Did Ricarda Raatz have liposuction? Yes — a documented correction

Her verdict afterwards: “Und ich bin unglaublich glücklich mit meiner neuen Figur.”

Why the re-do was needed, she explained with the sentence every lipo patient should hear: “Aber ich habe sehr viel Sport gemacht und trotzdem hat sich an diesen Stellen nicht das verändert.” Sport had done its job everywhere except the zones she wanted changed — so she had them treated surgically. And she was clear about whom the operation was for: “Ich mache sie für mich. Ich muss morgens in den Spiegel schauen und mich selbst schön und wohl in meinem Körper fühlen.” She added that she did not want to be a role model with the surgery — everyone has to decide for themselves what makes them happy.

That is what this article relies on: her own statements in the report. Everything below describes liposuction in general, not her treatment.

Her sentence about training hard while “diese Stellen” stayed the same is the textbook description of diet-resistant fat deposits, which have a different receptor profile than the fat that goes first. For those zones, liposuction is the recognised answer.

Second: results need revision sometimes. Her first liposuction had left uneven spots; the correction evened them out. That is not a scandal — asymmetric healing and residual deposits are known possibilities, and a planned touch-up is part of the realistic picture, exactly the kind of expectation a good consultation sets before the first operation.

Which zones and how much are treated is decided at the consultation — not from a celebrity story.

• Reach a stable weight first: liposuction reshapes, it does not slim.
• Keep your expectations honest: zones that ignore sport are treatable; the whole body is not.
• Bring your operation history if you have had surgery before — corrections are planned around it.
• Plan two to three quiet weeks: compression garment, no sport, patience with the swelling.

Swelling and small bruises dominate the first two weeks; by six weeks the contour is largely visible, and the final result settles over three to six months as the tissue softens. The timeline below shows the usual stages.

More details are on the liposuction page and the page for patients from Berlin.

To be clear: City Medical Centre has no connection with Ricarda Raatz or her treatment. Her words are quoted here only because she chose to talk about her operations openly.