This has been bouncing around in my head for a few weeks now since an episode of Rizzoli & Isles. It was about an exploding fat bomb made from the fat that had been liposuctioned from people. Before and after pictures of one of them showed a difference of around 100 pounds in a few weeks. I’m having a hard time deciding if I believe this or not. My thoughts are that it is totally the wishful thinking of a television writer.
So, anyone know if it’s based on fact or if it’s pure fiction?
There’s a bit more in the article on what recommendations might be made for new guidelines.
I also watched that episode. It was completely unrealistic. Liposuction can be used to tone and shape, but it doesn’t actually make people thinner.
Still a fun concept for the writer – especially the part where the fat bomb contains DNA from all the different people.
Just how much fat can a person safely liposuction from their body?
On their own, none. It really should be done by a surgeon. 
A qualified surgeon … not the guy with the “Will liposuction for beer” sign on the street corner.
Unless the person himself is a surgeon. And a masochist.
Another factor is that liposuction can generally only be performed on fat thats above the muscles. For many “skinny fat” lean men with beer bellies all that fat is below the stomach muscles and surrounding the organs. This fat can’t be removed safely via liposuction at all, so in this case there might be very little fat that can safely be removed, much less than 5000 millilitres.
I’ve heard that in some cases of tummy tucks (not liposuction) on obese individuals as much as 30 pounds of tissue can be removed, but that includes skin as well as fat.
If you were a liposuction surgeon and lipo’d multiple people per day for days you would accumulate a lot of fat to make a “fat bomb” with.
NOW you tell me!
Liposuction is a noun. The verb is liposuck