Do I need to go under the knife to achieve my results or could I do injections & CoolSculpt to achieve my ideal shape? (Photo)

Hi, thank you for sharing your question. While an in person exam is always better, based on your photos, you are a good candidate for 360 Lipo, mini tummy tuck and Brazilian butt lift. This will maximize your shape and improve buttock projection while also removing excess abdominal skin.

Thank you for your question and pictures. I would recommend you 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

Hello @Melissa455 thank you for your question and showing your pictures. The results you want can only be achieve by surgery, a Brazilian Butt lift or lipoinjection is a procedure to improve body contours and thus improve proportionality and from that enhance or highlight your beauty. You can decide to do a localized process to improve only the area, however it is worth taking into account the overall harmony and plan a more complete surgical process. The best course of action is to consult one or several board certified plastic surgeon for more information and options tailored specifically to your needs. Best wishes! Alan Gonzalez MD FACS

Dear Melissa455,
based on your photos, you look like a good candidate for a BBL. Liposuction of your abdomen, back and flanks should give you more curves and hourglass shape and fat transfer to buttocks should give you more projection. I would suggest you to consult a board-certified plastic surgeon because 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

Hi! Thank you for your question.
For the best results to be obtained, fat tissue must be taken from waist, abdomen and back (and may be from thighs) and given to the buttocks to achieve a curved body and round projected buttocks. The abdominal skin can be tightened with mini tummy tuck and narrowed further with rectus muscle repair. This looks to be the perfect combination for your case.

High definition body contouring is special since it takes into account both fat and skin. You will need a combination of these procedures that can be done simultaneously to achieve your wish pick. Please consider a virtual consultation with a high defintion body contouring expert for proper evaluation.

Weight loss patients typically have skin laxity and skin laxity requires skin removal surgery to get successful results. There are no non-surgical options that will give results worth speaking of.

The majority of patients who need a tummy tuck need a full tummy tuck. Most patients will have skin laxity below and above their belly button.

If you’ve not had previous pregnancies i.e. you don’t have children then you could have a skin only tummy tuck without muscle tightening which makes the recovery a whole lot easier. The horror stories of painful recoveries from a full tummy tuck is primarily related to muscle tightening.

To restore volume of your thighs and buttocks fat transfer is an option which is a surgical procedure though it can be done under local anesthesia with mild sedation avoiding general anesthesia.

The following is a list of recommendations for those seeking cosmetic surgery. Perhaps you’ll find these helpful.

Nobody wants to have surgery but some people need them. When it comes to cosmetic procedures when the problem bothers the person enough to have the operation then they’re ready for surgery.

Nonsurgical options will probably leave you with results that can’t be seen and before and after pictures and be a waste of money.

1. I recommend patients avoid traveling long distances for elective surgical procedures. There are of course instances where there is a lack of local talent and traveling to some degree is inevitable. If traveling for the procedure patients should be ready to travel to have the consultation, post operative appointments and follow up should there be issues or complications.
Patients sometimes do not appreciate the importance of in person consultations, that complications do happen or the number of people who have issues with their results or need revisions.

2. Schedule multiple consultations with different providers in your area who seem to have a good reputation for the procedure you’re interested in. Starting with at least five consultations seems like a reasonable number to me.

3. Whenever possible schedule in person consultations.
4. During in person consultations ask each plastic surgeon to show all of their before and after pictures for the procedure you’re interested in.

The goal is not to see the best results of their career but to get an idea of what average results look like and get some type of confirmation of how many of these procedures that provider has performed.

Ask to see results that were not as good as the doctor would’ve hoped for and talk about the differences in outcomes.

Honest and experienced providers should have no problems presenting this type of information.

A highly experienced plastic surgeon should have hundreds of before and after pictures for the procedure you’re interested in. At a minimum at least 20+.

5. Read all the reviews on various physician review websites paying close attention and avoiding providers with any significant number of justified negative reviews. Providers with an abundance of reviews often have aggressive marketing campaigns.

The plastic surgeons I respect most all have the single variable of not having justified negative reviews on their online profiles.
In my opinion justified negative reviews are far more telling than an abundance of positive reviews.

6. Avoid scheduling for surgery or making a deposit on the day of the consultation. Give yourself some time to think about the decision and make sure you finished all scheduled consultations before committing to having surgery that will permanently and irreversibly change your body.

When in doubt slow down and schedule more consultations.

Choosing the right plastic surgeon is the single most important variable to having a positive experience.

7. Don’t go chasing after technology or names of certain equipment. Instead focus all your efforts on finding the most experienced and talented board-certified plastic surgeon.

Best,

Mats Hagstrom, MD