Not Sure What to Do for Revision Liposuction after Mixed Consultations?

asked 4 months ago by 7000xo in las vegas
Latest answer by Julio Garcia, MD
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Tags: indentation, lumps, options, revision

I need a 2nd lipo revision on my love handles/lower back cause the 1st revision left me worse than my initial lipo results. many indentations on lower back & unnecessary fat graft not even near holes. 1st doc said fat must have shifted/moved. 2nd doc says fat doesn't do that & he would perform correct fat graft. Who is right? 2nd doc wants to charge me insane amounts! $7K!!! 1st doc doesnt want to perform another fat graft cause hes afraid it will end up worse. just wants to remove fat he put in

6 answers to Not Sure What to Do for Revision Liposuction after Mixed Consultations?

Revision liposuction

I’m sorry to hear about your bad experience with liposuction! While liposuction is considered a “simple” procedure, it has risks that are often underestimated. Contour irregularities (or dents, lumpiness) can occur, and improvement typically requires fat grafting to certain areas, and possibly additional liposuction to others. It really depends on what you look like now, and how long it has been since your last surgery. Sometimes correction of lumps and dents can require... more

Anita Patel, MD
Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon

Repair for liposuction dents

The best way to fix liposuction dents is to avoid them in the fist place. The correction can be time consuming and difficult, to say nothing about the expense. Your surgeon may be the best option if he feels the areas can be smoothed. The second surgeon may be telling you he is not interested. Best of luck, peterejohnsonmd.com

Peter E. Johnson, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Overdone liposuction often cannot be fixed

Liposuction should never be done overly aggressively because the dents and contour irregularities and scar tissues are often not fixable, at least not to your satisfaction. Without photos, we can't really comment more.

Richard P. Rand, MD, FACS
Seattle Plastic Surgeon

Not Sure What to Do for Revision Liposuction after Mixed Consultations?

Firstly, fat does not shift or move. After liposuction if one gains fat, it can be accumulated in fat cells that remain and leave an uneven appearance, but it cannot shift or move. At times the revision surgery is far more complex and has a lesser success rate due to having to work within scar tissue and also injecting fat which is not a perfect science. It seems that seeing someone different than the first might be a good idea though.

Julio Garcia, MD
Las Vegas Plastic Surgeon

lvcosmeticsurgery.com

Revision liposuction

Dents and irregularities can be very difficult to fix. Sometimes fat injectionis performed to raise the depressions, and liposuction is done to treat the under treated areas.