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How Much Time Should I Wait Between Lipo Procedures? (Photos)
how much time should I wait between lipo procedures. Day 1 would be 4000cc on i/n thighs, hips, u/l abs, back, knees, and arms. I am 199 lbs 5'7 curvy and think I will need another 2-3K cc to get the hour glass figure I am looking for (175 lbs)I was told 4 days, 6 weeks, 3 mths, I am confused. Which is it. Surgery 1 is Oct 5, 2011.
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Staged liposuction, safety and timing between surgeries
The timing between any two surgeries will be dependent on how long it takes your body to recover. The larger the first surgery, the more areas treated, and the greater the blood loss, the longer the recovery. I believe a safe time is 3 months and repeat lab work should be done to confirm optimum health is restored. The patients themselves can be there own best advocate. Don 't do the repeat surgery until you feel yourself again and fully restored.
I would not do repeat...
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Time between liposuction procedures
I recommend that patients wait between 3 to 6 months between procedures. It's important to ascertain that all the seeking has dissipated. Also, in elective surgery, you should give body a rest between anesthesia sessions. Then you can critically evaluate what needs to be done in the second procedure or even if this is necessary.
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Timing between liposuction procedures
The answer to your question is fairly straightforward but the problem is expecting liposuction of any type to give you a particular shape you are looking for such as an "hour glass figure". Liposuction only reduces the thickness of the fat layer between and the muscle from an exces to a normal thickness. Your insides, bone, muscle, and skin structure are not affected and are major determinants of your shape.
The confusion over staging has to do with physical recovery...
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Staging Liposuction Procedures
I believe that staging large volume liposuction procedures is the safest weigh to achieve optimal result. It is very important that the procedure is done in an accredited facility with meticulous monitoring and probably an overnight stay. I would perform 4-5 liters of liposuction at the initial procedure and treat each are to completion. I would then wait 3 months to allow your body's physiology to return to normal and for significant swelling resolution to better...
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Questions on staged liposuction
There appears to be several issues here which are of concern including potential expectations or results. Yes, you can have an improved contour but what you may be expecting could be different.
Regarding the liposuction, if you are having the same areas re-suctioned, my recommendation would be to wait between 3 and 6 months before proceeding. I would be very concerned for a number of reasons regarding a physician who would only wait 4 days. There would be far too much swelling and...
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Waiting between liposuction procedures.
While 199 lbs and 5'7" is still a fairly high BMI, you m ay want to focus on diet and exercise first to lower your weight. In general, liposuction is for contouring and for stubborn areas. The ASPS recommends no more than 5L of fat removed in one session, You probably should wait 3-4 months between to heal and for most of the swelling to subside before going on to do more.
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How long to wait between Lipo procedures.
If you plan on having the same areas operated on again, it would be best to wait at least three months for the swelling to subside. Prior to that time you will not have a clear picture of what is fat and how much of it is swelling. This will give your body also plenty to time to recover from the first operation.
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Multiple Liposuction andTiming
When any type of liposuction is performed, your body reacts in the same manner. First, there is rapid swelling, maybe some bruising, and or course, some tenderness. Most of the swelling goes away in the first few weeks but the remaining swelling and skin shrinkage will take months to completely settle which is why you should consider waiting three months or more before proceeding with your second stage of liposuction. This applies no matter what type of anesthesia you...
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When should I stage liposuction?
I recommend waiting 3 months in between procedures. This allows for some of the swelling to diminish, allowing for more accurate planning. It also is important to decrease general anesthesia risks such as blood clots by spacing the procedures adequately. If you are having general anesthesia and such a large volume liposuction (4000-5000cc is large volume), you are approaching a scenario when it is recommended that you are monitored overnight and not just sent...
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Doing 3 lipos to cover all the areas is appropriate.
I would break the liposuctions into 3 procedures a week apart if done under local tumescent anesthesia. If done under general anesthesia then a few months apart is better since you will probably need touch ups in the previous areas and enough time will have gone by to be able to fix them. I would do inner, outer and front thighs, knees and buttocks in 1 procedure; upper and lower abdomen and hips in a 2nd procedure; and midback, axillae and arms in a 3rd procedure....
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Good to wait a couple of months between liposuction procedures
I would recommend that you wait at least a couple of months between liposuction procedures to give your body time to heal and to replenish whatever blood you may have lost from each procedure.
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Repeat Lipo
I would advise waiting three months and you will know exactly what results were produced with your first surgery. It is absurd to suggest this surgery again in four days and I would run away from he surgeon who suggested this. Six weeks is a bit early also
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