Health & Fitness

Liposculpture

Health & Fitness

Posted by: helleva

31st Jan 2011 09:11am

Has anyone had liposculpture done on them? Did you get the results and were you able to maintain your figure after?


Comments 8

ClairLouise
  • 4th Jul 2011 05:05pm

I had a tummy tuck about 10 years ago after having 2 children and being left with a bit of an 'apron'. I was told by the surgeon beforehand that she would do some liposuction in addition to the tuck. I did a bit of research first and found out that the fat cells will often just find somewhere else to go. I thought that I would still go ahead with the surgery (as the main part was the tuck and not the liposuction), and hopefully this would not happen to me if I kept fit and watched my diet. Not long after, I developed a fat back around the bra line. I had never experienced this before, so I think it was like a sort of swap. Fat around the abdomen swapped for fat around the back.

Charley
  • 16th Feb 2011 06:34am

Hi everyone,
I'm considering purchasing a Pengu handheld personal LipoLaser.
Has anyone heard of these and do you know of any results?
It is supposed to drain fat cells. The laser breaks down the fat cells so the water etc can then disperse within the body as normal.

JPH
  • 23rd Jun 2011 09:27am
Hi Aquajac. Thank you for your reply. I purchased it through an online nz sales company. I used it as directed. It did not give me any results. I have since returned the item and received a full...

Glad you got your money back, good luck with the diet/exercise regime - I've found after nearlt 30 years of trying every fad going, only less calories and exercise work, it's just a long slog.

Charley
  • 23rd Jun 2011 07:53am
I worked for a company that sold these ( late night TV shoppers) complete rubbish, nothing can melt fat cells except exercise and diet.

Hi Aquajac. Thank you for your reply. I purchased it through an online nz sales company. I used it as directed. It did not give me any results. I have since returned the item and received a full refund. Sometimes we're desperate enough to try anything aye lol. Hence I am still at the gym. Results from that and lowering the amount of food I shove into my mouth are great! Would love to be able to afford a tummy tuck though. Excess skin from children. No amount of diet or exercise will remove that I'm afraid.

JPH
  • 16th Jun 2011 11:01am
Hi everyone,
I'm considering purchasing a Pengu handheld personal LipoLaser.
Has anyone heard of these and do you know of any results?
It is supposed to drain fat cells. The laser...

I worked for a company that sold these ( late night TV shoppers) complete rubbish, nothing can melt fat cells except exercise and diet.

JPH
  • 16th Feb 2011 06:10am

Yes, I had trouble shifting the last few kilos after dropping from 81 kgs to 74kgs. ( Height 178cm), so was not overweight just frustrated I could not shift to my goal weight after 12 months. Went to clinic in Chatswood.Cost about $3000 - did tummy, thighs, butt and back - they took about 3.5kgs in fat out and I lost a further 3kgs over about a month once the fluid retention/pain/brusing & swelling subsided.
Things they don't tell you: It hurts a lot for about 5 days, I have a usually high threshold for pain, but this was pretty bad nonetheless.It's really messy and you leak a lot of fluid out of the entire area for about 2 days, and when you in so much pain it makes it very hard to keep clean and you have to keep changing dressing/clothes/bedding all the time - I'd lay on plastic sheeting next time, save heaps of hassle and washing. You defintiely need to have someone taking care of you for 48-72hrs.You can't get out of bed, leave the house or work - you keep weeping profuse amounts of fluid.
Weight control: I didn't have a bad diet or was overweight before, just a bit flabby in parts after a couple of years sedentary lifestyle.I evetually got to 70kgs about 12 months after my weightloss journey began, that was 2004 - it is now 2011 and I weigh 74kgs - you do put the weight back on, I have got to 76.5kgs and had to diet hard to lose it.It is not a fix it all.I don't recommend it in the long term.
My sister and sister-in-law were all considering having it done ( they are both significantly overweight) but the pain I experienced and the eventual regain only put them off - they knew they could not cope with it or be able to change their lifestyle permanently.
It's not what it's cracked up to be on Extreme Makeover shows at all.

TimsGirl
  • 15th Feb 2011 11:25pm

I haven't but I am very interestedin people's replies. Where did you get it done and how much was it?

Kaye
  • 15th Feb 2011 11:22pm

Yes had mine 3 yrs ago dropped from 66 kilos to 54 kilos and still keeping it off not changed foods a lot still enjoy a wine or three my advice is find a surgeon you feel comfortable with and ask heaps of questions and make sure you ask to see his before and after work photos.

My advice go for it the fews days of pain are well and truely worth it!

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