As with all surgical procedures, liposculpture surgery involves some risk. Although your results are likely to be great, you must be prepared that not everything may go to plan, and some serious complications may occur. So do your homework before rushing into it!

Potential Problems after Liposculpture include:

1. Skin dimpling and unevenness. This is particularly with traditional liposuction, where the fat is effectively cored out. If done too superficially, a smooth effect may not be seen.

2. Loose Skin. Skin contractility is of particular concern in tummy and arm liposculpture. If there is inadequate elasticity, the skin will not tighten adequately, resulting in swinging bye bye arms or a hanging apron in the tummy area.

3. Poor Results. As the operation is done with you lying down, the fat position may not correspond to where it lies when you are upright. So although the contours look great on the operating table, it may not be perfect in other body positions. A surgeon’s experience is key here.

4. Abnormal Fat Collections. Should you put on weight in future, the operated areas are less likely to increase in size, and strange pockets of fat may enlarge instead.

5. Local Anaesthetic Toxicity can occur hours after surgery and cause fitting and/or heart rhythm abnormalities.

6. Infection and subsequent scarring.

7. Death. No one ever likes to talk about deaths associated with cosmetic surgery, but liposuction/liposculpture has a small, but finite risk associated with it, from organ puncture, fat embolism, bleeding.