Is 58 too old for lipo 360 and BBL? I have mild RA and high cholesterol when not managed

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I will be 58 in January. I have high cholesterol and mild RA. I suffer from anxiety and I have small knots in my leg that my dr day is tissue. Would I be a good candidate?

Jason Emer, MD · Answer

youd need a formal evaluation and medical clearance but no 58 shouldn't be too old if you are healthy. consider peptide management and antiaging medicine.

my whole practice is doing lipoabdominoplasty, or at least liposuction with internal heating (which is not the gold standard for skin tightening with body contouring).

the smaller you are before liposuction the more contouring you can get from the procedure. most of my liposuction patients get pre and post surgical optimization with hormonal therapy (see link to help boost their weight loss before surgery and help them heal after).

You need a formal evaluation by an expert in body shaping and contouring to determine what is best.  Traditional liposuction awake and smart liposuction are old methods and do very poorly for tightening skin or significant skin tightening or contouring.  Small problem areas can be improved slightly by these methods.  The best in body contouring not only removes fat with energy devices like VASER ultrasound but also internally heat the skin with radio-frequency devices such as J PLASMA/RENUVION, InMode BodyTite, ThermiRF to heat the under surface of the skin and tighten it at the same time as fat removal. These combinations are called 4D HIDEF VASER contouring and can only be done by a well . trained body contouring specialist. At the same time fat should be harvested, PRP and stem cells added and injected into muscles or indentations/cellulite to get body shaping and contouring.  This is known as a Brazilian butt lift when you inject the fat to the buttock for contouring and lifting, but fat can also be used in areas such as the chest/breast, arms/shoulders, calves and face.  Cellulite should also be treated with cellfina, sculptra, subcision and/or fillers such as bellafill, renuva synthetic fat, or sculptra.  If skin is very loose before surgery then it will need to be removed such as lower abdominal skin (tummy tuck/abdominoplasty), breast skin (breast lift), arm skin (brachioplasty).  Overall you need a full assessment, but simple liposuction alone will not tighten skin and needs a combination of various methods -- fat removal, skin tightening, defining, fat grafting, skin removal -- to get the best in body contouring and body sculpting.  Dr. Emer.

Emmanuel Mallol Cotes, MD · Answer

Thank you for your question. There is not a specific age, but first, for safety reasons, to be a good candidate for the procedures you want at the same time, your labs and  cardiovascular preoperative evaluation must be optimal.

Kind Regards,
Dr. Emmanuel Mallol Cotes.-

Daniel Barrett, MD · Answer

Dear tresss 58,
as long as your health conditions are under control, you might be a candidate for a surgery. If you are considering a surgery, I would suggest you to consult a board-certified plastic surgeon. 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

Gary M. Horndeski, MD · Answer

I recommend you see an internal medicine doctor and get cleared for surgery.  Explain that you will be under 2-3 hours of general anesthesia.  However, age is not a contra-indication for surgery.

Best Wishes,

Gary Horndeski, M.D.

Mats Hagstrom, MD (license on probation) · Answer

Generally the best candidates for the BBL tend to be young women with tight skin who are moderately overweight.

Starting around age 40 peoples skin elasticity starts breaking down and people become less or candidates for both Liposuction and fat transfer procedures.

There are other numerous variables that determine if someone is a candidate or not. Without pictures we cannot make an assessment.

Your age is not in your favor for being a good candidate but if everything else is fine then you may potentially be a candidate for this procedure.

In reality if you people are ideal or perfect candidates. It’s typically being somewhere on the spectrum.

During a high-quality in person consultation appropriate before and after pictures should be shown demonstrating the type of results each individual could expect based on their own individual candidacy.

Best,

Mats Hagstrom MD

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