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Liposuction:
Who Is a Bad Candidate?
Contrary
to popular belief, liposuction is not an effective method
of weight loss but instead allows for
the removal of superficial fat that cannot be done away with
by either exercising on a regular basis or dieting. Liposuction
(also called lipoplasty) can be done on a number of areas of
the body including the abdomen, hips, thighs, arms, buttocks
and even the face and neck area. Both women and men choose
to have liposuction although they don’t necessarily have it
done on the same parts of the body. For women it is most often
performed on the arms, abdomen, hips, thighs, and under the
chin. Men most often request it on their flanks (fondly referred
to as love handles) and their abdomen.
Not
everyone, however, is a good candidate for liposuction
surgery. First
of all if you are not a reasonably healthy human being
you may be at a much higher risk for complications resulting
from the surgery. If you’re past medical history is grave and
consists of cardiac arrhythmias, excessive bleeding, disorders
involving seizures, a tendency towards deep vein thrombosis
(otherwise known as blood clot formation in the legs), pulmonary
emboli (or blood clots in the lungs) and immunodeficiency disorders.
Specific
drugs such as aspirins, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory
drugs (abbreviated to NSAIDs), or Coumadin (also called warfarin
which is a drug used for thinning the blood) increase the chance
of bleeding during surgery so anyone currently taking any one
of these drugs would be a very bad candidate for liposuction.
Drugs that inhibit the metabolism of lidocaine can interfere
with the local anesthetic used in the liposuction surgery and
this interaction of drugs can cause any number of health concerns
in the patient. The only way the individual could contemplate
liposuction is to cease taking any of these medications for
a period of at least two weeks before the surgery.
Those are not the only health
considerations that would render
a person a bad candidate for liposuction. Anyone who has edema,
heart disease, hypertension, past heart problems, diabetes
or an infection of any kind should avoid the liposuction procedure.
Not all individuals’ skin is very elastic and has the ability
to sufficiently “bounce back” after surgery. This is definitely
a deciding factor in the decision of whether to have liposuction
or not. The plastic surgeon will be able to determine by examining
the area of your skin where you wish to have the procedure
whether or not it has enough elasticity in it to shrink well
after liposuction. Lack of elasticity equals baggy skin afterwards,
which would not make for a very happy or satisfied patient
in the end.
Generally age is not a serious consideration with liposuction
but patients who are 40 years and over, do not have the tightness
or elasticity of younger patients and loose skin might likely
be the end result. Patients who have stretch marks (from multiple
pregnancies or excessive weight loss) and/or a fair amount
of cellulite also do not make good candidates.
Liposuction is geared towards shaping and resculpting the
body (or at least select parts of it) and as previously mentioned,
is not in any way meant for losing weight or to take the place
of healthy eating and exercise habits. With that reason in
mind it is best undertaken by those of a normal weight or those
slightly overweight (as in 50 pounds above the person’s ideal
body weight). Liposuction is to get rid of localized fat but
unlike a tummy tuck, no skin is removed during the procedure.
Those who adhere to bad eating habits do not engage in regular
exercise and those with unrealistic expectations of liposuction
would not be good candidates at all for this kind of surgery.
If liposuction is done on a person who is deemed a bad candidate
it can lead to serious and /or life threatening complications
for the person. Some of these health risks include blood clots,
damage to internal organs, heart failure, severe loss of blood,
brain or nerve damage, hypothermia, infection or a seizure.
Plastic surgeons will not perform liposuction on patients
any younger than 18 years of age and are required to take an
extensive medical history from each potential patient before
the decision to go ahead with the surgery is made. They do
this to avoid putting the patient’s health at risk. That is
why being healthy for this procedure is so important.
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