I had liposuction with fat transfer to my hips and my bum 5weeks ago. I have some areas of flatness so my doctor reccomend cupping/vaccum therapy to those areas. However my post- op therapists advised against it. What should I do? I trust my doctor but I'm worried now.
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Arian Mowlavi, MD, FACS (license on probation) says:
You are an excellent candidate for a Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL). The optimal BBL outcomes are achieved with: 1) use of VASER liposuction to harvest the fat, 2) a closed looped system such as Puregraft to process the fat, and 3) strategic micro-packet transplant technique. These three processes...
K. Roxanne Grawe, MD (license permanently revoked) says:
Thank you for your question! Yes, for any surgical procedure it's required that all body jewelry is removed. During surgery, electrocautery is used to minimize bleeding. When electrocautery is used, electricity can travel to any metal on the body. If jewelry is left in place when electrocautery...
It can be done under control of surgeon's hand; while one hand is injecting fat the other hand is constantly controlling position of the tip of cannula. Other method is intraoperative ultrasound imaging where assistant runs US device in front of cannula and surgeon visualize plan where to ...