Does the Cap of 5 Liters of Fluids Removed During Smartlipo Include All Fluids or Just Fat?

reagarding the max amount of fat that can be taken out at one time during a smartlipo procedure: Is the standard 5 liters of fat or 5 liters of fat including other fluids?

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4 Doctor Answers | Asked by Swilliams987 in Roseville, CA

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SmartLipo

Usually, this means 5 liters of aspirate, total fluid removed, blood, fat, infiltration fluid. Some stretch this and only refer to “fat” aspirate. Five liters is a large amount of total aspirate and is a good risk profile to take.

Fat removal with liposuction

Usually most plastic surgeon will limit the amount of fat removal to 5 liters during a single procedure. This does not include the fluid amount. This is related to safety recommendations from our society.

Steven Wallach, MD

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Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

This is my limit for just the fat excluding the supernatant.

Five liters may be a random number, however it has proven to be safe for most cases of liposuction. If a person conditions themselves for liposuction through proper nutrition and exercise, it would rarely be necessary to consider removing more fat than this. Liposuction is not a substitute for weight loss.