liposuction
or looking into a different procedure (such as a body lift), more liposuction
may be ill-advised. |
| "The skin over the area I wanted treated is quite loose." |
Less than optimal
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The skin excess/tone issue may require more than just liposuction. |
Here you might want to accept less liposuction or the addition of a
procedure to address the skin tone issue (eg. tummy tuck or body lift). |
| "I just want my clothes to fit better in the sides of the thighs. My skin is snug in the area." |
Good
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Liposuction will probably "fill the bill" nicely here. |
Looking for a modest improvement in an area well-addressed by the procedure is very reasonable. |
