A ^Retired Plastic Surgeon's Notebook

Seattle Plastic Surgeon blogs about predicting patient satisfaction following liposuction.

Later this month, I am giving a talk to the Washington Society of Plastic Surgeons on Plastic Surgery and the Overweight or Obese Patient.  This is a very prickly topic and a difficult one to discuss, especially with the overweight or obese patient.  I do my best to be straight forward and honest about what body contouring can accomplish in this patient population and try to educate patients about realistic expectations.

While researching this topic, I came across this very helpful diagram.  This was published by Dr. Rod Rohrich and associates at the University of Texas Southwestern.  They looked at the effect of post liposuction weight changes on long term satisfaction .  They came up with this very helpful chart.  I am going to start using this chart for all my body contouring patients, regardless of their weight.

Thanks for reading!  Dr. Lisa Lynn Sowder

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