Can liposuction improve your health by lowering your weight?!

Can liposuction improve your health by lowering your weight?

I am modestly overweight, and like many, have been unable to get rid of the 20+ pounds I would like to through diet and exercise. While liposuction is generally viewed as cosmetic surgery, since it is removing fat, does it have similar health benefits to other forms of fat/weight reduction?

Will liposuction reduce the liklihood of getting heart disease, diabeties, etc.?

A study was actually done on this subject a few years back. Medical researchers know that abdominal fat is an indicator of cardiovascular health (the more you have, the more at risk you are for heart attacks, high cholesterol, diabetes, etc). This in mind, they performed liposuction on a group of people with abdominal fat in order to see if it helped their degree of cardiovascular fitness. Unfortunately, they discovered that the belly fat is just an indicator of cardiovascular unhealthiness, but is not a cause -- there was no change in their health. Also, a good number of people die from liposuction because it is easy to accidentally pierce an organ with the tool they use to suction fat out. I recommend going to a doctor and having them check your thyroid and cortisol levels. It's very possible that you are perfectly healthy at your weight, and a doctor can assess this for you. Best of luck! :)