Will cocaine use ruin my BBL and facial fat grafting?

Not many patients have 3 liters of pure fat available after liposuction. Of the 3 liters, more than half is water (saline), blood and oil. This needs to be strained and is not useful fat for a fat transfer. Therefore, if you have 3 liters of lipoaspirate removed, you may be able to obtain 1...

Ideal candidates are at a stable weight,  in good health , and have excess fat in some parts of the body and too little in other regions.  Gaining weight before the procedure is to no advantage and when you lose weight again the fat cells will shrink just like the donor site fat cells.  ...

You should wait at least 2 weeks before sitting without a support cushion and sleeping on your back. Sitting with no support too soon can harm the newly moved fat cells.

Its good that you have a vision of what you want. It simply needs to be communicated to your plastic surgeon. Bring examples of what you think looks good to your consultation, and be available for digital imaging of pics of you so you can get a good sense of the proposed direction of change...

The "top-heavy" buttocks look often occurs after pressure was prematurely placed on the buttocks. Premature pressure is any pressure placed on the buttocks (sitting or laying) within the first six weeks after BBL surgery. This includes immediately after BBL surgery in the recovery room when ...

 While it is true that fat injections into the deep gluteal blood vessels is hazardous, this complication can be avoided if the surgeon is aware of the pertinent anatomy and exercises good surgical judgement as he or she injects fat into the muscle.  The results are better because...