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Anything Besides Fillers to Treat Small Area of Uneven Liposuction?

asked 1 year ago by bitlumpy in Seattle
Latest answer by Otto Joseph Placik, MD
Question viewed 142 times
Tags: abdomen, divot, revision

I had standard lipo last November, all around my middle. I'm happy with most of it, but I had one lumpy area where there was extra fat. I had a correction in March, but it overcompensated, and now there's a 1x2in depressed "divot" area lacking fat. My surgeon won't operate again, and only suggests using fillers for the rest of my life. I tried Restylane once, it was was weird, hard, and unnatural-looking. Might any of the "non surgical lipo" things help even out the small area more permanently?

4 answers to Anything Besides Fillers to Treat Small Area of Uneven Liposuction?

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Divots caused by excessive liposuction

IF there is a deficit of fat, I would consider fat grafting injections. This may take more than one session to obtain a optlmal fat graft take.
Otto Joseph Placik, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon
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Correcting an over correction of liposuction.

A photo would help me better understand the extent of the problem.  The off the shelf fillers are all temporary.  I would recommend fat grafting the area as the best means of getting a permanent correction.  Realize that the procedure may need to be done several times to get enough "take" of the fat to fill out the depression.  This is because not all the fat placed in an area survives.  Expect improvement but not perfection.
Jeffrey M. Darrow, MD

Boston Plastic Surgeon
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Overcorrection of liposuction

It sounds like the secondary procedure that you had over corrected the contour asymmetry.  I would not use filler to fill in the deficit, I would consider fat injections instead.
Steven Wallach, MD

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon
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Liposuction

Small areas of depression can be repaired using your own fat:  fat grafting.  a photograph would demonstrated better.
Shahin Javaheri, MD

San Francisco Plastic Surgeon

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