How many rounds of plastic surgery can the body go through?

While there isn't a maximum, it is recommended to be at near your ideal weight for body contouring procedures, making the need for additional treatments less likely. For best results, I recommend a hi definition procedure like VASER liposuction. I use VASER HI DEF with ThermiRF and fat grafting to get the most fat removal, skin tightening, contour and definition. This combination will give you the most toned result. I recommend getting a formal evaluation with a hi definition physique expert. Best, Dr. Emer

Anastasia. Sometimes it is actually safer to “stage” procedures like liposuction 360 because it isn’t safe to remove more than 4 L in one sitting. By staging these procedures the overall result can be far better and much safer. Discuss your concerns with a board-certified plastic surgeon in your area. Good luck.

When considering multiple procedures safety is your number 1,2,and 3 priorities. Sometimes it is not wise to perform multiple procedures on the same area because the results will be less than ideal.  Sometimes your body hasnt fully recovered in sufficient time to perform the next procedure.  Generally surgeries performed over a long enough period of time can be done safely.

Hi there, great question! While the amount of fat to be removed from one patient depends on how much fat they actually have, once over 5 liters of fat has been removed, this is considered  "high volume" and the patient has to stay at a hospital overnight. It does become more difficult to do liposuction on an area that has already had it done before but if a patient has multiple areas of concern, most doctors will recommend them splitting these into multiple procedures. So for example, this month you could have a BBL and have up to 5 liters of fat removed from your abdomen but still want liposuction in additional areas. Your doctor might recommend that you come back in 3-6 months to have the next area of concern addressed and so on. I hope this helps! Dr. Nicholas Holwand, MD

The number of liposuctions a patient can have is according to how much and what the patient has had done. It's totally an individual issue. Certainly several.It occurs to me that someone that needs that much liposuction over and over needs to have a life style change or some sort of gastric by pass or sleeve. Liposuction is not a cure for bad dietary habits.Thank you for your question, and good luck.

It is important to note that which operations are most likely to be combined. Depending on the blood results and the health condition of the patient and along with surgical planning, this combination of operations can be done together

There is not really a maximum - but a well designed plan, and a realistic one should not have more than a few stages even for the most complex problems.

From my perspective there has nevr been a study about the rounds of plastic surgery.there are so many variables ie age overall medical condition that determines if someone is a safe anesthetic risk.

Dear AnastasiaBaby,Hello and thank you for your excellent question. There is certainly no limit to how many procedures a person can have... but I agree that it is wise to keep that number as low as possible.  With regards to liposuction, it is possible to have this procedure without going to sleep.  It is called "awake liposuction". First off, these procedures are typically performed in the office, with only local anesthesia (although patients can request deeper sedation, if they so desire). We typically use Smart / Laser Liposuction or VASER (ultrasound) to reduce dense, fibrous fat, and stimulate collagen formation; Radiofrequency-based skin tightening (like Body Tite, or Thermi) to maximize skin contraction; and Ultrasound, RF, or subcision (Z Wave, Venus, Cellfina) to treat cellulite. Patients go home the day of surgery; typically do not use any narcotics postop for pain control, and are back to light exercise and work 48 hours after their procedures. In my practice, we specifically evaluate patients for these additional treatments, and select the appropriate treatment based on their skin quality, amount of fat, previous treatment(s), and surgical goals. It is best to answer your question during a face-to-face evaluation, when you can discuss your goals and expectations for the procedure, and you can have a physical examination to evaluate for that procedure. I recommend that you find a board-certified, or board-eligible plastic surgeon with whom you are comfortable. Be sure to have all of your questions answered during a face-to-face meeting with your surgeon, and review before and after pictures of similar patients whom have had this procedure. If you have any questions, call our office for assistance. Good luck!

Best,

Jon Ver Halen, MD FACS

Harvard educated plastic surgeon

Texas “Top Doc” 2017, 2018

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