subject: Liposuction: When Is It Too Much? [print this page] Many individuals wish to have liposuction done. The reasons for this are usually being overweight or obese. Wanting to look good is not a crime, but the risks of doing so may be higher than one expects. This particular procedure is very common and widely used to control obesity and to get back in shape fast. When it's done properly, the operation will yield breathtaking results after the recovery period has lapsed.
Excessive Loss
One of the possible dangers that come with liposuction is doing it excessively. There are two ways of doing it in excess, the first being the doctor removing too much of the fat and the second being the patient going back for repeats several times in a year.
The first case is dangerous and can result in a fatality if the doctor is not careful enough. The human body needs fat, and the excessive loss of the requirement can send the body into shock or have adverse reactions. Doctors usually calculate how much fat a person can lose for every session. If the patient wants to lose some more, another session shouldn't be scheduled until several days afterwards or when the body has recovered enough from the initial session and the medications are clear from it. This is the second case of excessive liposuction. The patient needs to know that frequent exposure to medications such as anesthesia and pain relievers can have a negative effect on the body. Some patients suffer from mental issues where they perceive themselves as overweight even though they have average or normal weight. Psychiatric issues such as these need to be addressed by the surgeons because patients are sometimes blind to their own bodies.
On the other hand, patients who want to have multiple sessions can do so with the recommendation of their doctors. It is important that the doctor meets the desires of the patient when it comes to the sculpting of the body, because another liposuction session on the same area may not be as successful as the first. Scars can form in the tissues that have just undergone this procedure and doing another one on the same area can emphasize these scars and produce a lumpy look, which may be difficult to correct.
The procedure itself is basically safe as long as the doctor respects the boundaries of the body. The patient also needs to understand why there are limits to this operation in order to have a successful procedure and achieve the desired end results.
