Unfortunately I developed PAH on my abdomen after coolsculpting treatment done in June. In addition, due to weight loss I want to do lipofilling of the breasts. As I am not sure when my PAH is stable enough to operate on, I would like to know if I can safely go ahead with lipofilling as I don't want that to be put on hold due to PAH. Probably I would need to wear a compression garment over my PAH area as my lower back and flanks will be the donor area. Or would you recommend otherwise?
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Answer: PAH unrelated to lipofilling as long as you are not using the PAH site for fat donation
Hello,
Scientific studies actually support this theory in mice. (Xingtang Niu et al. Front Cell Dev Bio 2022; Xingtang Niu et al. Aesthetic Surg 2022). These studies showed that preoperative high carbohydrate diets and high fat diets promote overall fat survival and reduction in oil cysts (fat...
If you have a good result at 8 months you are likely to keep that result for many years, unless you loose a lot of weight. Pregnancy may also change the breast.
Some fat resorbs after a fat transfer procedure, however you are beyond the time that this may happen.
Dear Fierce2456,
fat viability depends a lot of surgeon technique. The fat has to be placed back into the buttocks as soon as possible so that it has a greater chance of survival. It has to be placed carefully so that not too much fat is placed in only one area.
Daniel Barrett, MDCertified,...
