Does Fat Enter the Bloodstream After Laser Liposuction?

asked 3 years ago by anon
Latest answer by York Jay Yates, MD
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If not, where does it go? How do surgeons even know?

6 answers to Does Fat Enter the Bloodstream After Laser Liposuction?

It does not

After laser lipo your surgeon need to remove the melted fat. There are some non-board certified doctors that do not have enough experience with regular liposuction and do not remove fat post laser lipo.Please check the certification of your surgeon and make sure that your doctor is board certified plastic surgeon. If your doctor does not offer regular liposuction, tummy tuck and only offer laser lipo,then beware. Do your home work and get more than one consultation. If the melted fat is not... more

Kamran Khoobehi, MD
New Orleans Plastic Surgeon

Excreted? deposits in blood vessels? causes cancer?

I have looked into this and have not found an adequate answer to this question. It may be that the fat and fat by-products are all excreted from the liver/ kidneys never to be heard from again. Hopefully this is the case. Other possibilities include the possibility of fat/ cholesterol byproducts depositing in the blood vessels causing premature vascular or heart disease. Additionally, it is well known that over cooked fat in BBQ leads to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon creation which is... more

York Jay Yates, MD
Salt Lake City Plastic Surgeon

Yes, a small amount of fat usually does

Hello, Fat disrupted by both tumescent and other forms of liposuction in a very small way enters the blood stream. This can vary in its extent. Fat embolism (fat travelling via the bloodstream) is a very rare cause of problems leading many surgeons to recommending limitations in the amount of liposuction performed in one sitting. WIth that being said in several hundred cases, I have never seen this embolized fat cause a problem in my patients. Perhaps the amount that gets to the... more

John P. Di Saia, MD
Orange Plastic Surgeon

Laser Lipo

Leaving the fat behind has unknown consequences. What happens to it nobody knows. Most believe it goes to the liver and kidneys to get filtered out but this isnt a great concept medically. Liposuction has in its name the word suction...as in to suck out the unwanted fat. Dont be fooled into thinking that adding the word laser means it is painless, noninvasive or safer. In fact, pushing a hot laser around blindly in the abdomen can be more dangerous in the wrong hands. So by all means be ce more

Shawn Allen, MD
Boulder Dermatologist

Yes, it can potentially enter the bloodstream

This is a complex answer and may be beyond what you are asking. Laser lipo is supposed to me similar to mesotherapy in that you use the laser as a modality to achieve fat cell destruction. Mesotherapy uses detergent like agents to accomplish the same. In either case, the fat cells rupture and release triglycerides and lipids which are taken up by the bloodstream. The effect of this on your health is unknown. These fats are in molecule form. However, when traditional liposuction is... more

Otto Joseph Placik, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Fat should be removed by a cannula

Fat should not enter the blood stream after laser liposuction or any type of liposuction. The laser energy used should be used only for melting the fat. The second step should be removing the fat from the body by a real cannula.

Hisham Seify, MD, PhD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon

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