Indent in stomach from liposuction. Is my only real option a fat transfer? (Photo)

I'm sorry to hear about your experience. It sounds like you've already taken proactive steps to address the issue with BodyFX and Morpheus 8 treatments, but it seems like you're still not satisfied with the results.

Considering the indent and the lack of fat in the affected area, a fat transfer could indeed be a viable option. Fat transfer, also known as fat grafting or fat injection, involves transferring fat from one part of the body to another to improve contour irregularities and add volume.

Before proceeding with any additional treatments, I would recommend consulting with a board-certified vaser surgeon or dermatologist who specializes in body contouring and liposuction revisions. They can evaluate your specific situation, discuss your concerns and goals, and recommend the most suitable treatment options for achieving the desired outcome.

During your consultation, your provider may also explore other potential solutions, such as dermal fillers or surgical revision procedures, depending on the severity and cause of the indent.

It's essential to have a thorough discussion with your healthcare provider to ensure you fully understand your options, potential risks, and expected outcomes before making any decisions.

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Plastic surgery outcomes are generally based on two variables.
The first is patient candidacy, and the second is skill of the provider.
In your case, I believe your outcome is a pure combination of both.
I think youIn your case, I believe you’re outcome is a pure combination of both.
I think you have some abdominal skin laxity from previous pregnancies, and this lessened your candidacy for the procedure.
If you pull on your skin to make it tight You can probably get a better assessment of the true thickness of subcutaneous fat.
I think your treatment was on the aggressive side and because of that revision surgery is unlikely to do much for you.
Fat transfer is unlikely to be productive, because you no longer have tissue to support the grafted fat.
To make an accurate assessment regarding the outcome of any plastic surgery procedure we generally always need to see a complete set of proper before and after pictures.
If you don’t have before, and after pictures and ask your surgeon to forward, the pictures they took.
Without knowing what you look like before the procedure, we can’t assess your candidacy for liposuction, which is going to inevitably determine what kind of results you should’ve expected.
Liposuction potential is highly dependent on patient candidacy.
Even mild skin laxity can lower someone’s candidacy and potential outcome for this procedure.
The appearance of someone’s abdomen is generally dependent on four tissue variables.
Understanding which variables are contributing helps understand which procedure is going to offer the best outcome and potential limitations of treatments that don’t address, primary or secondary variables.
The four variables to determine what the abdomen looks like are abdominal skin laxity typically due to previous pregnancies or weight loss. Excess subcutaneous fat. Muscle separation from previous pregnancy and excess visceral or intra-abdominal fat.
Less aggressive Liposuction may have left your skin, draping your body in a better way, but would also have delivered less benefit.
Sometimes it is a trade-off.
It’s possible that the Liposuction was done leaving you with an uneven fat distribution, but I’m fairly certain that skin laxity is definitely contributing.
To get a quality assessment, I suggest relying on in person second opinion consultations.
For second opinion, consultations comp prepared bringing with you a complete set of proper before and after pictures and copy of your previous operative report.
These are still available from your current providers office if you request them.
Best,
Mats Hagstrom, MD