Are you fed up with choosing what to wear based on how you can hide your flabby upper arms? If so, upper arm liposuction could be the answer for you. Many women who choose this option are worried the fat could return in the future. Have you spent months or years exercising and dieting tirelessly without being able to remove the stubborn fat? If so, you’re probably wondering whether upper arm liposuction is capable of permanently eradicating the problem.
Liposuction Removes Fat Cells
The human body is unable to reduce its fat cell supply naturally. However, liposuction can do just that. Fat cells do not behave in the same way as other cells. After reaching adulthood, the amount of fat cells inside the body stays quite stable. When we lose weight or gain it, that does not happen by subtracting or adding fat cells. Instead, it works by the fat cells we already have getting smaller or larger.
When too many fat cells exist in parts of the body, it is difficult to reduce their number. The neck, thighs, lower stomach, and upper arms are all problem areas. They are hard to reduce with exercise and diet only. If you do lose weight, fat cells all over the body shrink. Only shrinking the fat cells in a problem area is not going to solve your problem. Some parts of the body that you are perfectly happy with all get smaller. Therefore, you could end up with smaller breasts – something that most women don’t appreciate. Overall, your proportions won’t change a lot unless you have outside intervention. That intervention comes in the form of upper arm liposuction.
Will Liposuction Have A Lasting Result?
The results from upper arm liposuction last for a long time. Since it involves manually removing the fat cells, the body doesn’t replace them. The cells have been permanently removed. You won’t accumulate extra fat in your remaining cells if you can maintain a stable weight and live a healthy life.
Some people think if they remove fat cells from one part of the body, they will appear elsewhere. This isn’t true. What is true is that you have to take care to exercise and eat well after you have had liposuction.
If you have upper arm liposuction, you can reduce the bothersome fat zones quite quickly. However, you must be aware it isn’t a form of weight-loss surgery. It also won’t guarantee you won’t gain weight in the future. If you eat too much after your procedure, it is possible for you to gain weight. The areas you have treated won’t regain the bulk they would have had if you hadn’t had liposuction. However, any fat cells that remain will still enlarge if you gain weight. This could easily cancel out the results you have achieved.
Can I Guarantee A Lasting Result?
The best way to ensure your upper arm liposuction has lasting results is to live healthily. An ideal patient for liposuction will be fit and healthy. He or she will also weigh within 5 to 10 pounds of his or her ideal weight. This will ensure the best possible results from the procedure.
Liposuction is a long-lasting procedure. However, that doesn’t mean the results will last forever. There is no procedure that can stop you from aging naturally. Your metabolism will eventually slow down. Your body composition will also change. Eventually, you may need another procedure to get back the result you desire.
Contact ArtLipo today. We’ll help you find out more about upper arm liposuction and discover how we can give you back long-lasting confidence.
Dr. Thomas Su, is the owner and cosmetic surgeon of Artistic Lipo. He has led our full-time clinic specializing in awake-only liposuction since 2007. Dr. Su began his medical career in internal medicine, practicing that until 2005, when he began to provide a full spectrum of non-invasive cosmetic procedures.
