Traveling to turkey to get lipo 360 with mini bbl and fat transfer to hips. Is it okay to fly back 7 days post op?

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Is it okay to stay on flight , its almost 2O hours .

Zoran Potparic, MD · Answer

I am sure that you are aware of the mayor risks of this surgery tromboembolisam and fat embolism? How are you going to seat in airplane for 12-15 hours 7 days after surgery, have appropriate hydration and necessary activity during long flight. Economy class is not going to provide this. Who is going to treat co sequences like irregularities, fat necrosis, seroma, wound infection when you come home or need hospitalization. Economic reasons are strong factor but you may be risking too much. I am sorry to be so negative but I have done too many of these surgeries and saw, unfortunately,  too many complications even in the most experienced hands and best conditions. Good luck.

Yasemin Aydinli, MD · Answer

There are really two separate risks here, and they peak at different times. The first is fat embolism &mdash; fat entering the bloodstream &mdash; which with a BBL is an early event, highest in the first 6–24 hours and mostly settling after the first day or two. By day 7 that window has largely passed, and importantly it isn't something blood thinners prevent; it's avoided by careful surgical technique during the operation itself.
The second is a blood clot in the legs (DVT) that can travel to the lungs. This is the one that matters for your flight. After surgery this risk peaks around days 3–4, stays relatively high through about day 7, and can still occur any time in the first month. A long flight adds its own, separate clot risk on top: sitting still for nearly 20 hours, dehydration and cabin conditions all slow the circulation in your legs and thicken the blood.
So the issue isn't really day 7 by itself &mdash; for someone recovering quietly at home, a week out is often fine. The problem is stacking a 20-hour flight onto a body that's still in its highest-risk clotting window after high-volume liposuction and fat grafting. That combination is what makes it risky specifically for you. My advice is to wait at least two weeks before a flight this long, and to travel with compression stockings, hourly walking and steady hydration once you do.

Traveling to turkey to get lipo 360 with mini bbl and fat transfer to hips. Is it okay to fly back 7 days post op?

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