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Cannula Lines, Hard Spots, and Discoloration Post-Smart Lipo

asked 3 years ago by janet b. in South Haven Michigan
Latest answer by David Shafer, MD
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Tags: wrinkles, discoloration

I had Smart Lipo done in October on my upper arms and chin. I now have cannula lines under my chin, so I have traded one problem for another, and now I'm going to have to try to find a procedure to remove them. My doctor did not mention that this would be a side effect.

Now, my arms are another problem. I am having these hard spots that the doctor states some patients get, so he is injecting them with a steroid and it is helping. I also have discoloration and wrinkling due to this and was wondering if it will ever go away. My doctor did not see me until 5 weeks after the surgery and I think he knows that was a mistake so is seeing me for free for the shots. He also gave me Botox in the neck to remove the cannula lines and that didn't work.What should I expect at this point?

2 answers to Cannula Lines, Hard Spots, and Discoloration Post-Smart Lipo

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Complications after Smartlipo

Once again, please, please, please have your surgery done by a highly trained, board certified plastic surgeon with extensive experience in liposuction.  Steroids and Botox are not a treatment for what you describe.  Without pictures, it is impossible to give you specific advice.  However, I would suspect that you may need either fat grafting or even need a neck lift to smooth out the skin.  Good luck.
David Shafer, MD

New York Plastic Surgeon

www.ShaferPlasticSurgery.com

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Sounds like something is wrong here: see another MD

SmartLipo is just a procedure and it takes skill to do it right along with the liposuctioning part of it. If it isn't done right, you can have serious consequences. While I can't say if your procedure was done correctly or incorrectly, these side effects sound quite unusual and probably merit a second opinion rather than going back to the same physician. I can say that in 12 years of performing liposuction and a year of SmartLipo I haven't ever had a situation that sounds like this. On... more
Joel Schlessinger, MD

Omaha Dermatologist

www.LovelySkin.com

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