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Liposuction is similar to body sculpting.
It is used to remove fat from the chin, neck, cheeks, upper arms and above the breasts, abdomen, buttocks, hips, thighs, knees, calves and ankles by suctioning away the fat with a vacuum. More than 234,000 women had this procedure in 1999. It's a treatment for removing fat from areas that haven't responded to diet or exercise. Doing too much in one area, or doing too many areas at once, can lead to severe trauma, accumulation of fluids and injury to the skin. Other serious complications include infection and major fluid loss, which can lead to shock.