When getting a BBL are x rays taken of just the chest area or the entire body before surgery?

Patients will commonly wonder what the effects of liposuction will be on their weight and more specifically their ability to gain or lose weight in treated and untreated areas.  After puberty, an individual will have the same population of fat cells for the remainder of their lives (barring an ...

As a rule, insurance doesn't cover cosmetic procedures.  Insurance will cover some things that are considered cosmetic when their is a medical reason a person needs it.  For example, a breast implant in someone that has had breast cancer or a upper eyelid reduction for someone that has...

Maintaining your weight after your BBL is the key to maintaining your result. Once the fat cells have established in new blood supply in your buttocks, they should be permanent. As you gain and lose weight they will expand or shrink. I don't think it matters what you eat specifically, but...

This looks like a superficial infection otherwise known as cellulitis which occurs when certain types of bacteria enter through a cut or crack in the skin. This could have been caused from the operation itself or from friction on the skin after the operation, or a combination of them both. ...

You are still in the healing phase, but the discomfort should ease up soon. I have observed that between 4 and 6 weeks the buttocks tend to stabilize in volume.  Usually by 3 months, the swelling is minimal and totally resolved by 6 months.  Kenneth Hughes, MD, Board Certified Plastic Surge...

The results immediately following surgery will be the largest due to swelling and lack of fat resorption.  The buttocks will continue to decrease in size for the first few weeks.   I have observed that between 4 and 6 weeks the buttocks tend to stabilize in volume.  Usually by 3 months, the s...