Liposuction is not a weight-loss procedure. Only small amounts of weight can be removed during liposuction because of the risks of the procedure. Liposuction can only eliminate the fat that is under the skin, not the internal fat that surrounds our organs and is more important in medical problems related to obesity. In movies, books, and soap operas, liposuctions are often described as transformative; a patient becomes obese and leaves the surgeon looking slim.
Turns out that trope is another example of fiction that misinforms us about medicine. Doctors can't simply remove all of the fat cells in our body, either through liposuction or through other procedures. For an overweight person, learning about this was discouraging, as perhaps it was for other people in similar situations. Any patient who is in good health and has had a positive medical exam can safely undergo liposuction.
A lack of firmness and elasticity (which usually diminish with age) can compromise the skin's ability to recover newly thinned and reshaped contours. Poor skin quality is one of the main contraindications to liposuction. People who are very overweight should keep in mind that there is a limit to the amount of fat that can be removed during surgery. Yes, liposuction is a permanent cosmetic procedure to remove fat from certain areas of the body. If you gain weight after the procedure, it usually won't be excessive in the area where you underwent liposuction.
Keep in mind that liposuction doesn't prevent you from gaining weight and that surgery isn't a solution for obesity. Both 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. A tummy tuck 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.
