Liposuction for High BMI’s: Are you Overweight or Obese? Miami´s Best Option to Remove Excess Fat and Improve your Quality of Life in Just One Visit. Top-Rated, Board Certitied Plastic Surgeon
We offer liposuction for patients with high BMI’, a personalized consultation will determine what are your best options.
Liposuction is traditionally not done in patients with a high Body Mass Index (BMI) (obesity). Despite losing weight is ideal for most overweight and obese people, and still the best recommendation, there are some patients that have not been able to lose enough weight to lower their BMI with diet, exercise or bariatric surgery, have not been able to do it despite their best efforts, or are not interested in doing it at the moment.
The cut off of most surgeons to do liposuction is a BMI of 32 due to increased risks of complications, such as anesthesia risks. Nevertheless, Dr. Rivera-Serrano and some other surgeons have found that doing these procedures under local anesthesia in patients with much higher BMI’s is safe and possible, with much less risks, so long the patient is otherwise healthy and does not have significant medical problems. People up to 40-42 BMI could be candidates for surgery. Nevertheless, patients interested in this procedure need to have realistic expectations and understand that surgery is not a replacement of weight loss, and cannot make them lean or have flat abdomens. Liposuction in people with high BMIs is mainly carried to decrease some sizes, similar to a debulking or volume reduction procedure. Given liposuction tends to create residual skin, some of this extra skin can be removed in some patients also under local anesthesia.
Given the procedures are done under local anesthesia, the recovery is much quicker and the risks decreased.
A personal consultation will determine what is best for you.
Use this tool to calculate your BMI.
Your BMI is a measurement of your body weight based on your height and weight. Although your BMI does not actually “measure” your percentage of body fat, it is a useful tool to estimate a healthy body weight based on your height. Due to its ease of measurement and calculation, it is the most widely used diagnostic indicator to identify a person’s optimal weight depending on his height. Your BMI “number” will inform you if you are underweight, of normal weight, overweight, or obese. However, due to the wide variety of body types, the distribution of muscle and bone mass, etc., it is not appropriate to use this as the only or final indication for diagnosis.
BMI Categories:
Underweight = <18.5
Normal weight = 18.5–24.9
Overweight = 25–29.9
Obesity = BMI of 30 or greater
Dr. Rivera-Serrano is among the country’s most highly trained plastic surgeons, having completed two separate residencies (plastic surgery & head & neck surgery / ENT) and two clinical fellowships in some of the most prestigious institutions in North America, Asia & Europe. He is double board certified by accredited bodies recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties and the Florida Board of Medicine, and has vast surgical experience, having performed thousands of successful surgical cases. Dr. Rivera-Serrano has been a University Professor of Surgery teaching residents on how to perform plastic surgery and knows the intricacies of the field. He is a respected member of the Miami plastic surgery community, an innovator, and author of numerous articles in leading peer-reviewed journals and textbooks. Always aiming for natural results, he knows how to combine artistry with safety. All the above sets him apart as a top surgeon with one of the most comprehensive plastic surgery offerings throughout Miami, South Florida, and Colombia.
-You do not have time to recover. In general, for facial surgery, we recommend three months between surgery and a special or social (red carpet) event as a safety net. However, most people look presentable in normal social situation in three weeks, and oftentimes earlier. For body procedures, recovery can be from a few days (e.g. liposuction) to two to three weeks (tummy tuck or BBL). For most procedures, heavy activity such as exercise should be avoided for 3 weeks.
Complications are not common; however, they do occasionally happen, and delayed healing cannot be 100% avoided. This timeline is necessary in order to allow most of the swelling to go away and the results and tissues to appear natural, especially if the surgery is in a visible area.
-You want a perfect result because you will only be satisfied with perfection, and you know you will not be happy otherwise.
-You want perfect symmetry.
-You are taking blood thinners for medical conditions or immunosuppressants.
-You are a current smoker, or a current passive smoker (live with a partner that smokes next you)
-You are overweight or obese. Typically, we recommend not having surgery if your Body Mass Index is above 32-34, with the exception of some liposuction procedures (Link to: Liposuction for people with high BMI’s (obesity)). Use this link to calculate your BMI.
-You are doing it for someone else or fitting an ideal image. Plastic surgery is a personal decision, and you should do it for yourself, not to fulfill someone else’s desires or to try to fit any sort of ideal image.
-If you want to read more about expectations after plastic surgery and possible complications click here
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