Traveling For BBL, How Long Should I Stay After Surgery?

Hi,

Thanks for the question.  I have patients travel to see me for this procedure very regularly.  There are a variety of factors than would determine the timeframe, including how much liposuction is being done to get the donor fat (and from how many areas), how old you are, any heath issues you have, how far you need to travel, etc.  All that said, a good rule of thumb is about a week, give or take.

5 days might be a little short, but the doctor you are seeing should be able to give you a timeframe for your specific case.  The key is that you need to stay in town long enough for him/her to be sure you are healing up OK before you get on a plane.  

Thanks for the question. You should be able to go on vacation by 3-4 weeks after your surgery. But this is valid only with assuming postoperative recovery is uneventful. If any unexpected incident happens in your treatment process, this time can be extended or shortened. I wish you all the best.

I tend to be quite conservative in this regard.  My patients cant sit on the graft for two weeks after surgery, they need to wear compression garments for 4 weeks and can't exercise for 6 weeks.  I avoid flight for 4 weeks if possible.  Many family issues have required the trip to happen and nothing is wrong with that.  I don't feel that it's contraindicated but because most of this patient population is typically young, many are on BCP's.  The added hormonal influence increases the chance of a blood clot in patient's legs after a general anesthetic.  I've seen it happen a handful of times, a DVT right after a flight in a totally healthy female with no family history of blood clots.  For this reason, i suggest patients avoid it.