I noticed a little bump on my left bottom butt cheek. Had BBL almost 7 wks ago. Any idea what this little bump may be? (photo)

  Fat embolus has been reported with liposuction alone surgeries.Kenneth Hughes, MDLos Angeles, California

One can lower the risk of the injection into vessels by several ways.  First, avoiding injecting into deeper planes where these vessels lie is recommended for safety, but may mean less of the fat survives as a graft.  Using  larger instruments makes it less likely that they can puncture into an...

Thank you for your question. Post-op massages are beneficial for many reasons. To name a few, they increase the circulation of the blood and lymph systems and desensitizes the skin, to stimulate the nerve endings so they start to regenerating themselves.Talk to your surgeon about how soon you s...

The risk will not be zero with any technique or instrument but superficial injections with larger blunt cannula will have the lowest risk.

Fat embolus is a very serious and known complication of fat transfer. The probability of embolus is much higher in the setting of fat transfer than for liposuction alone. A fat embolus occurs when injected fat is inadvertently introduced into a vessel and travels centrally within the vasculature...

Great question.  There has been recent literature written about the increase incidence of fat embolism with BBL.  What causes this is that the gluteal tissue has a lot of blood supply and if fat is accidentally injected into the larger vessels, it creates an embolism.  Unfortunately these blo...