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I have a lot of patients who smoke marijuana, and I have them stop before surgery and after surgery for at least 6 weeks. You do not want to compromise your result. Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA
Hi thanks for the question. ANY smoking: cigarettes, cigars, pot, etc... is extremely harmful to you, especially during and after surgery. The fat cells need oxygen to survive and smoking depletes your blood's ability to transport oxygen. You don't want to go through the time, cost, recovery and risks of surgery to have a less than great result. eat healthy, take a multivitamin before surgery, and do not smoke! best to you.
Smoking either marijuana or cigarettes can decrease the oxygen delivery to newly grafted fat cells and can impair wound healing and make you prone to infections, so do not compromise your results and stop smoking for at least one month after your surgery.
Lumps after Brazilian buttlift could represent fat necrosis. Given that you are 2 weeks after surgery, painful lumps need an evaluation. Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA
Hypothyroidism that is controlled will not pose an additional risk or impact the success of your Brazilian buttlift. Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA
You will likely not have an issue, but bloodwork can be drawn prior to surgery determine hemoglobin levels if there is a concern. Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA
Although I have been fortunate not to have such an occurrence, I think that there is a possibility of this happening and is likely not technique dependent. Sometimes less than optimal outcomes happen to good patients and good surgeons alike. I would continue to follow...
Cost factors vary significantly for a number of good reasons: Prices vary greatly because the surgery itself encompasses a wide range of techniques that can be performed to different extents. My recommendation is to first find the most qualified surgeons where you want the surgery ...
After having performed this procedure hundreds and hundreds of times, you see patients all along the range of human anatomy. I would say that there are a lot of variables that factor into the result. Unless your skin has been affected by burn, trauma, previous...
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