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- From: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg)
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: Re: Adiposity 101
- Message-ID: <1993Jan03.131036.23291@omen.UUCP>
- Date: 3 Jan 93 13:10:36 GMT
- Article-I.D.: omen.1993Jan03.131036.23291
- References: <17939@pitt.UUCP> <1993Jan01.012918.4555@omen.UUCP> <1993Jan3.063107.9871@spdcc.com>
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- In article <1993Jan3.063107.9871@spdcc.com> dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan01.012918.4555@omen.UUCP> caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg) writes:
- >>The papers describing surgical fat removal usually report
- >>permanent weight reduction. There have been anecdotal reports
- >>of weight increase after love handle removal, but these may have
- >>involved previous dieting. I am unaware of any reports of
- >>weight rebound caused by fat removal surgery itself - perhaps
- >>Gordon has some documentation he can share with us????????
- >
- >How can you call the surgery described there "love handle removal"?
- >You're removing the steamer trunk, not the handles.
-
- The one report of post liposuction weight gain I've read
- concerned an increase in breast size following, yes, "love
- handle removal". It is possible the breasts atrophied while
- subjects crash dieted in an attempt to rid themselves of their
- love handles; after the liposuction and cessation of crash
- dieting the breasts would return to normal size.
-
- >
- >In any case, I've heard of weight regain after such major surgery.
- >It's not "caused" by this surgery, it's generally caused by massive
- >overeating after the surgery. This is a surprise?
-
- Steve, can you cite some refereed papers in the scientific
- literature, or is this another "tabloid factoid"?
-
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