subject: Why Liposuction Isn't A Replacement For Healthy Living [print this page] Liposuction is big news right nowLiposuction is big news right now. News sites and the magazines at checkout lines are full of the latest buzz about which big Hollywood name has had it, internet advertisements boast of professional and affordable liposuction surgeons in your own city, and there are any number of radio ads talking about how much younger it can make you look and feel.
With all the hype, sometimes it's a little difficult to separate fact from fiction. One of the biggest misconceptions people have about liposuction is that it can serve as a replacement for healthy diet and regular exercise. People who propound this theory argue that liposuction is a fast and easy method of loving weight which requires less work and dedication than exhausting exercise and strict diets.
It would be awfully nice if all of this was true. Who doesn't want a quick fix? However, life is rarely so simple, and these people ignore a lot of the fundamental truths about the procedure.
Liposuction is a surgical procedure in which fat is removed from a certain part of the body through small hollow needles called canulas. A typical surgery will treat anywhere from one to three or maybe four body areas which have stubborn and unsightly fat deposits. Liuposuction is not intended for total body weight-loss. A total body procedure would be extremely taxing and difficult to recover from, and the cost would be astronomical
Liposuction is similarly limited in the amount of fat that it can remove. While different doctors disagree as to the exact amount of fat that can be safely removed from the body, most agree that it is unwise to go above 10 pounds at the upper limit. If a person is over 30% above their ideal body weight, they are typically not very well suited for liposuction, and even if they did get it, they'd probably find they still didn't look as slim as the were hoping.
Additionally, no surgery can provide the body with all of the benefits of healthy living. It cannot provide the heart with the cardiovascular benefits of workout, nor can it give the body the necessary vitamins consumed in a healthy diet.
Finally, if a person doesn't change the unhealthy habits that got him or her to where they are now, then an expensive surgery is not going to help in the long haul. Although the fat cells are removed, not merely shrunk, if a person regains weight, they can and will grow back. Furthermore, they may seem more conspicuous or lumpy after liposuction than before.
