Volume 34, Number 2, 129-135, DOI: 10.1007/s00266-008-9233-8

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Treatment of Iatrogenic Abdominal Contour Irregularities

Luiz Haroldo Pereira and Aris Sterodimas

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Abstract

In many countries, liposuction is the most frequently performed aesthetic procedure. The procedure is promoted as a safe, easy-to-learn, outpatient procedure. The increasing number of liposuction procedures, often performed by inadequately trained physicians, has led to a growing number of iatrogenic postliposuction contour deformities and skin irregularities. This report describes a treatment protocol for iatrogenic abdominal contouring deformities. For patients who present with contour deformities but no skin flaccidity, the type 1 treatment plan (syringe-assisted lipectomy and lipografting) is the suggested approach. In cases of contour deformities and infraumbilical skin flaccidity, the type 2 treatment plan (minilipoabdominoplasty and lipografting procedures) is used. Finally, in the case of contour deformities as well as supra- and infraumbilical flaccidity, the type 3 treatment plan (lipoabdominoplasty and lipografting procedures) is indicated.

Keywords  Abdominal contour irregularities - Autologous fat grafting - Iatrogenic - Liposuction

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