The blue shading shows areas of the body, such as the abdomen, chest, back, legs and arms, that can be treated with liposuction. Skin loses some firmness as people age, but the results of liposuction usually last a long time if you maintain your weight. If you gain weight after liposuction, your fat levels may change. For example, fat can accumulate around the abdomen no matter what areas were originally treated.
Liposuction and tummy tuck are cosmetic procedures. Liposuction permanently removes fat cells from a part of the body and removes unwanted fat deposits that don't respond well to diet and exercise. Abdominoplasty is surgery to remove excess skin and tighten the abdominal muscles. Some of the oil is also removed with the excess skin. You might consider having a tummy tuck if your skin is stretched during pregnancy or if you've lost a lot of weight and have excess skin on your body.
Liposuction of the stomach can only remove subcutaneous fat. Visceral fat is firmly embedded within the abdominal cavity; it cannot be sucked out. Weight loss through diet and exercise can reduce visceral fat safely and effectively. Liposuction is particularly effective in removing fat from the legs, abdomen, back, arms, face and neck.
It provides more dramatic results than other non-invasive fat reduction procedures; however, it has a longer recovery period (up to six weeks) and generally costs more than its non-surgical counterparts. Liposuction can remove abdominal fat if the fat is subcutaneous. It is important to understand that there are two types of fat, subcutaneous fat and visceral. Subcutaneous fat is the fat that accumulates around the deepest layer of the skin.
Visceral fat, on the other hand, is fat that builds up around and inside organs. Liposuction was not designed to remove visceral fat, but to remove a large amount of subcutaneous fat. While a liposuction procedure can remove fat and fat cells from certain areas of the body, it's important to note that you can still increase weight gain after liposuction. While neither liposuction nor non-surgical body contouring treatments replace weight loss, liposuction offers more dramatic and long-lasting results, in addition to a little skin shrinkage.
Laser-assisted liposuction, such as SmartLipo, will give you the best possible skin tightening results with liposuction alone.
