Can I get Lipo 360 with type one diabetes? I'm on a insulin pump and a continuous glucose monitor

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Kenneth Hughes, MD · Answer

You can have the procedure performed if your blood sugar levels are well controlled and there is no end organ damage. Your board certified plastic surgeon will require clearance from your endocrinologist or whomever is overseeing your diabetic care. You may consider having the surgery in a hospital rather than in an accredited surgery center should complications arise during and after the surgery.

Brian E. Rosett, MD · Answer

Yes you can assuming you keep good control over your a1c. May surgeons will want to make sure that your primary care or endocrinologist are on board with you having surgery to be extra safe.

Jason Emer, MD · Answer

yes you can get liposuction with DM type one.

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.

Connie Hiers, MD, FACS · Answer

If your sugars are in good control and your medical doctor approves, you should be able to have liposuction. However, if your sugars bounce up over 250, then no, you would not heal well.

Mats Hagstrom, MD (license on probation) · Answer

Having diabetes is not a big deal if it’s well-managed. Poorly controlled diabetes can be devastating and put patients at increased risk for all kinds of secondary complications.

As long as your diabetes has been well controlled and is well-controlled on the day of surgery you should be fine.

Surgeons and anesthesiologist may have protocols. Most likely if you’re on a pump with monitor then things should be on auto pilot. Patients are often asked not to eat for eight hours before surgery and when that’s the case surgeons will sometimes ask patients to back off on their insulin dose in the morning to avoid hypoglycemia.

This is simply something to discuss during your consultation.

Best,

Mats Hagstrom MD

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