Body contouring

As before any intervention, a consultation is necessary in order to define the stages of the surgery, to help you prepare and to provide post-operative instructions. Such consultation allows the specialist to carry out an in-depth medical examination by considering several factors:

• Morphological data
• Skin characteristics
• The abdominal muscle condition
• The volume of fat to be removed

It also allows making sure that there are no contraindications (family history of phlebitis, pulmonary embolism, pregnancy plan, etc.).

Usually, admission to the clinic is done the day before the surgery. As with most surgical procedures, it is necessary to:

• Take a shower with an antiseptic product (Betadine, for instance) before entering the operating room.
• Be on an empty stomach because the surgery is most often performed under general anesthesia.

• Stop smoking at least one month before and after surgery.
• Taking aspirin is prohibited during the 10 days preceding the surgery.
• Disinfect the skin using an antiseptic solution or soap the night and morning before surgery.

A compression garment (for two to three weeks) adapted to the patient’s morphology is prescribed. The results of the intervention are only final after several months (3 to 6 months). Adopting a healthy lifestyle helps preserve the benefits of an abdominoplasty.

You should consult the plastic surgeon and the anesthetist once or twice, in order to define the patient’s expectations and needs. It is advisable to stop smoking at least one month before the date of the intervention.

The Brazilian butt lift is meant for patients who are in good health, with a BMI close to normal and who have enough fat for a significant result. NB: this surgery is not suited to the expectations of very thin or very obese patients.

Three stages are specific to lipofilling:

• Fat removal through liposuction.
• Fat purification.
• Fat reinjection.

After a Brazilian butt lift:

• You can resume your professional activities after 3 to 7 days (depending on the professional context).
• You have to sleep on your stomach for the first 3 postoperative weeks.

A preoperative consultation with the plastic surgeon and the anesthetist is necessary to prepare the intervention and check for the absence of contraindications.

The surgeon will provide you with the instructions to follow before the intervention in order to perform it under the best safety conditions.

• Stop smoking at least one month before and after surgery.
• Taking aspirin, anticoagulants or antiplatelet drugs is prohibited during the 15 days preceding the surgery.

A compression garment is prescribed. Exertion and abrupt stretching should be avoided, and the surgeon’s instructions must be followed for good healing.

It is necessary to consult the plastic surgeon and the anesthetist once or twice before surgery. A complete preoperative assessment will be carried out. To reduce any risk, it is necessary to:

• Stop smoking at least two months before the surgery.
• Stop taking aspirin, anti-inflammatory drugs, anticoagulants and oral contraceptives one month before the surgery.

• A compression garment must be worn 24 hours a day, for 3 to 6 weeks.
• Abrupt stretching movements should be avoided.
• Sunlight exposure should be avoided for 6 months.
• Physical activities can be resumed after one month and a half. The final result is visible after 3 months.

As before any surgery, a consultation with the plastic surgeon is essential to analyze the patient’s silhouette, define the amount of fat under the skin, the degree of skin sagging and the areas that can be corrected. This preoperative consultation also allows the surgeon to know the patient’s history and whether any contraindication would prevent the patient from undergoing such an intervention.

• A compression garment must be worn for 4 to 6 weeks postoperatively.
• The final result is visible between 3 and 6 months after the intervention.
• It is necessary to have a healthy lifestyle so that fat does not develop elsewhere in the body.
• Normal activity can be resumed after 4 to 10 days; physical activity should wait 4 to 6 weeks.