Mild Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy After Lipo + Fat Transfer?

Thanks for the question. Generally, most patients can fly within 24 to 48 hours after liposuction surgery. However, car or airplane travel should be avoided to prevent the risk of blood clots in the legs. I wish you all the best.

Thank you for your question. A large mons is caused by a pad of fat that is located on the lowest part of the abdomen. Nonsurgical treatment includes weight loss using diet and exercise, but this doesn't always work. If the overlying skin is thick and elastic, then liposuction can be a good...

Whenever a wound is created in the body, wound healing will create scar tissue.  With liposuction, you will see a few short scars at the insertion points for the suction instrument.  However, scar tissue will form inside within the fatty layer that was suctioned.  Interestingly,...

  There are no studies done with hyperbaric oxygen and healing following liposuction.  I am not sure that a lower pressure chamber would help either.

     Wearing compression garments beyond six weeks should not cause any long term issues, and I do not think that the buttock issues are caused by the garment.  Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA

A combination of liposuction, abdominoplasty and buttock fat injection is very popular.  After surgery, my patients wear a "lower body garment" that goes from the margin of the rib cage to just below the knees (we supply it and patients wake up wearing it).  This garment helps limit...