Liposuction: Q&A
Ask a QuestionSmall Area Liposuction?
Ive always had a little "pooch" under my bellybutton. I've gone for a couple consultations to use lipo to remove this small spot that I just cant get with any sort of exercise! At both of the consultations the consultation specialist (I havent seen any doctors)seemed to try to meet their "3 area minimum" by saying I would also need to get my upper abs (I cant even pinch any fat in this area) and my "love handles" which I personally like my "hourglass" figure. Maybe I'm going to the wrong places?
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PugetSoundGal
in seattle, wa
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If the Plastic Surgeon does not do your Liposuction Consultation personally, LEAVE!
You are going to the absolute wrong places. Good doctors see 100% of their patients in consultation and do not have marketing sales people out there trying to push a bunch of nonsense you do not want or need. BEWARD OF HYPE ARTISTS AND PUSHY SALES. THIS IS DISGUSINNG IN MEDICINE AND SHOULD NOT EVER EVER BE TOLERATED BY PATIENTS. BE ASSERTIVE. SEEK A SURGEON BOARDED BY THE AMERICAN BOARD OF PLASTIC SURGERY AND GET A CONSULTATION. SEE SEVERAL...
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Liposuction and localized fat
We tailor all operations to the patient's needs. In your case, if you have isolated fat deposits only on your lower abdomen, then you can simply address that specific area. Your situation is not common though. Most patients benefit from a circumferential approach to an affected area.
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Liposuction in the lower abdomen
I think it is fine to target the area in the lower abdomen that is bothersome to you with liposuction. And if you only want that area done, it will not be "in balance" with the rest of your torso and potentially could leave you with an "unnatural" appearance and more changes of contour irregularities. To use an analogy, just like when someone get the rims on our car polished, we dont typically just do one, we do them as a set. Using this analogy in...
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Meet directly with a plastic surgeon for a consultation.
You should make an appointment and meet with a board certified plastic surgeon. In my practice, I do not have a "three area minimum" for liposuction. If you want one area reduced, that is what you should pay for and get.
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Lower Abdominal Liposuction To Remove Pooch
The value of a consultation is that you learn what experts think can or should be done. However, if it is not done personally by the plastic surgeon who would be doing the actual surgery then I would move on. While it is true that the most worthwhile approach may be all three areas done at the same time, in the end it is your body and your decision if you only want one area treated. It is perfectly appropriate to perform liposuction on just your lower abdomen to remove the...
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Liposuction, you deserve a consultation with a physician
If the physician is too busy to do a consultation with you and has an RN or PA (physician assistant) meet with you prior to surgery without meeting the surgeon, then you should go elsewhere. your photographs do demonstrate some benefit to be achieved by liposuction of the upper abdomen and love handles. if you don't have the upper abdomen done, it may hang over the bellybutton when the lower abdomen heals. This creates a "sad smile" shape and you will probably return...
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Small area liposuction?
I would be wary of going with surgeons who apparently can't be bothered to do their own consultations.
If you came to see me I would most likely ask you whether you could lose 6 to 8 pounds.
You have a lovely figure and it seems to me that you really don't need an operation.
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Over-Selling Liposuction
Regarding: "Small Area Liposuction?
Ive always had a little "pooch" under my bellybutton. I've gone for a couple consultations to use lipo to remove this small spot that I just cant get with any sort of exercise! At both of the consultations the consultation specialist (I havent seen any doctors)seemed to try to meet their "3 area minimum" by saying I would also need to get my upper abs (I cant even pinch any fat in this area) and my "love...
more
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Liposuction of lower abdomen
I appreciate what you are saying, but if you only do the lower abdomen, then if you put on weight, the upper abdomen will look funny. I have seen this in quite a few patients that were referred to me after having just the procedure you want done by other surgeons.
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Liposuction of just one area works fine.
Hi.
I don't know where you are going if you haven't seen a doctor. Of course you should just have liposuction of your lower abdomen.
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