Liposuction Expectations
Liposuction is an operation that evokes many false predictions and expectations in most of the patients. What should my liposuction expectations be, you may ask yourself. First of all, realistic expectations about the procedure depend on the overall health condition of the patient.
The patient must have realistic liposuction expectations: the weight loss from liposuction will not exceed 10-20 Ib. Another realistic liposuction expectation includes the cellulite loss: although it may be smoothened, it will not disappear. Diets are another point of interest. Too harsh diets may be harmful to the body after the operation: they will hamper the recovery. But patients should be in good health, which means that they should keep to a healthy diet, avoiding fat foods. Regular exercise pre-determines the success of the operation and the after-effects (nutritional deficiencies or electrolite imbalance) ,which follow postoperatively.
The patients’ liposuction expectations should be largely influenced by the rational point of view of the physician. The surgeon should keep eye on the patient’s private life and work, so that they will not suffer due to the operation. Many people expect too much from the operation: they expect it to change their lives. When this doesn’t happen, they are likely to fall into great depression. It is the surgeon’s duty to lead the patients out of their false liposuction expectations.
Another danger that false liposuction expectations put into people’s lives, is that after the liposuction the patient starts eating less. This is the case for only several weeks or months after the operation. But if the patient continues consciously diminishing his or her daily meals, that would be fatal for the health. Liposuction does not stop the hunger and the natural human appetite: it can only slightly reduce the food intake, but only for a couple of weeks. Going on with the harsh diet can have fatal consequences for the body. There is a described effect of the liposuction: that after the operation the breasts of female patients increase. This is a hopeful liposuction expectation, although you shouldn’t fully rely on it: it may, or it may not, happen.
Some patients , suffering from other illnesses, believe that tumescent liposuction can prevent the sharpening of their condition. This liposuction expectation is true to a large extent: tumescent liposuction does help patients suffering from lipoma removal, Madelung disease, axillary hyperhidrosis, evacuation of hematomas, pseudogynecomastia. Morbidly obese patients have improvement in their condition, due to tumescent liposuction as well. But megaliposuction is not at all preferable: it may have lethal end for the obese patient, due to the fluid shifts. These liposuction expectations are not overestimated, by far they have turned to be true.
Liposuction is above all a supplement operation: it does not heal obesity, it can only reduce areas, where fitness and exercise cannot have beneficial effect. The body areas affected by liposuction, include the abdomen, the upper arms, the flanks, the chin and neck area, the thighs. Before taking on any false liposuction expectations, the patient should consult with a doctor, who will thoroughly explore his or her anamnesis. Medical history, medication intake, prior operative interventions and their results, medication allergies, also full history of all diseases should be carefully examined. The patient should not be given exaggerated liposuction expectations, especially if he or she has vascular problems, bleeding illnesses and weak limphatic system. Full explanation of the operation itself, the health threatening factors should be given to the patient-to-be, so that he or she retains their common sense and estimate the situation lucidly. The insertion marks, which the operation will inevitably leave, should be carefully planned so that they are not seen.