Lumpy, bumpy and uneven 10.5 months after lipo 360. What can I do to treat this?

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I had lipo 360 and bbl 10.5 months ago . i am lump ,bumpy , uneven . i have had massages and continue them ,also with skin tightening and some cavitation at times . when is this going to go away . i wish i hadn't had it done . I had a tummy tuck 8 years ago .is this why im so lumpy ?i asked for a revision . he refused one ,said there is nothing he can do .and for me to continue compression , and massage .please help .

Daniel Barrett, MD · Answer

Dear Charming3083,
while there is always a chance for contour irregularities with liposuction, someone who takes their time and uses the appropriate sized cannulas should give you a superb result.I have all my patients wear compression garments and I use multiple sized cannulas to feather out the result.
Daniel Barrett, MD
Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery
Member, American Society of Plastic Surgery
Member, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Mats Hagstrom, MD (license on probation) · Answer

If you want us to make an assessment on the outcome of a procedure you need to include proper before and after pictures. If you don’t have before and after pictures do you should contact your provider and ask them to forward the pictures they took. They are part of your medical records which you are entitled to.
Delivering consistent quality liposuction results is more difficult than most people believe and this includes plastic surgeons. Correcting for outcomes is many times more difficult than doing primary liposuction.
This is especially true if the patient has been overtreated or the problem is too much fat has been removed.
Treatment options typically come down to revision liposuction, fat transfer or occasionally cutting out the area by converting the procedure to a skin tightening procedure like a full tummy tuck.
None of the options are great and the best way to treat these problems need to be discussed in detail during in person consultations. each specific area of contour irregularity is treated individually by either Liposuction or grafting fat.
The problem with fat grafting is that areas that need volume are now depleted of host tissue to support the graft and this means that grafted fat often doesn’t survive.
Since the problem is often too much fat was removed doing more Liposuction is in someways an insult to injury or simply making the problem worse. sometimes revision Liposuction despite not being ideal the only option patients have.
I continue to emphasize the importance of carefully choosing only the most experienced and talented providers for any body contouring work requiring liposuction and fat transfer.
Provider selection becomes even more important when it comes to revision work.
To choose an ideal provider I suggest patients start off by having multiple in person consultations with local board-certified plastic surgeons who seem to do a lot of liposuction and have a reputation for the procedure. In this case it should also include fat transfer.
During the consultation ask each provider to show their entire collection of before and after pictures for the procedure or area you’re interested in. Simply seeing preselected sample pictures which most likely represent the best result of the providers career is insufficient to get a clear understanding of what the average results look like in the hands of each provider. this is why patients need to push providers to open up their portfolio and start showing a lot of pictures. ask the provider to show as many pictures as possible of patients with similar body characteristics to your own. Likewise as the provider to show samples of excellent outcome, average outcomes and less than outcomes.
We all have a variety of outcomes and experienced surgeons will have hundreds or even thousands of before and after pictures. A provider should be able to show you a minimum of 50 sets of before and after pictures to feel confident that the provider is experienced.
I also recommend reading all reviews on various physician review websites avoiding any providers with any significant number of justified negative reviews. The absence of justified negative reviews is more important and more telling than having an abundance of positive reviews.
Continue having consultations until you feel you found the most talented and experienced provider. This is true for both primary and secondary procedures.
Obviously your provider is responsible for the outcome of the procedure likewise you are responsible for choosing that provider. ultimately your provider is responsible for correcting the defect but you should also consider the limitations considering that revision work is more difficult than primary Liposuction. Likewise you are responsible for choosing that provider.
Best,
Mats Hagstrom MD

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