Can Liposuction Result in Weight Gain?

Many prospective patients are often concerned about whether liposuction is a long-term procedure and what happens to their newly sculpted bodies if they gain weight.

Most people want to get liposuction for reasons associated with weight loss, but it's essential to understand that you're not dealing with a bariatric weight-loss treatment. 

There are good reasons not to gain weight after liposuction, but if you do gain weight, it is not the end of the world. The remaining fat cells will likely expand in another part of the body before the treated area, so newly achieved proportions are typically preserved. Still, it's best to abide by good habits to ensure longer-lasting and more balanced results. 

In most cases, if you maintain a healthy lifestyle, you will keep your overall shape for many years. This means that your liposuction procedure will retain its long-term value.

Essential Facts About Avoiding Weight Gain After Liposuction.

1. Liposuction does not result in weight gain or weight loss. You should not gain weight if you follow a healthy diet and exercise after liposuction, which can be made easier by opting for more advanced and less invasive fat removal options. Liposuction also does not stimulate much weight loss, as it focuses on removing volume instead of weight. 
2. You can avoid gaining more visceral fat if you engage in strength training and healthy eating as part of your training program.
3. You will retain your newly contoured figure if you take good care of it. Once removed, fat cells are permanently eliminated. Still, the remaining ones can shrink or expand depending on your lifestyle. 

Remember that gaining weight is not the end of the world, but it will generally reduce the impact of your results.

Understanding How Liposuction Works on Your Body

Liposuction comes with one caveat: you need to exercise and eat right! It is important to understand what your body is dealing with and not fall victim to common misconceptions about liposuction.

Liposuction removes fat cells from your body for good. Fat cells are akin to little balloons that grow and shrink depending on how much energy you consume (food) and how much you give off (exercise). Compared to non-surgical procedures, liposuction removes fat cells instead of emptying them with temperature or energy-induced reactions.

Hormones determine where and how much fat is stored; these signals do not disappear just because you remove fat cells from your body.

For balance, your body will try to store fat elsewhere after removing it during liposuction if your caloric intake causes it. Unfortunately, some research suggests this can prompt your body to store more fat around internal organs, called visceral fat, which is unhealthy fat storage and more common after liposuction.

Researchers do not know precisely why this compensatory visceral fat deposition occurs, but they do know that exercise is critical to protecting against it.

Exercise is reliable for maintaining results after liposuction while watching your caloric intake. This means healthy eating and regular exercise.

How to Avoid Weight Gain After Liposuction

When you undergo liposuction, you lose fat; to keep it off, you must maintain your liposuction weight. This means that if you weighed 75 kg before liposuction and two pounds of fat were removed, you should aim to weigh 73 kg or less in the future to be in the same shape.

A little extra weight gain is distributed throughout the body and will not affect results too much, but you should be wary - fat accumulation over time can reduce liposuction results. Weight loss does not affect liposuction results and may even bolster them.

AirSculpt®: Preventing Liposuction and Weight Gain

AirSculpt® procedures have the benefit of making weight maintenance a much easier process. Traditional methods, such as liposuction, are much more taxing on the body; therefore, the recovery process is much more strenuous and long-lasting. That's because AirSculpt® procedures don't use scalpels, stitches, or needles to permanently remove stubborn fat as patients remain fully awake. Rather than grating fat away with a manual scraping motion, this technology rapidly vibrates in an automated manner, enabling our expert surgeons to pluck fat cell by cell with unmatched finesse. 

In as little as 24 to 48 hours, patients can return to their daily routines, and in a few weeks, they can head back to the gym to commit to a healthier lifestyle that will guarantee the longevity of their results. Compare that with traditional liposuction, which uses risky general anesthesia and requires weeks or months off from the gym.

For more information on how this next-generation body contouring treatment can help you achieve your body goals, call our AirSculpt® office in Orange County or any of our 20+ global locations to schedule your complimentary consultation.