The fluid that fills injured areas is likely to cause swelling and tenderness, which can be painful and cause temporary weight gain. The body may also attempt to redistribute fat throughout the body, so weight change is also natural. If a person consumes more calories than they burn, they may gain weight again after liposuction. Areas treated with liposuction will not recover the same amount of fat as if they had not been treated with liposuction. The fat will not return (and ideal results will remain intact) if the patient maintains their post-lipo weight.
For example, if a patient weighed 130 pounds before liposuction and a total of 6 pounds were removed during the procedure, the fat will stay away if the patient keeps their weight at or below 124 pounds. Gaining more than about 5 pounds after liposuction could result in some more significant changes in the way fat is distributed in the body. So, let's say the weight you want to maintain after liposuction is 130 pounds. If you increase 10% of your body weight, that would be 13 pounds.
Some people lose water weight after a liposuction procedure, but that's by no means the case for everyone. While liposuction won't change skin quality or help you lose weight, it will help reshape and contour your body by removing fat cells from key areas of your body to give you a more attractive figure. Many people seek liposuction as a quick way to lose an extreme amount of pounds of fat, but the problem is that it's just a body contouring procedure that can remove 3 to 5 pounds of body weight from treatment areas. It may be worth researching another body contouring procedure if you're not yet satisfied with your body shape or weight. Liposuction isn't meant to be a total weight loss solution, so you need to be close to your ideal weight before the procedure.
It is important to follow a healthy diet and exercise regimen to maintain the results of liposuction and to follow losing unwanted weight. Therefore, if you had liposuction on your abdomen, the procedure will permanently remove fat cells from that abdomen and, even with a small weight gain, you won't get new fat cells. Liposuction surgery is not a “weight loss” procedure, but rather it changes body shape and is not a quick solution to losing weight. One of the reasons why patients gain weight after these types of surgical procedures is because, instead of preventing weight gain, liposuction only prevents you from gaining too much weight in the treated areas from which the fat cells were extracted.
However, if you gain weight after the procedure, you may notice an increase in excess fat in other areas of the body. If the patient gains a small amount of weight after the procedure, say 5 pounds, fat cells throughout the body will grow a little. Basically, if you want to maintain the good results of liposuction surgery, you must maintain a constant body weight because weight gain can result in the return of fat. Therefore, we like to say that even if you gain a considerable amount of weight after liposuction, you should look better overall because your proportions will be more attractive.
In general, the more weight a patient gains after liposuction, the less dramatic their results will be. Otherwise, if you were a good candidate, a surgeon might perform gastric band surgery to help you lose more fat over time.
