Wear a lot in the cold, even if you have liposuction surgery, others can't see it, but is this really the case?
Compared with dieting, fitness and other ways to lose weight, liposuction surgery is indeed a shortcut method, and its advantages are mainly reflected in the following aspects:
1. Immediate postoperative effect, can really extract fat.
2. As long as it is maintained in place after surgery, it will basically not rebound.
Because modern scientific research has shown that the total amount of fat cells in a fixed area of the human body is basically in dynamic balance [1].
In layman's terms, the total number of fat cells is fixed, and directly pulling out fat cells will of course be thin! But the premise of not rebounding is not to overeat.
3. Liposuction surgery can achieve local shaping.
For example, suck off the intractable butterfly sleeves, inner thigh fat, swimming rings, double chin, etc.
Image source: Stand Cool Helo
It's a bit heartwarming to look at, but how does liposuction work?
1. The preoperative doctor will communicate with the patient in detail and make a surgical plan.
2. After determining the surgical area, the doctor will mark the part of the patient's body that needs liposuction.
3. Swelling fluid is injected before the operation begins, with the aim of anesthesia, reducing the amount of bleeding, and swelling the fat cells to facilitate surgery. (The main components of the swelling fluid are: local anesthetics, epinephrine and normal saline)
4. After the anesthesia takes effect, the doctor will insert a blunt liposuction needle in the fat layer through a small incision, and then draw the fat out through the drainage tube.
5. After the operation, fix the wound with a bandage.
Usually a liposuction procedure takes 1 to 2 hours, which is a longer and larger operation. So be sure to find a regular doctor in a regular hospital!
Although liposuction surgery has been around for nearly 80 years and is getting safer and better, as long as it is surgery, there are certain risks [2]:
Numbness and abnormal sensation at the surgical site
It is often reported that after liposuction, the skin at the liposuction site will appear numb or occasionally needle prick, and ants will crawl through, and this adverse reaction can generally be gradually recovered in 1 to 3 months after the operation.
The surgical site is uneven
As long as it is artificially operated, liposuction cannot achieve an absolutely uniform effect, so it is normal for the postoperative surgical site to look uneven.
Severity depends mainly on the experience and level of the operating physician. Generally speaking, as long as you obediently follow the doctor's instructions after surgery, you can gradually level up in 1 to 3 months. If severe irregularities do not recover six months after surgery, surgery is required again for repair.
Flap necrosis in the surgical area
The level of liposuction during surgery is too superficial, destroying the subdermal blood vessel network of the skin, affecting the blood supply of the skin, and there may be skin blisters or even necrosis, and leave a certain scar.
Chronic pain
If the surgical procedure is rough or the incision is not properly designed, and the subcutaneous scar is hyperplastic, it may cause chronic postoperative pain.
Fat embolism
Fat embolism is the biggest risk of liposuction surgery, the surgical process will inevitably destroy part of the blood vessels, if the anatomical level is not clear, fat particles may enter the blood vessels, causing embolism, severe can lead to paralysis or even death.
(In 2019, a female nurse in Nanyang died of fat embolism while liposuction, source: Pear Video)
Therefore, only by choosing a regular medical institution and having experienced doctors perform surgery can surgical complications be minimized.
In addition to the above possible risks, liposuction surgery is also because of the high price, long postoperative recovery period and other drawbacks to "dissuade" a lot of grass girls, so everyone must think twice before surgery, weigh all the pros and cons before making a decision.
There are also many rumors about liposuction, mainly focusing on the following problems:
1. As long as you are fat, you can do liposuction?
No!
People undergoing liposuction surgery must be within 30% of the weight range, while the skin elasticity is good, there is no excessive slack and too many wrinkles.
In general, adolescents over the age of 60 and who are not physically mature, as well as people with underlying medical conditions, are not allowed to have liposuction surgery.
2. Will I lose weight after liposuction?
Compared to muscle, the density of fat is very small, and even though it looks like a large bottle of fat has been extracted after surgery, it is actually very light in weight. Therefore, there will be no significant decrease in body weight after liposuction, but there will be a significant change in body shape after liposuction.
(The picture shows the fat extracted from liposuction)
3. The more liposuction you draw, the faster you lose weight?
Some girls who desperately want to be thin like to be greedy when they are liposuction, thinking that the more they smoke, the faster they will lose weight. But liposuction is not pumping and needs to be controlled within a reasonable range.
The amount of liposuction should be determined by its own situation, and for local anesthesia patients, liposuction of more than 3000 ml is already unsafe [3]. Because as the amount of liposuction increases, the risk of surgery is relatively increased, and the requirements for the surgeon's surgical technique, anesthesia level and surgical equipment are higher.
4. Will the skin sag after liposuction?
Experienced doctors for different fat accumulation, different age groups of patients, the use of different surgical methods, for the skin is relatively loose patients, to deep fat aspiration, try not to suck shallow fat, or only with fine needles for limited suction, can effectively prevent the aggravation of skin laxity.
Girls can't hide from the topic of body shape, and liposuction is a weight loss method that many people have joked about or seriously considered. But surgery is surgery after all.
Therefore, Zhimei suggested that everyone should still lose weight rationally, as long as health is more important than anything!
Review expert: Wang Tao | Attending physician of the Department of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery of the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University
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