Traveling after butt implants + BBL?

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I'm a 23-year-old planning butt implants + BBL surgery in Turkey. I'll travel from Norway to Australia 4-7 weeks post-op. Worried about pain and discomfort during a 24+ hour flight. Don't want to cancel, but unsure if it's safe. Please advise on timing.

Daniel Barrett, MD · Answer

Dear Nygard,
I understand your concern. It is best that you consult your plastic surgeon regarding post operative care and management (i.e including massage techniques and timing) specific to your case. Your surgeon knows your condition well and has preferences on when and what to use for faster healing and recovery. Post operative care and management depends on the type of surgery performed and the technique used during surgery among other factors.It is best, however, that you follow your plastic surgeon's advice on post operative care management for a smooth and faster healing and recovery.
Daniel Barrett, MDCertified, American Board of Plastic SurgeryMember, American Society of Plastic SurgeryMember, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Ricardo Vega, MD · Answer

Thank you for your inquiry, it all depends how you heal and recover, some patients recover quickly but some take a bit longer to recover from butt implants, if you will be traveling at 7 weeks there should be no problem, however it is important to use a BBL pillow on flight still and also get up and walk at least 5 mins during your flight since its a long flight and to aviod blood clots.

Mats Hagstrom, MD (license on probation) · Answer

I live in the United States I will use reference standards in regarding to appropriate medical care on our community. I grew up in Sweden and I’m still a Swedish citizen so I know Scandinavian culture and medical care also.The great majority plastic surgeons in the United States, offer virtually all cosmetic surgical procedures, with the great exception of implants.
Why do you think plastic surgeons don’t offer that procedure?
I can tell you that the great majority of surgeons are highly motivated to do any cosmetic surgical procedure that pays well
Gluteal implants are no exception from that perspective.
The main reason plastic surgeons generally do not perform the procedure is because the complication rate, side effect and surgery failure is astonishingly high.
The fact that someone offers the procedure has board certification and impressive pictures on the website doesn’t change this reality.
I generally do not recommend people travel long distances for elective surgical procedures. The more invasive and complex the procedure the more I encourage people to stay local.
Considering the gluteal implant as one of the highest complication rate of any cosmetic surgical procedure, this is not a good operation to do in a different country
In fact, it’s simply not a good operation.
A lot of people travel for BBL surgery. The procedure has also left a lot of people disfigured, and with the results drastically different than they had hoped for.
Delivery, consistent quality, liposuction and fat. Transfer results is far more difficult than most people realize Jay had the number of plastic surgeons who have mastered this procedure are in a small minority.
Liposuction an results are permant and irreversible. When done poorly patient can be left disfigured. Correcting poorly done Liposuction is extremely difficult and often is not possible.
Being bored, certified in plastic surgery with years of experience, and an overall good reputation does not mean somebody has mastered anyone single procedure, especially not Liposuction.
The following are some general guidelines for choosing plastic surgeons, minimizing disappointment, and catastrophic failure.
To find the best provider, I suggest patient schedule multiple in person consultations with experienced plastic surgeons in their community. During each consultation, ask each provider to open up their portfolio and show you their entire collection of before and after pictures of previous patients who have similar body or facial characteristics to your own. An experienced plastic surgeon should have no difficulty showing you the before and after pictures of at least 50 previous patients. An experienced provider should in fact have hundreds or preferably thousands of before and after pictures to choose from for commonly performed procedures. 
Being shown a handful of preselected images, representing the best results of a provider’s career is insufficient to get a clear understanding of what average results will look like in the hands of each provider.
There is no correct number of consultations needed to find the best provider. The more consultations you scheduled the more likely you are to find the best provider for your needs. 
Take careful notes during each consultation, especially regarding the quantity and quality of before and after pictures. It’s not a bad idea to bring pictures of your own body/face to use as reference when reviewing before and after pictures. 
The biggest mistake patients make is scheduling only one consultation without properly vetting or comparing providers before scheduling surgery.
Best,
Mats Hagstrom, MD

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