I had lipo on my inner and outer thighs. The doc only took 1 liter of fat from each. Is this enough?

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Wich i think its not enough will i feel the results or not excpect the huge differance ???

Vincent N. Zubowicz, MD · Answer

Most of the time liposuction is not a judgment call. The plastic surgeon stops the procedure with no more fat is able to be extracted. In the end however is the appearance not the volume of fat removed that is important.

John A. Millard, MD, FACS · Answer

Great question.  The amount of fat removed for any particular body area is irrelevant.  what is important is the shape that is sculpted at the completion of the fat removal.  In some patients it may take a liter of fat to be removed from each side to give a good result.  For another patient maybe two liters per side and for another patient one-half liter per side.  Everyone is different in this regard.  I suggest looking at your results first and then amount of fat removed a distant second.

Mats Hagstrom, MD (license on probation) · Answer

1 L of fat would be a typical amount to remove from a normal BMI patient.There is no way to say what an appropriate amount of fat to be removed would be without, at minimum, looking at pictures.In the end, it's not the volume amount but the correct amount to get the shape we are trying to achieve.Best of luck,Mats Hagstrom, M.D.

Ashok Govila, FRCS, MCh, MS - Account Suspended · Answer

Hi,Without seeing your pictues how do you expect that the surgery done is enough or not.There are patients from 55 kg to 200 kg .And for 55 kg patinets 1 liter is too much and for 200 kg is too little.Please give us more information aobut you along with pictues and some one will come to you with right sugesstoin.

I had lipo on my inner and outer thighs. The doc only took 1 liter of fat from each. Is this enough?

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Answer: I had lipo on my inner and outer thighs. The doc only took 1 liter of fat from each. Is this enough?

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I had lipo on my inner and outer thighs. The doc only took 1 liter of fat from each. Is this enough?

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Answer: I had lipo on my inner and outer thighs. The doc only took 1 liter of fat from each. Is this enough?

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