Liposuction Experience Shared by a Breast Surgery Specialist!

"Do plastic surgery specialists undergo liposuction themselves?"

This is something many people looking for a clinic wonder about at least once.

'Do medical professionals undergo surgery themselves?'

'If they understand the effects better than anyone, why did they choose to have it done?'

In reality, medical professionals may also undergo surgery themselves when they have personal concerns they want to address.

This time, Director Bae Jin-hye of 맘스외과성형외과 will discuss the important considerations in body contouring through her personal experience with arm and back liposuction.

Can liposuction create the body shape you want?

The director says that she had been concerned about having thick-looking arms since she was young.

Although she had a relatively small face, her torso and arms looked thick, so she underwent arm liposuction.

After surgery, her arm contours were clearly more defined and slimmer than before, but she says they did not change as dramatically as she had expected.

The reason is simple.

Fat can be reduced, but the skeletal and muscular structure cannot be changed.

Through this experience, she says that she personally realized that body contouring has limits that each individual cannot overcome.

Body contouring is not about creating something new; it is a process of revealing the contours you already have.

Many people think that liposuction can create the body shape they want from scratch.

In reality, however, body contouring is somewhat different.

The four factors that should be considered most important are:

• Your natural skeletal structure

• Muscle shape

• The distribution of fat

• Skin elasticity

In other words, the key is how naturally the contours your body already has can be revealed.

Therefore, removing as much fat as possible is not necessarily the best surgery. Finding contours that suit each individual is what leads to good results.

So what is checked first during a consultation?

When consulting about arm liposuction, the director says she first reviews the patient's natural arm thickness with them.

"This is about how much will remain even after surgery."

She explains this standard first.

Through this process, the consultation helps establish realistic expectations for the post-surgical appearance, reduce excessive expectations, and increase satisfaction.

She also underwent back liposuction herself.

As she got older, her skin elasticity decreased and excess fat accumulated on her back.

This made her self-conscious when wearing workout clothes, and she felt uncomfortable when wearing underwear, increasing the inconvenience in her daily life.

After surgery, she says that her back contours became more defined, her clothes fit and looked better, and the feeling of tightness was greatly reduced.

However, one thing remained unchanged.

That was skin elasticity.

Fat can be removed, but skin elasticity is a separate issue.

Unlike the breasts, the back is an area where it is difficult to perform surgery that excises and tightens the skin at the same time.

Therefore, even after fat is removed, some skin texture or sagging may remain if the skin was already significantly loose.

The director says that she was satisfied with the results because she understood these aspects thoroughly before undergoing surgery.

She emphasized that good surgery is not about changing everything, but about clearly understanding and recognizing what can and cannot change.

What can be achieved through surgery and what is difficult to change are clearly different.

In body contouring, it is important to distinguish between what is possible and what is difficult to achieve.

What surgery can improve

• Reduced fat volume

• More defined contours

• Improved balance of the body shape

• Reduced sense of heaviness

• Changes in how clothing fits and looks

What is difficult to change through surgery alone

• Natural skeletal structure

• Muscle structure

• Skin elasticity

• Inborn body shape

Therefore, liposuction is less a "surgery that creates a new body" than a procedure that naturally refines the body shape you already have.

What changed after the medical professional underwent surgery herself

The director says that experiencing surgery firsthand helped her understand her patients' feelings much better.

What especially stayed with her were:

• The tension of lying on the operating table

• The ongoing worries on the day before surgery

• The discomfort felt during recovery

Thanks to these experiences, she says that she can now explain from the patient's perspective not merely by saying, "It's okay," but by describing what they may actually feel and what the process involves.

The key points about liposuction shared by the medical professional

The director emphasized three points.

• ✔ Body contouring is about revealing the body's structure, not creating a new one.

• ✔ There are things that surgery can change and things it cannot.

• ✔ There comes an age when gravity is more persuasive than appearance.

Liposuction is not simply a procedure to remove a large amount of fat. It is a process of creating balanced contours while considering your individual body shape and skeletal structure.

This firsthand account from a medical professional can be seen as an example of why realistic expectations and realistic consultations are more important than dramatic changes.

We hope today's article was helpful to those considering surgery.