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Physical exertion will help patients who have undergone liposuction to protect themselves from the return of removed fat stores. This is the conclusion of Brazilian researchers.
Liposuction will remain one of the most popular cosmetic operations in the world, allowing to achieve instantaneous effect in the fight against excess weight. Alas, often after some time after the procedure, fat is returned to the place, or appears in other parts of the body, which makes patients even less healthy than before the operation.
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism published a study of scientists from the University of Sao Paolo in Brazil, who attracted 36 healthy women aged 20 to 35 years to the experiment. All participants had normal weight and regularly practiced sports for six months before the start of the study.
Then they in the interests of medicine allowed to conduct liposuction and remove from their skin a certain amount of fat (up to 2 kg). After the first four months, half of the women's body fat reserves were restored, and the amount of internal fat, covering different organs, even increased by 10%. This indicator is more dangerous for human health than the level of subcutaneous fat.
It turned out that all these women voluntarily (without any pressure from the scientists) sharply reduced the amount of physical activity immediately after liposuction. According to researchers, this was the reason for the collection of fat. And in the second half no addition was observed, as the women continued to play sports. Thus, physical exertion is the key factor in maintaining the desired weight after liposuction.
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