LIPOSUCTION

A popular shortcut to a leaner body, might turn into a shortcut to a leaner paycheck, loss of rank or a career-ender for Airmen. The cosmetic procedure is not an acceptable solution to trimming inches or weight to meet physical requirements for the Air Force Fitness Program. (Illustration by Sammie W. King)

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LIPOSUCTION CAN BE DEADLY

Published Oct. 7, 2012
By Retired Col. Joe Panza
Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.

MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. -- I read with interest your article on "Liposuction" in the Summer 2012 issue of Torch ("The Alert Consumer," page 7). Your message is right on. Several years ago, the wife of an Army lieutenant colonel, who was attending Air War College at the time, had liposuction performed and died from an infection just days after the procedure.