My 17 year old daughter is perfectly proportioned from the waist up (plus her buttocks); however her entire life she has had large thighs to the point she consistently has chafing between them. She works out 4+ days a week and eats healthy (or as healthy as a teenager ever eats), but her thighs never diminish in size. She cries herself to sleep most nights and gets so depressed when shopping for clothes that she won't leave her room. Is she too young to consider lipo on thigh?
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August 27, 2012
Answer: Teenage Liposuction Is An Option Worth Considering
Non surgical fat reduction and skin tightening ( both of this happens with liposuction) can be achieved with many machines. Each of these may use a different technology. Cool sculpting ( cryolipolysis) , Ultrashape power (Ultrasound), Exillis Ultra ( USG and Radio frequency), Sculp...
In HIV patients, I use disposable equipment so that these instruments are only used once. This adds to the cost, but, if the patient is otherwise healthy, liposuction can be performed. Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA
Yes, you are correct. Bruising would be very unusual 4 1/2 months following any surgery unless you are on a blood thinner and/ or these are new bruises. The discoloration most likely is hemosiderine deposits which have deposited under your skin following resolution of the bruise. The good...