subject: Can Liposuction Instantly Solve All My Personal Appearance Concerns? [print this page] In today's society, most people want quick fixes. We want fast results. When we go out to eat, we want the food to get there quickly. When we order something, we want it to show up the next day. And when we are looking to improve our bodies, we want to be able to see an immediate difference in our appearance.
This interest in having immediate, perfect results is a lot of what drives the popularity of cosmetic surgeries such as liposuction (also known as lipoplasty and suction lipectomy). After all, why spend laborious hours sweating at a gym and months watching one's diet when one could simply go under the knife and emerge looking more svelte and in shape than ever?
A lot of people hope that by undergoing this surgery, they can once and for all remove all of the excess body fat that bothers them. However, this wish is sometimes misguided. Although lipoplasty can be very effective, it is not magic, and there are certain real world rules that govern how much it can and cannot do.
In most cases, it is unsafe to attempt to remove all of a person's unwanted fat at once. The human body typically responds unfavorably to large amounts of trauma. The simultaneous removal of large amounts of fat from large areas on the body typically causes the body to respond by going into shock. If a surgery tries to do too much all at once, it can cause a number of negative side effects. The body may heal more slowly, and it may heal more imperfectly, causing blemishes. In some cases, too much too soon can even cause serious injury or death.
So, a lipoplasty has to remain within certain bounds. The first guideline is simply that the general health of the patient must be established. Some people simply aren't healthy enough to undergo a liposuction. Interestingly enough, this prohibitive unhealthiness can sometimes be caused by being too overweight. Before patients can undergo a liposuction, they need to improve their habits and improve their overall level of health.
Second, a lipectomy can only remove a certain amount of fat. The exact amount of fat that can safely be removed in any given surgery will depend on the particulars of the patient's body and, to some degree, on the skill of the surgeon. In general, patients who are larger can stand to have slightly more fat removed than smaller patients. In very general terms, most patients can't have more than around ten pounds of fat removed per surgery.
Thirdly, a lipoplasty can only treat a small number of target areas at once. The more areas are treated at once, the greater the chance is for complications, both serious and relatively benign. Frequently only one area is treated during a surgery. Sometimes, a couple or a few areas can be treated at once. Anything more than this is often a bad idea.
