Are the risk of blood clots and other life threatening complications high for Smart Lipo high definition?

The risk of fatal complications from cosmetic procedures, is overall very low, far less than 1% of people who have plastic surgery. However, the risk of developing VTE, or venous thromboembolism, from liposuction or other major body contouring procedures, can be as high as 1% or more depending on the source that you read. This is why it is important to pursue treatment from board-certified plastic surgeons who are trained to look at, amongst other things, a Caprini score that determines your risk for a VTE event. If your risk is high, you may still be able to undergo the procedure with the administration of blood thinning agents postoperatively.

The risk of blood clots and other life threatening complications after Smartlipo should be very rare, providing that the Samrtlipo is preformed by an experienced plastic surgeon and done in operating theatre. I have preformed more than 3,000 cases of Smartlipo since 2006 and I did not have any case, where the patient had a blood clot or any other life threatening complications.

Smart lipo and high def lipo are two different things. Smart lipo is a laser procedure that seeks to tighten the skin a little bit before the fat is suctioned out with standard lipo. High def lipo is an advanced lipo technique to remove fat artistically around muscles to enhance definition and it is not done with lasers. The risk of blood clots is not related to either of these procedures. The risk of blood clots is increased when longer procedures are done, when more extensive procedures are done, and when general anesthesia is used no matter what procedure is being done.