Abstract
Recent cases in our Eating Disorders Clinic suggest that patients diagnosed with bulimia nervosa seeking surgical fat removal may be exhibiting a variant of the purging behavior seen in bulimic patients. These same patients exhibit historical on concurrent abuse of laxatives and/or diuretics or self-induced vomiting in a pathologic attempts to obtain or maintain an idealized body image. This paper presents two case studies that illustrate the bulimic patient's compulsive quest for lipectomy with unrealistic expectations that surgical panacea. Plastic surgeons must be cautioned regarding this potential manifestation of bulimia nervosa and the dangers inherent in colluding with the patient in a pathologic request for surgery. It is important for plastic surgeons to recognize inappropriate use of lipectomy as an alternative to traditional purging behavior in the bulimic patient.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 276-278 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery |
| Volume | 98 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 1996 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Lipoplasty in the bulimic patient. / Willard, Susan G.; McDermott, Barbara E; Woodhouse, L. Marchant.
In: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vol. 98, No. 2, 08.1996, p. 276-278.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AU - Woodhouse, L. Marchant
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N2 - Recent cases in our Eating Disorders Clinic suggest that patients diagnosed with bulimia nervosa seeking surgical fat removal may be exhibiting a variant of the purging behavior seen in bulimic patients. These same patients exhibit historical on concurrent abuse of laxatives and/or diuretics or self-induced vomiting in a pathologic attempts to obtain or maintain an idealized body image. This paper presents two case studies that illustrate the bulimic patient's compulsive quest for lipectomy with unrealistic expectations that surgical panacea. Plastic surgeons must be cautioned regarding this potential manifestation of bulimia nervosa and the dangers inherent in colluding with the patient in a pathologic request for surgery. It is important for plastic surgeons to recognize inappropriate use of lipectomy as an alternative to traditional purging behavior in the bulimic patient.
AB - Recent cases in our Eating Disorders Clinic suggest that patients diagnosed with bulimia nervosa seeking surgical fat removal may be exhibiting a variant of the purging behavior seen in bulimic patients. These same patients exhibit historical on concurrent abuse of laxatives and/or diuretics or self-induced vomiting in a pathologic attempts to obtain or maintain an idealized body image. This paper presents two case studies that illustrate the bulimic patient's compulsive quest for lipectomy with unrealistic expectations that surgical panacea. Plastic surgeons must be cautioned regarding this potential manifestation of bulimia nervosa and the dangers inherent in colluding with the patient in a pathologic request for surgery. It is important for plastic surgeons to recognize inappropriate use of lipectomy as an alternative to traditional purging behavior in the bulimic patient.
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