Would you consider liposuction to lose those pesky pounds?

CH (MAJ) William Beaver — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 08:29:50 -0400

If you sweat the height/weight or tape tests, no matter how hard you try to lose weight, what do you do? Would you consider liposuction to finish off the fat? Have you? Any feedback?

Response by CW3 Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 4 at 2015 8:31 AM

CW3 Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 08:31:19 -0400

Can't say that I would. Maybe I am just stuck in my ways, but I think diet and exercise would be a better option.

Response by SCPO David Lockwood made Aug 4 at 2015 8:39 AM

SCPO David Lockwood — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 08:39:01 -0400

No way! That's the lazy way!

Response by SrA Daniel Hunter made Aug 4 at 2015 8:47 AM

SrA Daniel Hunter — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 08:47:00 -0400

Wouldn't it be cheaper to change the tape they measure me with? ;)

Response by Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS made Aug 4 at 2015 9:31 AM

Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 09:31:44 -0400

If I had a troop that had worked his butt off, had lost a ton of weight, and was in standards, and MAINTAINING, and was considering elective surgery to remove "excess" skin, I'd support that.

That said, I have a hard time saying I wouldn't support a troop who wasn't "trying." It's when they aren't trying, that's when we have a problem. You know the ones who are working on it, and the one's who aren't.

The guy who blows out a knee and blows up 20lbs in a month because you can't eat like that anymore, while you're on the mend, and that just spirals out of control. We know that guy. The guy who just never cared... we know that guy too.

Response by CW4 Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 4 at 2015 4:55 PM

CW4 Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 16:55:23 -0400

Only if there was a legit medical reason as to why I couldn't exercise and shed the wait.

Response by CMSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 4 at 2015 5:05 PM

CMSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 17:05:06 -0400

I am with the masses, I think no. I believe that exercise and diet can sort the pesky pounds before a surgical option.

And, now here is a pic for motivation. Lol.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 29 at 2015 2:27 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 14:27:04 -0500

This is hilarious. Go ahead and pay the money for it and once it's gone go back to being a slob. It will come right back!!! Diet and exercise are best.

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Aug 10 at 2019 5:10 AM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Sat, 10 Aug 2019 05:10:10 -0400

Having given considerable thought to the obvious bariatric procedures like a lap band, which has numerous fibrosis complications, eventually reaches a point of diminishing returns, and is far more difficult to reverse than initially apparent, and a gastric sleeve procedure, which entails having 80% of one's stomach amputated, though I utterly discount a full roux-en-ya gastric bypass as way too radical, with far too much possibility of adhesions, which one of our family friends did, in fact, have, as a result, that aspect has certainly occurred to me...at the same time, while I'd done seven yrs of post-doc allied health residency before my total perm disability, I assisted with numerous of them, as part of my surgical enrichment training, I assure you...as procedures, they're by no means wholly benign, by any stretch of imagination, from all I've either read and/or been told, as well as being extremely painful to have heal, combined with, depending on the skill of the plastic and/or general surgeon involved, exceptionally dangerous, depending on the exact level of brown fat removed (and trust me, I've actually watched it being done, in an OR, more than once, I assure all of you. watching it is most definitely NOT for the faint of heart), there's also the need to have an abdominoplasty done to try to remove excess disternded abdominal skin, aside from the actual lipo procedure, itself...that being said, I can assure all of you, also, that, whenever one surgically tries to alter healthy tissue, however, annoying, and/or inconvenient, as well as physically unappealing, there are always going to be, inevitably, negative consequences accruing as a result...the same is true for LASIKand/or radial keratotomy in ophthalmology (though I gather the latter is now apparently passe, as well as pretty much wholly outdated, I've only known one who'd actually had it done), I've seen elective procedures of every sort conceivable to try to alter the body for either cosmetic, and/or other practical reasons, and all of them, all, have their inherent limitations, downsides, and/or drawbacks, I can assure all of you...those are my thoughts, at any rate...my wife and I needed to have our cataracts done, mine having been accelerated due to steroid treatment for almost constant pneumonia I've had, with associated cardiac stuff, which, at the same time, caused me to have lost all my hair...I mean, certainly, I dream of having a massive hair transplant to fix it, however, at some $20000-$40000 to do it, that appeal rather rapidly fades into the land of sheer practicality...I suppose I could cite other examples...in our cases, I had congenital Fuch's dystrophy, making the cataracts absolutely needed in my case, due to constant pain from epiphora (constant tearing due to corneal blstering) and drying out (called sicca, that's the clinical term for it), while my wife needed hers done due to her being long-term Type-II insulin diabetic...not that either of us were esp thrilled, certainly, however, in such cases, those types of procedures was obv way less radical than a full-body lipo, I can assure all of you...those are my thoughts, such as they are, at any rate, if any of you might care to chat about them, I'd certainly be most eager to know any thoughts of all of you, by all means, whenever convenient, many thanks....