What is liposuction best for treating?

Liposuction is best for those patients who are at their usual weight and have an area or bulge that is out of proportion with the rest of their body.  

For example:

• A good candidate would be a 5 feet 3 inch 160 lb. woman, who has been stable at that weight for a few years, but has a disproportionately large saddle bag or lateral thigh area.  She would be ideal to contour that area so that she can achieve a smoother transition from her hips to her thighs. 

• Or a 6-feet-tall male who is 180 pounds with a more protuberant belly.  He would be ideal to contour that abdomen so he feels that he doesn’t have to purchase a larger sized T-shirt to cover up that bulge, when the rest of him is generally evenly distributed.

Liposuction is not a weight loss solution but a means to provide a more pleasing silhouette and contour to the body.  It would be unrealistic to go from a size 6 to a size 4, but if the waist is bulgier that the hips, than this may help contour those bulges.

Hope this helps.

Dr. Sofie