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This area can be treated with great results if you find an expert at body contouring and skin tightening. I suggest you post photos or see a body contouring specialist who does many of these procedures. Best, Dr. Emer
If one has significant loose skin above the knees (rolls), only an excision or so called knee lift will be effective. While effective the ultimate question is whether the resultant scar is a worthy trade-off. The interpretation of that scar is a personal one and is influenced by how bad one feels about the suprapatellar knee rolls. Looking at pictures of those scars makes that answer very clear.
Great question and a problem I see all of the time. The skin just above the knee is perhaps the toughest skin in the world to get to tighten with either liposuction and/or Smartlipo. I am fairly good at getting skin to tighten in many areas all over the body using Smartlipo and a technique called "Superficial Technique" and even i find it very difficult if not impossible to see an improvement in this area with these techniques. There is a procedure called a "Body Lift" that might improve this area somewhat or an extended medial thigh lift, but both of these procedures are very aggressive and leave large scars on your body.
The time it takes for tumescent anesthesia to take effect depends on the concentration of the mixture and the skill with which it is injected. If the fat is soft, I can usually start the lipo immediately without waiting. However, if the fat is dense, fibrous or full of adhesions from previous...
The mainstays of fluid removal after liposuction are compression garments and frequent massages. In the first few weeks, the massages should be aggressive and best handled by a professional massage therapist, not by you or your family member trying to figure things out on your own. You simply...
Eating causes the abdomen to swell from the inside. This swelling makes contour irregularities more prominent. Most of these irregularities are from fluid trapped within the layers that were treated with liposuction. These fluid shifts improve over time and can take up to six months to normalize...