I recommend a complete physical exam and a review of your general health and all medications, herbs and supplements that you are taking. You also need to be a good candidate for the procedure. An experience liposuction surgeon will have a preoperative checklist to make sure that you are safely prepared to have the procedure.
1. Avoid a doc who still uses general anesthesia or laser liposuction although there are some that can still do a decent job but why take the risk. 2. Avoid meds or supplements that thin the blood such as aspirin, advil, aleve or vit e etc...for a week.. Let your doc know all your meds and past medical history. 3. Avoid cheap liposuctions. Unfortunately, you get what you pay for. Sincerely, David Hansen,MD