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Treatment of Iatrogenic Abdominal Contour Irregularities

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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.

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  1. Department of Plastic Surgery, Luiz Haroldo Clinic, Rua Xavier da Silveira 45/206, 22061-010, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Luiz Haroldo Pereira

  2. Department of Plastic Surgery, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and the Carlos Chagas Post-Graduate Medical Institute, Rua Dona Mariana 65, 22280-020, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Aris Sterodimas

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Pereira, L.H., Sterodimas, A. Treatment of Iatrogenic Abdominal Contour Irregularities. Aesth Plast Surg 34, 129–135 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-008-9233-8

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