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Liposuction is a popular operation in plastic surgery which removes fat from certain places of the human body (typically abdomen, thighs, buttocks) by liquifying it and removing it through a hollow needle. In some cases, more extreme measures, such as abdominoplasty, may be needed.

An alternative is to liposuction is dieting and exercise. Since these techniques require more effort, some celebrities and other wealthy individuals prefer liposuction as a low-effort alternative. For example, the pop singer Stevie Nicks reportedly had 50 pounds of fat removed in one liposuction session.

Despite dieting efforts, some fat deposits may not respond to an individual's efforts at weight loss. In these cases, liposuction may be the only way to remove the unwanted fat.

Dominican Republic concerns

There has been growing cornern about liposuctions performed in the Dominican Republic. There are at least seven documented cases in which women, lured by the relatively low price of liposuctions in that country, have returned home with a bacterial virus, including a well known case of a Puerto Rican woman who went into a coma after the operation, was flown by air ambulance back home and died within three days of her return.

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External link

• Liposuction from PlasticSurgery.com

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