Can I Use Liposuction For Weight Loss?

People who think liposuction is a weight loss method are mistaken, and they cannot use it instead of traditional methods of reducing weight. Liposuction is a surgical procedure performed by qualified surgeons to REFINE the figure, not remove excess weight. Only small amounts of fat are removed during a liposuction procedure so the patient really does not lose many pounds.

So liposuction is not some shortcut to becoming thinner without dieting or changing your eating habits. So the question then is, if liposuction does not help with weight loss, just what is it good for?

The great thing about liposuction is that the surgeon can use it to remove fat from targeted areas of the body that are often resistant to efforts to lose weight in patients who have, overall, already taken off a lot of pounds. Often, when a person has lost weight, there are stubborn area of fat that will not go away and will not even respond to even strenuous exercise. Liposuction enables the surgeon to remove excess fat from these specific areas and refine the contours of the body.

Surgeons commonly use liposuction to target fat in the hips, buttocks, thighs, arms, chin and neck, love handles and stomach and many other specific areas. By using a suction device, the surgeon is able to literally vacuum out the fat from the problem areas. Often liposuction is also used on men to reduce the size of male breasts by removing fat from the pectoralis area.

For the results to look good, the skin must contract to conform to the new contours without sagging, so people with tight, elastic skin are the best candidates. Since older patients often have skin that is less elastic, they often are not good candidates for this procedure.

I found that, after calling a few plastic surgery clinics in my town, that there were several qualified surgeons to choose from, and you will probably have no problem finding several. I also found a few liposuction clinics that specialize in this procedure, so there are probably specialists in your area also.

Alan Gardner has been writing articles on many diverse subjects for over a year now. Although he specializes in diet, fitness and weight loss, you can also check out his latest website at Portland Plastic Surgery which includes an overview of Portland Liposuction options.