Will Additional Liposuction Ruin Already Poor Thigh Lift Results?

asked 2 years ago by KGIRL71 in Houston
Latest answer by Christopher L. Hess, MD
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Tags: knees, thighs, excess, loose, results, revision, skin

I am 16 days post op from what was supposed to have been full body lipo with massive debulking of my thighs and inner thigh lift with short scar. I am very upset with the outcome of my surgery.

I was told it would be a 6+ hour surgery. It wound up only being three hours and with only light liposuction to portions of my leg. My Dr has said it was not the optimum result and has now scheduled me for revision liposuction for this Friday for which he is going to lipo thighs and knees again.

He claims this is not going to affect the thigh lift; however, how is that possible? Wont liposuctioning the rear of my thighs (which are horrible and need it) and re liposuctioning the front and inner thigh to get more out actually worsen or mess up the thigh lift and require fixing of that as well?Wont it just become more loose with the loss of more fat?

I can still grab a large handful of fat on each of the front of my thighs and there is still massive dimpling of my legs with marked excess skin still remaining in the inner thigh. I can still pull up skin in my inner thigh and cant understand why they werent pulled tighter. It honestly doesn’t look like I have had a thigh lift. For $11,000 it appear to be a waste of money. Sorry for all of the questions, I am just really in need of help and advice.

6 answers to Will Additional Liposuction Ruin Already Poor Thigh Lift Results?

Unacceptable Outcome After Lipo and Thigh Lift

I would love to say I've never heard of this before. But the more I answer questions for RealSelf.com the more I realize how many hack surgeons there are. I'm not sure if they get in over their heads or just don't care but clearly you need to steer clear of this surgeon. Every surgery must be planned once the decision to have surgery is made. I literally rehearse, in my head, every patent's surgery several times, even taking into account possible deviations. So my guess is you surgeon... more

Christopher L. Hess, MD
Fairfax Plastic Surgeon

Redo Body Lipo and Lifts

WAIT, you are only 16 days post op, you are still swallen and that will interfer with proper judgement on how much to take and do. You need to wait till all the swelling and healing is finished then reassess. You need a BOARD CERTIFIED PLASTIC SURGEON with experience to reevaluate your results. If the first Dr. could not deliver the first time in all aspects then how is he going to deliver the second time. The more procedure the more difficult the repair is going to be Pictures will help... more

Samir Shureih, MD
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon

Early results of lipo and thigh lift

I'm sorry that you're not happy with your experience and your results. I would caution you not to judge the results of your surgery so soon. Without examining you or seeing photos of you I can't really offer any advice about your case specifically, but I can tell you that you're in the very early stages of healing. You're still quite swollen and will reduce in size significantly over time. I would reserve judgement for about three months. You may also want to wait to have any revisional... more

Adam Rubinstein, MD
Miami Plastic Surgeon

Secondary Liposuction 2 weeks after

Before embarking on another surgery, I would make sure that you have a clear understanding of what is planned as well as goals for the procedure. IF you do not feel comfortable, I would not proceed as you could exacerbate your current condition.

Otto Joseph Placik, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Could Liposuction Affect a recently performed Thigh Lift?

I read several of your posts and I really feel for you. But, you and your surgeon (?? real Plastic surgeon (www.plasticsurgery.org) VS another doctor practicing Plastic Surgery) appear to have a huge communication gap in where scars would be placed (other post), what procedures would be done and in what sequence. Depending of the thigh lift method, the quality of your skin and the amount of remaining subcutaneous thigh fat, thigh dimpling is very hard to completely smooth away - but... more

Peter A. Aldea, MD
Memphis Plastic Surgeon

Too early to know Liposuction results

You said that you were only 16 days out of surgery. That is really early and you are still very swollen from any liposuction that was done. Without seeing you myself I cannot say what surgically you need. However, even though you and your surgeon think that the results can be improved, I would recommend that you wait at least three months before doing any revisions. This is because you want the swelling to settle and the thigh lift to heal before re-evaluating what surgically needs to... more

Kari L. Colen, MD
New York Plastic Surgeon

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