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What Liposuction Actually Does Inside You

Sep 28, 2026
A steel tube goes under your skin and rips your fat cells apart. Liposuction does not melt fat. It tears it loose and vacuums it into a jar. Surgeons first pump liters of salt water into your belly to shrink your blood vessels. Most stop around 5 liters of fat, because more strains your heart. The cells they remove are gone for good. The ones left can still grow. Follow for more of what really happens inside your body.

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