What You Should Know About Fat Coming Back After Liposuction

Liposuction is considered one of the most popular cosmetic treatments in the United States.

Liposuction produces results by removing body fat in isolated areas of the body to create your preferred silhouette. Even the fittest individuals may go the cosmetic route to remove pockets of fat that do not respond to exercise and diet.

Beyond the initial results, patients often question liposuction's longevity and if the fat can return after the treatment.

Liposuction Permanently Removes Fat

While many liposuction techniques are commonly used today, they all focus on one similar goal: removing fat cells from a targeted area of the body.

Most liposuction procedures use a variation of a cannula, a hollow tube that aspirates the fat to suction it out from your body. Depending on the practice you go to, this can be operated manually or in an automated fashion.

It's important to note that liposuction does remove fat cells permanently from the body; however, this does not mean one's results will last no matter what. 

Can Fat Return After Liposuction?

Unfortunately, fat can return after liposuction, but not in the way you'd think.

Fat cells don't spontaneously generate within your body. Once we reach a certain age, we all have a finite number of cells, meaning that when they're removed via liposuction, the number won't be the same.

When we consume excess calories or gain weight, the fat cells expand, and when we lose weight, the fat cells shrink.

Therefore, even if we've had fat removed from our body, the remaining fat in our body can still expand, affecting our results.

Maintaining Liposuction Results

The most effective manner to sustain the results of liposuction procedures is to maintain your weight.

Healthy lifestyle changes and post-surgical recommendations such as these can help:

1. Follow the post-procedure instructions provided.
2. Reduce your caloric intake while eating a sustainable diet void of junk foods.
3. Remain hydrated.
4. Eat several small meals throughout the day, and limit food before bed.
5. Do not skip meals.
6. Exercise routinely.

Can Fat Return After AirSculpt®?

AirSculpt® is among Charlotte's most precise, comfortable fat removal procedures, delivering dramatic results without the use of scalpels, stitches, needles, or general anesthesia.

Regarding whether fat can return after AirSculpt®, the rule applies similarly to liposuction. Fat cells cannot grow back, but if a patient gains weight afterward, the remaining cells can expand. That said, with AirSculpt®, it's much easier to maintain one's results.

Given the procedure's minimally invasive nature, a shorter recovery period allows you to quickly begin new routines to maintain your results and keep your new figure. Any added weight will tend to appear in untreated areas before treated areas, so if you gain small amounts of weight, your new proportions tend to be preserved. 

If a previous procedure hasn't successfully delivered the expected changes, Revision AirSculpt® can help you quickly fix asymmetrical liposuction results or excess fat removal. Our power-controlled technology and expert surgeons provide a unique blend that can precisely sculpt the balanced, lasting outcomes patients desire. 

Call our Charlotte office or any of our locations nationwide for your free consultation to get started working with us.