Liposuction

• General
• The Consultation
• The Operation
• After-surgery
• Recovery
• Gallery

During your consultation you cosmetic surgeon will ask about your general health, any conditions that might interfere with liposuction, your goals for the surgery and the specific areas where you want fat removed.

• It is important that you discuss your goals fully with your surgeon so he can advise you as to whether the results will meet your expectations.
• He may tell you that you could require more than one liposuction session to achieve your goals without unacceptable risk.
• Your surgeon may also recommend an alternative procedure such as a tummy tuck, if the abdominal skin has become too loose.
• If you have loose skin and/or dimpling (cellulite) you are probably not an ideal candidate for liposuction. Indeed, this procedure could make these conditions worse. In these situations, abdominoplasty, thigh lift or body lift may be a better procedure for you.

As part of your consultation, your cosmetic surgeon will perform an exam, explain the details of the procedure and develop a specific plan for surgery and recovery with you.

In most cases you cosmetic surgeon will require that you be relatively close to your ideal body weight. This is not an absolute requirement. Rather, it reflects the fact that there is a surgically safe limit to the volume of fat removed that can be removed at any time, and a limitation on how much your skin will shrink after large volume liposuction.

For these reasons, if you are contemplating liposuction as part of a more extensive diet and exercise program aimed at losing more than a stone of weight, your cosmetic surgeon will recommend that you lose the weight before your surgery. It is fair to say that the results of liposuction often motivate people to adopt better diets and more extensive exercise, however you should not rely on making these changes after your procedure.

If you are diabetic you may still have liposuction. In some cases you may find that the removal of fat will reduce your insulin requirements. Please note, however, that this is not a treatment recognized by insurance companies or the medical profession in general as a complement to diabetes control.