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The amount of fat removed in liposuction is called the supranatant fat and does not include the liquid anesthetic component that comes out as well. Your amount seems normal but can v ary dependent on height, man or woman, size of thickness of fat.
This is a reasonable amount to remove in the average sized individual and amounts to just over 1 pound. However, if this is achieved in a 90 lb individual the results will vary dramatically from the same amount in a 250 lb individual.
There is NO "normal" amount volume of fat removal from Abdomen and Love Handles. The amount removed would depend on the average size of a Plastic surgeon's patients. I KNOW that my Plastic surgery colleagues in Beverly Hills 90210 , where everyone is close to perfect figured, routinely suction a lot LESS from their average patient than I suction at 38119 (Memphis, TN). Maybe that is why they have to go to the gym more often than I do... The maximum amount of supernatant fat than can be suctioned in an outpatient setting is 5,000cc. At 1,050cc you are not considered anywhere close to a "large volume" liposuction.
If deemed a candidate, you may be able to treat the outer thighs (saddlebags) with Vaser Liposuction. Vaser is ideal for those seeking improved definition of muscles and contouring. Those who seek increased sculpting of are ideal vaser lipo candidates. Some #areas of the body Vaser is ap...
The lumps and bumps after lipo usually disappear in 6 weeks. Begin massaging the areas after 1 week and start endermologie after 2 weeks. These help speed up the recovery.
Many liposuction patients can benefit from a little weight loss after the procedure. Although liposuction is not for overweight people, many liposuction candidates are a little over their ideal weight. I have observed, after 25 yeras of doing liposuction, that weight loss over the first few...
Although there are dermatologists who are trained in liposuction, only plastic surgeons perform liposuction and other body contouring surgerysuch as abdominoplasty, arm lifts, thigh lifts, etc. To determine which procedure would give you the best result, I as a board certified plastic...
Compression garments type and when applied and for how long varies from plastic surgeon to plastic surgeon and not dependent usually on the type of lipo performed. In my practice, A compression garment placed in surgery immediately after liposuction (steristrip protects the sutures) is...
Liposuction will always be uneven at first. In general you are 50% of the way there at 6 weeks and 80% at 3 months. When large areas are treated with liposuction there is always some degree of fluid retention. Liposuction is really more about how much fat is...
