subject: Will My Liposuction Results Last Forever? [print this page] Everyone wants quick fixesEveryone wants quick fixes. All around us, we see ads for quick ways to lose weight, quick ways to make money and quick ways to find happiness. However, as people look for quick fixes, they often find themselves wondering whether the results and improvements will leave as quickly as they came.
Perhaps this is one of the reasons that so many people want to know how long their liposuction results will last. The surgery, which is also called lipoplasty and suction lipectomy, uses suction to help remove fat cells from specific target areas in a patient's body. Through the help of special hollow needles called cannulas, a doctor breaks up and vacuums out the patient's unwanted fat.
Most doctors state that the effects of a lipoplasty are permanent. They state that the fat cells removed from a person's body will not simply regrow. This seems to be true. However, that is not to say that you will always look exactly like you do just after your surgery. How long your results last will depend on how you live your life and on your own natural aging process.
Although the fat cells that your lipoplasty removed will not magically grow back, your surgery will not magically keep you from regaining weight either. If you struggle with problems of weight gain previous to your surgery, you will likely experience similar problems after your surgery unless you change your diet, exercise and activity patterns. Although the adult human body does not tend to produce large amounts of new fat cells when in a state of stasis, the gain of large scale weight can and does trigger the growth of new fat cells.
Gaining large amounts of weight after a lipectomy can lead to unpleasing results. Some patients report that they have experienced a regrowth of fat in their target area, leading them to exclaim that they can't tell the difference between their body before surgery and their body afterward. Others find that while their newly trimmed target area remains slim, other problem areas arise as the fat that would have gone there begins to accumulate in other areas.
The best way to avoid this is to simply live healthily. Eat well, and exercise regularly. If you have problems with this, you might consider meeting with your doctor, or with a nutritionist or personal trainer. They may be able to help you to make the changes to your lifestyle that will help you to keep your newly-sculpted body.
Of course, some change is inevitable with time. As people age, their bodies change. This is simply a fact of life, and it is the same for liposuction patients as well as for other people. You will see some changes in your body regardless of how healthily you live; however, the choices you make can help to slow the aging process and keep you looking your best for as long as possible.
