Is more fluid injected in areas where more fat is to be removed?

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Is more fluid injected in areas where more fat is to be removed during liposuction? For example if right arm has more fat to be removed than left arm, would more tumescent fluid be injected in right arm?

Fernando Ovalle Jr., MD · Answer

Hello and thank you for your question! Yes, in general, if more fat is planned to be removed during liposuction, more fluid would be used in that region. However, the exact amount is not a perfect science - typically the surgeon will inject fluid until a given clinical endpoint - the tissues have the the "right response" in terms of look, feel/turgor. Also, small amounts of fluid differences may not have actual clinical differences (i.e. minor differences in fluid amounts between one arm and another).

Jeffrey M. Darrow, MD · Answer

The amount of fluid injected into areas to be liposuctioned varies according to surgeon preference.  My preference has always been to inject nearly equal amounts of tumescent fluid to each side of the abdomen, each flank, each arm,etc.  Then, during the removal, when I palpate the tissue thickness on each side of the body and compare for symmetry, I know there is not extra fluid which could be affecting the result.  Best wishes.

Ira H. Rex lll, MD · Answer

plastic surgeons have different approaches to how much fluid is placed for tumescent liposuction. I prefer to place the same amount of fluid in the fat, as I will remove altogether with liposuction. Most of this removed fluid will be fat. Therefore, more fluid goes into an area that there is more fat to be removed.

Miguel Mota, MD · Answer

Yes it is. More fluid is injected in larger areas where more fat needs to be removed. That said, the difference in the arms is usually not too dramatic, but if there is a noticeable difference the tummescent fluid should be injected accordingly.
Best of luck,
Dr. Miguel Mota

Ronald J. Edelson, MD · Answer

Each individual surgeon would answer that differently. Personally I would inject about the same on both sides. But it’s not how much you inject that matters.,it’s how much you remove

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