Liposuction, one of the six major medical cosmetic procedures, is now widely accepted due to its obvious weight loss and body shaping effect without rebound. However, behind all the fantastic publicity about liposuction surgery, people overlook the risks of this procedure. In fact, compared to other plastic surgery procedures, liposuction surgery has a higher incidence of complications.
If you are interested in liposuction, it is impossible to ignore the facts behind this surgery. We suggest you read our article and ask more about the experience of your friends who have undergone this surgery before deciding whether to put it into action or not!
Myth #1: Anyone who is fat and has an unattractive body type can have liposuction
People who undergo liposuction must be within 30% of their body weight and have good skin elasticity without excessive sagging and too many wrinkles. Older people over the age of 60 and teenagers with immature bodies are not suitable for liposuction. People with health problems are not suitable for liposuction, except for those who are mentally abnormal and psychologically unhealthy, those who have internal organ diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, coronary heart disease, hyperlipidemia and hyperglycemia; those who have respiratory insufficiency of lungs; those who have smoking habits and stop smoking for less than two weeks; those who take long-term anticoagulant drugs, antihypertensive drugs and hormone drugs and stop taking them for less than half a month; those who have secondary obesity due to other diseases. The secondary obesity that occurs because of other diseases must be treated for its primary lesion and does not belong to the scope of liposuction treatment.
Misconception 2: Any obese part of the body can be liposuctioned
For a few areas of the body, liposuction is prohibited or cautiously performed because of the distribution of nerves and blood vessels. The most common areas for liposuction are: abdomen, buttocks, hips and thighs, upper limbs (upper arms and forearms), lower limbs such as jaws, calves and ankles, face and neck, and localized obesity such as breast enlargement and lipomas.
Misconception 3: I need liposuction for my waist, abdomen, buttocks, and legs, but I don’t want to do them separately.
Liposuction surgery is very physically demanding and requires the doctor’s full attention, and the slightest mistake may cause harm to the patient. Therefore, the duration of liposuction surgery is usually limited to 2 to 3 hours, which is not only for the protection of the doctor’s physical strength but also for the safety of the patient. All surgeries are traumatic, and the longer the surgery, the more problems it may cause, such as infection. Therefore, it is potentially very dangerous for the patient to have a long surgery, so for safety reasons, try to do it separately if you can.
Myth 4: I have too much fat and I want my doctor to remove as much fat as possible in order to make my body more beautiful
The amount of fat aspiration should be determined by the patient’s own situation and cannot be generalized, not the more the better. The greater the amount of liposuction, the greater the chance of complications, so the amount of liposuction should be controlled.
Nowadays, the amount of liposuction for patients is generally controlled at about 3000ml, and for patients with heavy weight, it can be relaxed to 4000ml, and 5000ml is the safe limit. In fact, patients with a large amount of liposuction do not have to be in a hurry, but can achieve a good body sculpting effect while ensuring their own life safety.
Myth 5: Liposuction is painless
There is no such thing as an absolutely painless surgery. No matter which type of liposuction is used, anesthesia must be implemented. The surgery can be painful due to the injection of anesthetic, insufficient or uneven anesthetic coverage, or too low concentration of anesthetic. Under normal circumstances, the pain is not obvious within 24 hours after surgery, followed by soreness and swelling of the skin, and the pain is aggravated when local force is exerted. Generally, the pain will gradually decrease and disappear 3 days after surgery.
Myth 6: Liposuction is a safe surgery and there will not be any complications
It is true that liposuction is effective, but inevitably, complications of one kind or another can occur.
1, pigmentation: this is because the damage is too thin suction, causing skin ischemia, especially in the calves and abdomen, generally pigmentation in the post-operative six months left stone fade.
Numbness and abnormal sensation in the operated area: After surgery, the skin sensation in the liposuction area is bound to be affected, and numbness and abnormal sensation such as occasional pins and needles, ants, etc. will gradually recover in 1 to 3 months after surgery.
2.Unevenness in the operation area: liposuction is not absolutely uniform, so there will be unevenness in the operation area after the operation, which mainly depends on the doctor’s technique, mild unevenness is inevitable, wear elastic corset after the operation and massage appropriately for 1 to 3 months to gradually level out.
3.Wound infection: it is related to the fact that the negative pressure is not blocked when the suction tube goes in and out of the incision, which aggravates the damage of the incision part.
4, skin flap necrosis in the operation area: If too much subcutaneous fat is sucked out during the operation, which destroys the blood circulation of the skin, skin blistering or even necrosis may occur and scarring will remain.
5.Chronic pain: This is caused by rough operation or unreasonable incision design and subcutaneous scar growth, mainly manifested as radioactive pain, especially in the evening, if it occurs, local closure or scar release excision can be implemented.
Myth 7: After liposuction surgery, the weight will be greatly reduced
In fact, local liposuction does not have a great impact on body weight, because the fatty tissues of human body are much lighter than other tissues (such as muscle tissues, internal organs, bones and skin tissues). If you do whole body liposuction, you can reduce your weight to a greater or lesser extent. Generally speaking, most people do not change their weight much after surgery, and a few people gain weight instead. However, either way, after liposuction, their body shape is greatly improved and they are no longer bloated and obese, but much more proportionate. So liposuction is about getting in better shape, not losing weight.
Myth 8: After liposuction surgery, I can eat and drink as much as I want and I won’t gain weight again
The fat in many parts of the body is divided into two layers, i.e. deep and superficial. If the deep layer of fat is removed and 0.5-1cm of superficial fat is retained, the local rebound will not occur, and the reason for the rebound is the insufficient amount of local liposuction and the failure to maintain a regular diet and exercise after liposuction. Some people mistakenly believe that all parts of the body will not gain weight after liposuction, so they eat and drink a lot, and as a result, they gain weight again after surgery and return to their previous weight. However, most of the fattening areas are the arms and back.