Areas for lipo? Hips, lower abdomen? (Photo)

Hi, thank you for sharing your question. You are a good candidate for 360 Liposuction. This will treat the abdomen, flanks and back to improve your overall shape and contour.

We could achieve an excellent result with a Vaser liposculpture to give your body a good shape and lipoinjection in the hips and buttocks for a better contour. With this I would obtain a flat abdomen, buttocks with good projection and a good shape.

Thank you for your question. Based on your pictures you appear to be good candidate for abdomen, laterals, waist, love-handles, inner thighs and outer thighs liposuction areas. I would suggest to be treated by board certified plastic surgeon with experience in this procedure, to get the best desired results.

Respectfully,
Dr. Emmanuel Mallol Cotes.-

Thank you for your question and pictures. I would recommend you a liposuction and BBL for betters results. If you're willing to travel, Surgeons in the Dominican Republic have experience and very high standard of excellence when it comes to plastic surgery. I'm positive you can get what you're looking for

Dear texasgirl86,
it is hard to tell for sure without an examination. Based on your photo, it looks like you would benefit from liposuction. If you are considering surgery, I would suggest you consult a board-certified plastic surgeon. Only after a thorough examination, you will get more information and recommendations.
Daniel Barrett, MD
Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery
Member, American Society of Plastic Surgery
Member, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Liposuction is designed to remove stubborn fat pockets to help enhance body contours. You want to focus on areas that concern you. From your photo it appears you may enjoy these benefits with liposuction to the hips, lower abs, and outer thighs. I encourage you to visit with a board certified plastic surgeon for a consultation. If you are in the Houston area we welcome you to visit us!

Hi dear
We recommend 360 lipo (back, waist and the entire abdominal area) to achieve a better silhouette and if it is in your tastes and needs, use the fat from the lipo for your buttocks and hips.
If you're willing to travel, Surgeons in the Dominican Republic have experience and very high standard of excellence when it comes to plastic surgery.

I would suggest meeting with a board certified plastic surgeon, being examined, and discussing your options in those areas.

Based on your picture you may benefit from lipo of your love handles, and stomach with highlighting of the abdominal muscles. Depending on your side and back profile, certain other procedures may be required.The Gold Standard for superior liposuction results requires use of the advanced technology of ultrasound-assisted VASER liposuction. As an official trainer of VASER liposuction, I perform full body liposuction cases every week. VASER liposuction has been the only modality that has consistently resulted in outstanding liposuction outcomes. VASER liposuction ensures a smooth contour regardless of degree of excess fat by virtue of being able to remove any and all remaining fat comprehensively and uniformly. If skin redundancy is observed, Renuvion technology can be simultaneously applied to tighten your skin to optimize your overall contour outcome. A Skype or FaceTime consultation with a VASER specialist will help you get an accurate recommendation and pricing.

Respectfully,
Arian Mowlavi MD, FACS
Realself 100 Hall of Fame Inductee

Personally I view the torso as a single anatomic unit and try to treat the entire torso if I’m going to do liposuction of the abdomen.

I do not like doing spot treatment of the torso because it leaves people with an unnatural fat distribution with obvious transition zones from treated to untreated area.

Treated areas have a different appearance and only treating the “problem areas” is a implicistic approach that doesn’t look good.

A full torso includes upper abdomen, lower abdomen, love handles/hips down to the top of the hip dip, waist, full back and under arms.
If indicated I would also include pubic area and lower back.

My approach to doing body contouring comes from having done over 8000 liposuction procedures with the last 10 years of work being devoted exclusively to doing only liposuction and fat transfer procedures.

By far the most important variable is choosing the most experienced and talented provider. that’s trumps all other decisions when it comes to Liposuction.

The type of equipment is irrelevant in comparison to who does the procedure.

Delivering consistent high-quality Liposuction results is more difficult than most people believe including plastic surgeons.

Being a board certified plastic surgeon with overall good reputation is insufficient to guarantee someone has mastered this procedure.

To find the most experienced provider I suggest having multiple in person consultations.

During consultations ask each provider to show the entire collection of abdominal liposuction before and after pictures.

Seeing a handful of pre-selected pictures which most likely represent the best results of the providers career is insufficient to get a clear understanding of what the average results look like in the hands of each provider.

Ask to see examples of the best results, average results unless than results. ask especially to see as many before and after pictures as possible of patients who have similar body characteristics to your own.

And experienced plastic surgeon should have no difficulty showing you 50 or more sets up before and after pictures.

Highly experienced surgeons will have hundreds or thousands of before and after pictures to choose from.

Discuss in detail what areas were included with treatment and look critically at every area treated including transition zones between treated and untreated areas.

Look critically for areas of technical imperfection such as streaks, dents, divits or uneven skin texture.

One looking at before and after pictures look at results critically and every aspect of the body that was treated with Liposuction looking for technical imperfections or evidence of less than ideal outcomes.

Those who have mastered this procedure should be able to deliver flawless results consistently.

Finally, I recommend patients read all the reviews on various physician review websites avoiding providers for any significant number of justified negative reviews.

The absence of justified negative reviews is more important and more telling than an abundance of positive reviews.

If possible avoid virtual consultations.

When in doubt schedule more consultations.

Find the right plastic surgeon and everything falls into place.

Liposuction results are permanent and irreversible. if done poorly patients can be left disfigured.

Best,

Mats Hagstrom MD