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Can I fly 5 days after facial fat transfer?

browneyedApr 30, 2014
Can I fly 5 days after fat graft to my cheeks, forehead, temples, under eyes, and chin? The total flying time is 19 hours which includes two flights plus 5 hour transit. Is there a risk of blood clots? And will flying negatively affect my fat survival rates (pressure changes etc)? Thank you.

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Earl Stephenson, Jr., MD, DDS, MBA

Smoking constricts the existing blood vessel leading to less blood flow. This does not provide the best environment for transferred fat to survive. Earl Stephenson Jr, MD, DDS, DACS 

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David Shifrin, MD

Your desires can be safely accomplished with fat grafting to your hips. Cost is dependent on operating room time and surgery complexity. Visit with a few plastic surgeons to educate yourself and find a staff your comfortable with.good luck

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Samir Shureih, MD

Fat grafting is technique dependent. We know some of the fat will absorb and results in loss of volume.That is why we should tell patients who want fat grafting that it may take more than one session to achieve the results needed.  Young people seems to retain more of the injected fat. How...

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Jeffrey K. Scott, MD

There are no well done scientific studies that show PRP can tighten skin or improve wrinkles. I would recommend you save your money for other more effective procedures. Remember, if it is too good to be true it usually is.

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Matthew H. Steele, MD

Thank you for your question.  I would advise strongly against any cosmetic surgery at 15 years of age.  Your body is still maturing and changing/growing.  Once your body is stable  and you are at more mature age (at least 18), then you can consider fat transfer and...

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William B. Rosenblatt, MD

What would you do if you developed breast cancer in your butt. You would be a very unhappy lady. No one I know grafts fat from you  breasts and puts it into your butt. We use other fat. Any good board certified plastic surgeon would not graft breast fat.

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