Do I Need Upper Body Lipo?

Question

Hi! I am 20 years old, 5'4 and 124 lbs. I feel my body is disproportioned since I have broad shoulders, big arms, big bust but skinny legs, smaller hips and little fat in buttocks. I eat really healthy and do exercise regularly but my genetics keep me from having a more delicate and balaced figure. Would I be a good candidate for upper body lipo (including arms) and fat transfer to buttocks? Or would upper body lipo alone (making my waist smaller) is enough for buttocks to appear larger?

David Stoker, MD · Answer

You have a nice figure already. You could likely improve your figure further with diet and exercise. Liposuction around your waist and inner thighs, as well as fat grafts to your buttocks, could improve your figure even more.

Emmanuel Mallol Cotes, MD · Answer

Thanks for the question. 
In this regard, I recommend you waist and back Liposculpture, getting better curves especially in the waist, improving your body contour.

Jeff Angobaldo, MD · Answer

Liposuction
 is ideal for patients who are fit, active and have
problematic areas that are difficult to get rid off with diet and 
exercise.
Liposuction is a fantastic tool for body contouring. Good candidates 
have
minimal skin laxity and mild to moderate fullness. Reviewing your photo,
 you appear to be a good candidate for lower back and hip liposuction to imprve contour.  Choose a Board Certified Plastic
Surgeon

George Marosan, MD · Answer

Thank you for the photos. Although these show only a back view, limited advise can be given. You seem to have a small amount of localized fat at the waistline and over the posterior rims of the pelvic bones. Your buttocks look round laterally, but I cannot comment on projection due to lack of a side view. Since you already have a nice figure, this additional contouring would give you an additional improvement of your mid and lower back. I would not recommend liposuction of your arms. The small amount of fat collected from these areas can be transferred to the buttocks to enhance posterior projection.

Erez Sternberg, MD · Answer

You would need to have a full examination and discussion with your plastic surgeon to decide what would procedures would be best for you.  However, judging from your pictures, some traditional liposuction around your hips and flanks would make waist line look thinner and enhance the natural contours of your bottom.  You could benefit some from arm lipoplasty  to tighten the upper arms too. 

	  However, I would recommend you avoid buttock fat autoaugmentation.  This procedure could leave your bottom with lumpy fat deposits and irregularities.  Hope this helps, Erez Sternberg, MD.

Do I Need Upper Body Lipo?

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