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I appreciate your question.Best to be at a BMI less than 30 or within 10 pounds of your goal weight and stable at that weight for 6 months prior to surgery for optimal results.The best way to assess and give true advice would be an in-person exam.Please see a board-certified plastic surgeon that specializes in aestheticand restorative plastic surgery.Best of luck!Dr. Schwartz
Thank you very much for this interesting and important question.Trying to lose weight before a surgical procedure its a very delicate matter, since in many cases a restrictive diet can cause problems, such as anemia, electrolyte disturbances, decreased protein, etc ... retarding the healing process and damaging the surgery.For these reasons, if your purpose is to lose weight, i recommend you have a BMI less or equal to 30.In this regard, you must to have a support with a nutritionist, so you can achieve the desired goal, in the most healthy way, without incressing complications risks in the plastic surgery to perform.On the other hand, I recommend you yo be treated by a board certified plastic surgeon, with special training in Plastic Surgery After Massive Weight Loss. Therefore, it will use different surgical techniques and special safety measures for ex- obese patients.It's very important to make a preparation weeks or even months before the surgery, advising the patient to take certain measures that helps to have a successful surgery with very good results.You only can perform multiple procedures at the same time if the blood work and pre-op cardiovascular evaluation are in optimal range that allows us to make a safe procedure.Respectfully,Dr. Emmanuel Mallol.-
I think that some weight loss will reduce the probability for complications.Kenneth Hughes, MDBeverly Hills, CA
Hello dear!Thanks for the question and provided information as well.Unfortunately, your BMI needs to be 33 or less, for you to be considered a good candidate for plastic surgery.l recommend you to make an appointment with a board certified plastic surgeon to talk about your goals and the best options for you.Good luck :)
Hey ThereYes you would qualify depending on several things such as your body frame, type, medical problems etc. I would recommend likely losing a little more weight before the surgery as your BMI is high enough that your risk of complications is much higher. Consult with a plastic surgeon in your area for an in person exam to get a better idea of where you need to be to get the look you are looking for.Good Luck
Yes, depending on your own health history, you may qualify for BBL. The main thing is that you are at your steady state weight when you choose to proceed. The beautiful thing about BBL is that it allows you tolose fat from the areas where you have more than enough, while adding that samefat to the areas where you do not have enough! That way both the donor and therecipient sites improve. I have been doing buttock implant surgery for 20+years with very nice results and few complications. Nonetheless, I do nowrecommend BBL to patients who have sufficient donor site fat to achieve aresult that meets their expectations. I have found that we can transfer a muchgreater volume of fat than the volume of implant that we can place into theinter-muscular pockets that I use (beneath the Gluteus Maximus and above theGluteus Medius & Minimus muscles. In rare cases, we can even place animplant at a later date to maximize volume. Fat can be placed throughout thebuttocks region while gluteal implants are used in the upper buttocks. I do notplace buttock implants where my patient would sit on them because that wouldincrease the risk of complications. Lastly, some patients think that if theyput on weight that we will get a better result. The problem is that if you thenlose that weight, the grafted fat will also likely be lost in proportion toyour weight loss. Good luck!
