Hello dear doctors! I have 360 lipo and a BBL scheduled for this summer (end of July) and I am currently fasting for Ramadan for the month (hey, it makes my granny happy so I go with it) . Is this going to have a bad effect on my surgery if I resume healthy meals 3x a day post Ramadan in May? I have quit smoking and drinking last month to prepare my body for the surgery but I’m SO worried that fasting will have long term negative effects. I can always sneak food if you think it’s best.
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Answer: Intermittent fasting months before surgery?
Best to ask your plastic surgeon for his/her recommendation. I recommend that my patients minimize sitting, even with a pillow (boppy or BBL), for the first two weeks. If they must sit, every 30 minutes or an hour, they should get up and stand for a few seconds to take the pressure off. This...
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Thanks for the pictures and provided information as well.
Based on your photos, you are a great candidate for liposuction with a BBL and a tummy tuck, to give you a nice tight tummy and to get rid of the extra skin, and I think you'll get very good results.
Liposuction allows your...
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons have suggested various measures to improve the safety of the procedure:1) No injection into the muscle.2) Fat should only be grafted into the superficial planes with the subcutaneous space considered safest.3) Use a large, blunt, single hole injection...
