Is liposuction an effective way to keep weight off?

No: Liposuction is not for weight loss. It is a contouring procedure ideally for healthy, fit patients close to their ideal weight with stuborn areas that persist. It is incumbent on the patient to maintain a healthy diet and exercise regimen to keep their weight stable or ideally even lose a bit after surgery for optimal results. Patients that are not committed and gain weight are very unhappy.

No: Liposuction is a method of contouring fatty areas of the body, but is not a way to achieve significant weight loss.

Not a substitute: Liposuction is effective in treating areas of fat that are resistant to diet and exercise not a substitute for healthy eating habits and lifestyle. Make sure you seek the opinion of a board certified plastic surgeon if you are considering liposuction.

Lipo not 4 wt loss: Liposuction is not intended for weight loss or control. It is intended to decrease localized and diet resistant areas of fat deposits.

No.: Liposuction surgery should be used for treatment of diet and exercise resistant adipose tissue only. In other words, it is a useful procedure to treat anatomic areas that have not responded to a good diet and exercise program. Important to success of the procedure will also be the quality of the overlying skin of the area to be treated.

No: Lipo is meant for people at or close to their ideal body weight with exercise or diet resistant disproportionality.