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Treatments to Correct Bad Smart Lipo Results?

I had Smart Lipo done 3 month ago. I had bad infection (Staphylococcus Epidermis) after the procedure. My stomach looks terrible and I can’t understand what happened. Please help.

Asked 35 months ago by ar in staten Island
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A new procedure... and new problems

My practice consists more and more of addressing concerns of patients who have undergone "new procedures" in the past... threadlifts now requiring facelifts and removal of materials... aggressive ab sculpting now requiring revisional liposuction... permanent and semipermanent fillers now requiring removal and replacement with LiveFill... Lifestyle and mini lifts now requiring complex revision facelifts. Now it is treating uneven results and burns from laser liposuction. One thread is more
Brent Moelleken, MD
Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon
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No simple solution

Liposuction results are dependant on the skill and experience of the person doing the procedure and not the equipment that is used. Many physicians are being sold new equipment with lasers and ultrasound and instructed on how to use it by way of video. Many of these equipment purchasers are novices at liposuction. It is no surprise that we are seeing some bad results across the country. The correction of your situation may require more liposuction to fine tune the high areas and may... more
Marcus L. Peterson, MD
Saint George Plastic Surgeon
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Wait until infection is over and revision should follow

Localised lipodystrophy following smart lipo or other liposuction types could be a very disturbing post operative morbidity. Infection, in general, is quite rare following lipo in a healthy individual. Once the infection is completly cleared, you will require a revision of your liposuction (with a regular liposuction technique with smaller diamter cannulas to acheive more symmetry. If you have too much skin excess left behind, an excision could be done at the same time.
Hisham Seify, MD, PhD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
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