If I have lipo can I expect to go down 1 to 2 sizes? After suregery would I have to have a drainage tube?
No one can predict what size you will be after liposuction. You should make an appointment with a board certified plastic surgeon and review before and after photos of liposuction patients who are of similar height and weight to you.
Liposuction does not replace weight loss. Liposuction is to improve the shape
You may or may not. No one can guarantee anything. Liposuction is for contouring and not for loosing weight. Your results will be according to how good a candidate you are for the particular procedure. You may get an idea from looking at pictures before and after of someone that looks like you. Make an apt with a board certified plastic surgeon close to you.
Yes of course you can and the draining tubes are necessary to avoid swelling.
It will depend on your body mass index, and in what area of your body you are expecting to have the measurement reduction. In my experience in the waist area, a normal BMI patient can lose 4 to 5 centimeters of the waist, aproximately 2 inches. Reduction of size will lso depend on the amount of fat suctioned, although the liposuction is a reshape procedure. Many surgeons leave soft drains and some suction drains in liposculpture.
Liposuction only deals with the fat that is beneath the skin , so whatever you can pinch and feel. It does not help with weight loss, its a way to get good shape and deal with areas of resistant fat.