The Cost of Liposuction

Considering liposuction? All fat removed during the procedure returns within a year. Save your money; invest in a personal trainer instead.
Daydreaming of the day you’ll be able to afford liposuction? Save your pennies or spend them on a personal trainer instead. A new study in the journal Obesity shows that all of the fat lost during liposuction returns a year later — and gets redistributed in different areas of the body.
For the study, a group of healthy, bottom-heavy women received liposuction on their thighs and lower abdomen. Another group, which served as the control, did not receive the procedure. Throughout the course of the study, all participants agreed not to alter their lifestyle habits. One year after surgery, all of the lost body fat had come back. While the thighs remained thin, the fat relocated to the arms and upper abdominal area. The body works to maintain its fat stores by replenishing what’s been lost. But the procedure may cause too much trauma for the cells to regenerate where they were removed.
If you don’t mind trading in one flabby body part for another, liposuction may still be for you. But if you want to be svelte from head to toe, my advice is to stick with your fitness routine.