How to Decide if Liposuction Is Right for You

Liposuction - the surgical removal of fat deposits - can greatly enhance your physical appearance (if you're not significantly overweight.) Since it's a surgical procedure, liposuction carries many of the same risks associated with similar types of surgeries.

Things You'll Need

• Exercise Equipments For The Home
• Free Weights Set

Instructions

1. Pick the area you'd like to improve - upper arms, belly, buttocks, thighs, knees. Then go to Surgery.com, click on "The Body Space" and see what plastic surgery contouring can offer.

2. Understand that the best candidates for liposuction are already at their normal weight and have firm skin.

3. Accept that liposuction will help remove pockets of excess fat in certain areas of your body, but won't successfully reshape your body if you have hanging skin or large folds of flab.

4. Be sure you're healthy, emotionally stable and realistic in your expectations of what liposuction can do for you.

5. Consider that the firmer and more elastic your skin, the more successful your post-liposuction look.

6. Realize that age is not a major factor, although older patients may not achieve the same results as younger patients who have tighter skin.

7. Accept that liposuction doesn't improve cellulite; it just removes the fat deposits underneath the cellulite.

8. Evaluate your financial resources. Liposuction procedures begin at $1500 and climb much higher. Liposuction isn't covered by most health insurance policies.

Tips & Warnings

• Most plastic surgeons permit patients to pay for liposuction on a payment plan with monthly interest.

• If you're considering liposuction and are overweight, consult with your doctor about begining a regular exercise program to tone up and lose weight prior to surgery. This will give you better results.

• Remember that liposuction can be risky if you have medical problems like diabetes or heart or lung disease.

• This information is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice or treatment. Consult with your primary care physician before visiting a plastic surgeon.