Facts about weight loss, overweight and liposuction

You may have noticed how the fat in certain parts of the body is hard to lose with diets and training. This is the type of overweight we treat with liposuction.

The areas best suited for liposuction are:
Chin, chest, stomach, hips, outside of the thighs, inside of the knees, ankles and calves. In women, hips, thighs and lower part of the stomach are common areas. In men, however, the fat is often accumulated above the chest, under the chin and on the back of the hips.

Limitations
Upper parts of the body, the front side of the thighs, the calves and waist, are difficult to treat with liposuction. Fat located inside the abdominal cavity (often in men) is an example of an area that cannot be treated.

Since there is a limit of how large the doses of anesthetics we can tolerate, there's also a limit of how much fat can be removed. Removal of 1 kilogram of fat may lead to a harmless loss of blood that equals the amount lost during a menstrual period. This is why we cannot remove more than a couple of kilograms at a time. Thus, we cannot remove too much fat from obese patients (extreme overweight) because of the risks of complications.

Can the fat return?
No - the fat cells have been removed permanently and will not "grow" back. That said, it is possible that you gain weight later, but then the fat will return mainly be in other places of your body.

Tips for losing weight
20 years of contact with several thousands of patients who struggle with obesity have given us an insight as to what is working and not.

• Motivation - without motivation, no method will work.
• You can not "control" which parts you want to lose the fat from. Forget about methods that promise slimming of particular areas.
• Herbal remedies: No - except from those that contain narcotics.
• Diet shakes: Yes. But, we can almost guarantee that you will regain the weight you have lost afterwards.
• Slow-carb and low-carb diets (The Atkins diet): Yes, but the craving for bread and potatoes will return in full after a while.
• Low-fat diets: Yes - very good, long-time effects in most of those who complete the diet.
• Slimming creams: No.
• Massage: No.
• Muscle stimulator: Apparently, yes - but we wonder why so many have stopped using them.
• Training: Yes - but it makes you hungry!
• Vibrator: No.
• Prescription drugs: Yes - those that reduce the fat absorption from the bowels. But they may cause digestive problems.