Surgery

Sorcha Dorcha

Listen, I am not a fat person but from the age of 27 to now (30) probably down to myself I have slowly developed a pear shaped figure- holding weight in the upper thighs/arse/hip region. I am considering plastic surgery. Can anyone indicate to me results they have had perhaps the names of clinics they found good/bad. Do results last? I get that lifestyle afterwards is important after but once a person is prone to putting weight on in an area, does one easily gain weight there?? As in once a person has had weight in an area does it reoccur gain weight there v easily again? As in, there is no point spending 3000 if it back to square one after 12months!! Thinking out loud here, but any advice experiences, help of information would be greatly appreciated!!!!!

corkgsxr

No one is prone to weight. If you consume more than you use you'll gain weight.

No matter how much exercise you do if you eat wrong or too much it's pointless.

You need to figure what your doing wrong. If not you'll get the surgery and slowly gain it back

Sorcha Dorcha

Thank you for that..... Well, there are people that have parents that are heavy, like I have friends and they have parents that are overweight and they unfortunately are overweight also.....what is your experience in this area?? Do you know anyone that have had surgery? You are right though I need to figure out my eating pattern..... I can't seem to master it...

cython

Sorcha Dorcha wrote: »

Thank you for that..... Well, there are people that have parents that are heavy, like I have friends and they have parents that are overweight and they unfortunately are overweight also.....what is your experience in this area?? Do you know anyone that have had surgery? You are right though I need to figure out my eating pattern..... I can't seem to master it...

While I don't know the people you are speaking about, and I have no direct experience relating to the questions you ask RE surgery, when you consider the balance of nature vs nurture, is it not also plausible that these friends of yours "learned" bad eating (or indeed exercise) habits from their parents, and are now perpetuating that issue based on this? While there may be some merit to the idea that genetics has an effect on metabolism I am not aware of much or any definitive proof of that being a bigger contributor than learned habits as I mention above.

December2012

I don't know much about surgery. Have you spoke with a really good personal trainer yet? Get as much information as possible.

Terrontress

There would be no sense of achievement with surgery. Get yourself exercising and eating right and when the weight comes off, you'll feel like a million dollars.

kylith

If you don't address the lifestyle that led to the weight creeping up then you will be back to square 1 in short order. You don't say how overweight you have gotten but I'd recommend addressing it with diet and exercise before going for expensive surgery. Cycling and swimming are great for bums and hips.

castaway_lady

Like the other poster said without addressing the underlying causeS of getting overweight you probably would go back to square one post surgery. And remember that surgery carries with it risks including risk to your life. If that kind of surgery didnt come with compulsory counselling Id be running a mile.

Try the likes of Motivation Weight Management to address the underlying psychology. They have a very good reputation.

spurious

I think really the only useful plastic surgery would be AFTER you lose any excess weight and only if it leaves you with sagging skin. At 30 though, unless you lose a huge amount of weight very quickly, I don't think the sagging skin should be an issue.

intheclouds

Terrontress wrote: »

There would be no sense of achievement with surgery.

I never really understand this, if there existed a surgery that could magically make me lose X lb, then who cares if there was a sense of achievement? People don't lose weight to get a sense of achievement. I'd be delighted to pay for a surgery that returned my body to its late teens shape and size!

Unfortunately there is no surgery for being overweight. There is liposuction, but that's just targeted fat removal for areas where it's difficult to shift stubborn bits and you'd be told to diet off the excess weight before being considered suitable for such.

As far as being prone to weight, well that's from overeating. Will you put weight on in the same places after its gone? Yes, if you continue to overeat.

Sorcha Dorcha

Has anyone, had surgery not breast augmentation but liposuction, fat tranfer of thigh/bum lifts here with a clinic in Ireland. If so, what was there experience??? Anyone out there?

Yep, I agree I mean if a person was super-happy with the results of their procedure really that whole sense of achievement thing would be out the window.

I am not over-weight at all. Again most of my body is quite slim, but it is just in this area: bum/upper thighs that I am holding weight and cant seem to shift it. Diet doesnt effect it, I just it would just prohibit further weight gain there I reckon. But ok, fair enough about the over-eating thing. Although I am slim, in recent years for some reason i have got into really unhealthy over-eating/stress/comfort eating patterns. That is something I will have to get to the root of if I do want to go down a surgery route so I dont pay thousands for surgery and just put all the weight back on in the "problem" areas due to over-eating.

If anyone could share with me some surgery experiences from Ireland. It would be greatly appreciated!! Any forth-coming??!

Stheno

Given what you've posted about poor eating habits and a complete lack of reference to exercise, surgery will be a waste of money for you.

What height and weight are you?

Stheno

Sorcha Dorcha wrote: »

Thank you for that..... Well, there are people that have parents that are heavy, like I have friends and they have parents that are overweight and they unfortunately are overweight also.....what is your experience in this area?? Do you know anyone that have had surgery? You are right though I need to figure out my eating pattern..... I can't seem to master it...

My mother is grossly overweight, I'm five foot eight and weigh 60 kgs, she is approx five foot five and weighs over 100kg.

My father was very slim

Diet and exercise are key here imo. As well you are born with a certain body type where you will be prone to put on weight in one particular area.

IvyTheTerrible

Surgery will be of no use if you don't address your diet/exercise. If you keep the habits you have now, what's to stop you putting weight on again after spending thousands on surgery?

sullivlo

Just echoing everyone else. You can't escape a bad diet. Exercise only accounts for a small portion of your calorie balance in a week.

I'm fairly fit. I cycle ~100km a week. I go to spin classes. I walk / jog. I did all of this whilst maintaining an unhealthy diet and didn't lose weight.

As soon as I watched my diet more carefully, I was back to weight loss again.

You should contact a DECENT personal trainer for advice. They can advise what exercises can help for specific regions of the body, and what foods could be avoided.

Milly33

Don't have any experience I am afraid.... One thing springs to mind though have you ever thought of massage?

AvyStreet

I think the 'problem areas' thing is to some extent related to not using those muscles. Thats partly the reason why the general population has more trouble with fat abdominal and pelvis/love handle regions.
Situps and abdominal exercise aren't really a part of casual day to day life for most of us.
If its a local procedure I say dive in. General anesthetic, I'd be very reluctant.

Keep in mind you'll probably have to do some kind of exercises 'downstairs' afterwards to keep a consistent shape. So you'll probably end up shopping for one of these. If its what your heart wants go for it. Good luck.

sullivlo

AvyStreet wrote: »

I think the 'problem areas' thing is to some extent related to not using those muscles. Thats partly the reason why the general population has more trouble with fat abdominal and pelvis/love handle regions.
Situps and abdominal exercise aren't really a part of casual day to day life for most of us.
If its a local procedure I say dive in. General anesthetic, I'd be very reluctant.

Keep in mind you'll probably have to do some kind of exercises 'downstairs' afterwards to keep a consistent shape. So you'll probably end up shopping for one of these. If its what your heart wants go for it. Good luck.

The OP has said that there is an issue with diet. No point in having surgery if you're just going to go back to old habits. Using surgery as a shortcut to working out (for the problem areas as a pose to gastric bands for morbidly obese people), is just wrong IMO. Nothing a bit of hard work and discipline can't fix.

I stick with the original recommendation of a decent personal trainer and watching what is eaten. Two years ago I lost 7 stone through diet & exercise. I haven't lost any weight since, however I went down two dress sizes by toning. Yes it's been tough, but it feels better knowing I've worked hard. I still have a way to go, but it's a marathon not a sprint.

AvyStreet

AvyStreet wrote: »

I think the 'problem areas' thing is to some extent related to not using those muscles. Thats partly the reason why the general population has more trouble with fat abdominal and pelvis/love handle regions.
Situps and abdominal exercise aren't really a part of casual day to day life for most of us.
If its a local procedure I say dive in. General anesthetic, I'd be very reluctant.

Keep in mind you'll probably have to do some kind of exercises 'downstairs' afterwards to keep a consistent shape. So you'll probably end up shopping for one of these. If its what your heart wants go for it. Good luck.

Just out of interest heres Louis Theroux getting liposuction for his documentary. Looks like it took about 45 minutes start to finish, edited down to 5 mins on screen.

Surgery begins @27 min.