Smart Lipo for Patients with Uncontrolled Diabetes?

I have just found out that I have diabetes and not taking any medication for it. Can I go ahead with my scheduled Smart Lipo on the abdomen. I am 42 years old, female and obese.

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5 Doctor Answers | Asked by SusanEB in NJ

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Smart Lipo for patients with uncontrolled diabetes

As a Clinical Instructor in Smart Lipo I have personally done a number of chemical diabetics. I require a FULL medical clearance prior to doing these or ant diabetes patients in my practice. Healing can be longer and the infection risks are higher. PS Smart Lipo is NOT for obese patients. BE CAREFUL.

Not a good idea

If you have diabetes and not taking medication,this means that you are border line and have diabetes due to obesity. You need to see a diatetian to control you diabetes and you may have delay healing if your blood sugar is high.

Kamran Khoobehi, MD

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New Orleans Plastic Surgeon

Control your diabetes before considering surgery

Safety is always the priority. You should have your diabetes treated and under control before even considering surgery. Smartlipo is not a treatment for obesity, it is a shaping technique. Vaser and Smartlipo are both good body scultpting procedures that can improve your shape if you are healthy and not too overweight. I recommend seeing your primary care doctor before any surgery.

Please do NOT have this surgery!!

Hi there- I could not agree more than I do with Dr. Aldea.... You are an exceedingly poor candidate for a body contouring procedure in the first place, because you are obese and diabetic... In the second place, it turns out that (in my opinion, and in the opinion of almost all Board Certified Plastic Surgeons) Smart Lipo is NOT so smart... The device uses a LASER to cook your fat. Because it IS a laser, it actually also cooks WHATEVER IT IS POINTED AT. This means that your blood vessels, nerves, more

SmartLipo and Obesity

Liposuction is NOT the appropriate body contouring modality for Obesity. Safe liposuction in an out patient setting is limited to the removal of 5 quarts of fat - no more - in one session. Going over this volume would require at least an overnight hospitalization. SmartLipo is often done under Tumescent anesthesia and is limited to small volume liposuction tolerated in an awake patient. Unlike VASER liposuction which uses ultrasound which breaks up ONLY fat cells, SmartLipo heats and cooks... more