I do not recommend patients travel long distances for elective surgical procedures. People do not seem to appreciate the importance of having multiple in person, consultations before scheduling surgery, the number of patients who have significant issues after surgical procedures, that complications actually happen, or the number of people who end up needing revision surgery. Delivering consistent quality, liposuction and fat transfer results is more difficult than most people believe. In order to minimize having negative life long consequences. Patient should be highly selective of choosing providers correctly. Personally, I recommend patients do this by having multiple in person consultations. During each consultation, ask each provider to open up their portfolio and show you their entire collection of before, and after pictures of previous patients with similar body characteristics to your own. An experienced provider should have no difficulty showing it before and after pictures of at least 50 previous patients. There are major differences among providers offering this procedure. If done poorly people can be left disfigured. Poorly done, liposuction and fat transfer are difficult and often not possible to correct. Flying isn’t a thing. Patient should worry about after surgery. What patients should be concerned about is having certainty that they’ve chosen the correct provider and that is best done by having multiple in person consultations which gives you a chance to properly vet each provider. Each provider will have their own recommendations for postoperative care, and when it’s appropriate to travel. If you travel is needed after your procedure, then you should ask your surgeon who should guide you in the decision making. Best, Mats Hagstrom, MD