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Can You Get Nerve Damage in Your Stomach from Lipo Dissolve

I had lipo dissolve from December 2006 to May 2007. In August of 2007 I started experiencing stomach distention. This distention is constant, but worse at times. I have had CT scans, endoscopys, a colonoscopy, a breath test, and a ton of blood work, which all came back negative (besides acid reflux).
Could this distention be caused by nerve damage caused by the Lipo Dissolve injections? If not, do you have any idea what can be causing it. I am only 32 and cannot live the rest of my life with this. I need an answer!

Asked 44 months ago by Maggie Weilmuenster
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You deserve to feel better soon!

How disappointing! You pay all that money - get all those little shots - your expectations are high to make your stomach flatter --and you ended up distended! That's just wrong. I'm sorry to near what you are going through. I've thought about your problem, but I have to be honest to say that I can't figure out a solution. And I havent' seen someone with this exact problem before, and finally, as you might imagine, I can't give medical advice to someone that isn't may patient. But, I... more
Steven Teitelbaum, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
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A Shot in the Dark!

I regret to hear your difficulty. As Lipo dissolve is not an FDA approved treatment for unwanted body fat, we do not know if this treatment causes the difficulty you described or not. Ultimately, it is extremely important for you to be under the care of a good internist/gastroenterologist to sort out the complaints you described. As I cannot examine you, it is not possible for me to give you my opinion for your specific problem. I have never been involved with the use of lipo dissolve... more
Julius W. Few, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon
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