Liposuction is one of the most popular plastic surgery treatments on the market today. People love the benefits of firmer, tighter looking skin. If you are looking into having this surgery performed, you may have many questions. The following are a list of frequently asked questions and answers that can help you decide if liposuction is right for you:
Can Liposuction Help Me Lose Weight?
Perhaps because of makeover shows on television, many people have the impression that liposuction is a good way to get rid of excess fat. The truth is that this surgery is not truly well-suited to treat weight problems.
The only sure way to lose weight is to increase your activity level through exercise and decrease your calorie intake with proper dieting. By most standards it is not considered safe to remove more than 10 pounds of fat with the procedure in any one day.
Liposuction is not an instant weight loss tool. It is designed to help those who are in relatively good shape and who are close to their ideal weight but just have a few “trouble” areas, like the belly or the buttocks, that are resistant to diet and exercise. It should never be considered a form of weight loss for obese individuals.
Can Liposuction Get Rid of Cellulite?
Liposuction can reduce the look of cellulite but there are no guarantees that it can erase the look of the dimpled or puckered skin. In most cases, there will not be dramatic improvement in cellulite.
How Long Will It Be Until I See the Results?
There will be some swelling in the affected areas immediately after the surgery as the body naturally tries to heal itself. This swelling will prevent the results from being apparent right away, but it will start to subside after just a few days and you may be able to see some real changes in your body after a week or two. The complete results though may not be visible until at least one month post-surgery and sometimes not until six months after the procedure.
Is Liposuction Safe?
The major health risks associated with liposuction are connected with the use of anesthesia. If your procedure requires general rather than local anesthesia, you will be at greater risk for complications including blood clots and other life-threatening issues. Liposuction with local anesthesia is much safer and is, in fact, one of the safest plastic surgeries today.
Is Liposuction Permanent?
The good news is that typically, if you are careful after the surgery to maintain healthy eating and exercise habits, you will not see a return of major fatty deposits to the former trouble areas. This is because fat cells from those regions have been removed. So gaining weight will mean that you get larger but not necessarily just in those areas like before.
However, after a certain age, your body will naturally start to change, droop, sag, and accumulate fatty deposits in certain areas. This is inevitable, but liposuction will help to keep a shapelier figure for a longer period of time.
In Seattle, ultrasonic liposuction surgery is used to remove unwanted fat deposits from specific areas of the body and may be performed as a primary procedure for body contouring and size reduction.