Is banana roll lipo risky? Does it help the appearance of cellulite?

Hi and thanks for your question. To better define the buttock region without a fat transfer, you need slective liposuction. Lipo of the banana roll can be tricky. If too much is removed, you will lose the natural defining curvature to the buttock, thus making it flat. The key is............ does the surgeon have a keen sense of aesthetics? Can he/she create a shapely, attractive buttock or are they just technicians that wind up with large unshapely figures? The keen aesthetic eye will determine the eventual work of art.We are creators and have the ability to turn out beautiful works of artSimply put................not all artists create quality work. Please repost with your photos.I encourage you to look up the surgeon you eventually select and make sure they have years of experience in performing liposuction. Furthermore request to see before and after photos of previous patients by that doctor....not a clinic or surgery center. Do your homework......research and verify the doctor's credentials. Have they had problems with the Board of Medicine, disciplinary or otherwise. Any law suits? How about the center, clinic or facility? Are they accredited by a national organization or do they just have State approval. Understand that at the current time, there are three nationally recognized organizations responsible for the highest levels of patient safety, AAAASF, AAACH and JCHO. You owe it to yourself to position yourself for the best possible results but under the most stringent safety regulations, If you have kids, even more so.How about anesthesia? Will you have a medical doctor certified by the American Board of Anesthsiology or a certified nurse anesthetist (CRNA)? Understand that there is no substitute for research. Cosmetic surgery, no matter how simple it may be to the patients, are invasive procedures and as such carry certain risks and complicationsIn our office we use TouchMD which is a web based program in which patients have the ability to load their picture unto the program. I then evaluate them and can actually draw on the picture to show a potential patient where the incisions would be located and how the procedure is to be realized. It's all done to comply with HIPPA which is the federal law that protects the patient's medical information. Look them up.Give yourself the highest percentage of a sucssesful operation. Good luck

Reducing your banana rolls, posterior upper thigh excess fat, if done properly and conservatively should give you improvement without making your buttocks drop.

Liposuction will not improve cellulite, but banana roll liposuction can be effective in the appropriate candidate with an expert liposuction surgeon.Kenneth Hughes, MDLos Angeles, CA

Lipo to this area should be done minimally if at all since the roll is often due to loose skin as much as fat. Also, the skin doesn't tend to tighten much in that area after liposuction. Liposuction does not usually help cellulite and can sometimes even make it worse. Cellulite has to do with how your skin attaches to the deeper tissues, so removing fat doesn't address the cause. 

 Sometimes the prominence in the so-called banana role has more to do with redundancy of skin that excess fat. This is determined at the time the physical examination. Liposuction of this clinical situation can actually make things worse.

NO LIPO WILL EVER EFFECT CELLULITE! As for banana roll lipo very risky needs a true liposuction expert... 

I agree with the other statements made regarding the banana roll.When someone stands up straight, the area below the buttocks is actually squished together. To get a true assessment of how thick the fat is in this area, try gently leaning forward and then pinching it or pressing into the area.Cellulite can be worsened by liposuction. I have yet to see any technology that has impressed me regarding treatment of cellulite.Best of luck,Mats Hagstrom, M.D.