Wouldn’t the money some people spend on liposuction have been better spent on a personal trainer?

Many people spend thousands of dollars to have their love handles and other bulges sucked out of them. Many cases they are so over weight it does little to improve their appearance it just makes them look fat instead of obese or portly and chubby over fat. Instead of spending all that to get fat sucked out and not changing much would that money have been better spent on a personal trainer who could actually effected change if they were willing to make them?