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Weight Loss > Liposuction

Liposuction, which is discussed the Cosmetic Surgery Section, is not intended to be used as a weight control treatment (although most patients do not exactly complain about this "side-effect").

Removing more than a modest amount of fat in one operation can lead to unusual lumpiness and denting and cause internal fluid-shifts that make the surgery much more risky.

Instead, liposuction is better thought of as a body contouring operation in which selected depots of fat that have not disappeared despite diet and exercise are reshaped by thinning.

Surgery designed specifically for weight loss is known as bariatric surgery and is discussed elsewhere in this Section.