FIRST the good news: liposuction is a safe way of removing substantial quantities of fat. Now the bad: it won’t benefit health in the same way as losing fat through dieting and exercise.
Losing weight usually brings a host of benefits, including lower blood pressure, lower risk of adult-onset diabetes and reduction of cholesterol, which can clog arteries. But a study of 15 women by Samuel Klein’s team at the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, Missouri, shows that abdominal liposuction does not have the same benefits. “Despite removing large amounts of subcutaneous fat – about 20 per…
