Does using BodyTite or Renuvion with lipo make stretch marks look worse?

I did years of research on patients with lipedema and body tite often worsens the area but renuvion gives much better outcomes. ensure that if you have loose skin you have skin removal at same time as liposuction alone can OFTEN worsen cellulite and loosen the skin especially with lipedema. as a specialist you shoud have been recommended to dr herbst or iker prior to surgery as well. hormonal optimization is necessary (see link). ensure you go to an expert many claim to have experience in this field and often do not.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.

Thank you for your questions. Body Tite is a technology that uses radiofrequency to shrink wrap the tissues. Stretch marks are caused from actual tears in the dermis of the skin. They are usually more visable when the skin is stretched. Body Tite should not make them more visable and may even help to hide them as the tissues around the stretch marks become stronger. I recommend scheduling a consultation with a board certified Plastic Surgeon who can assess your specific anatomy and develop a plan that is best for you. In our office we offer 3D imaging to give our patients an accurate idea of what their final result will look like.Good luck!