The benefits of combining cosmetic surgery procedures into one session have become a mainstay in plastic surgery. Doing more than one procedure at once was not common in the past, but in today’s day and age, combining procedures makes perfect sense. Patients benefit from one recovery, less cost and most importantly, achieving the final results in one surgical session.

When given the option to address several issues, most patients have a lot to say. But first, the patient needs to be sure that his/her surgeon performs combination procedures routinely. Dr. Hakki has been performing combination procedures safely with successful results for years. Below are the most requested combination procedures by Dr. Hakki’s patients:

Facial Cosmetic Procedures Combos:

Liquid Facelfit: This treatment is the latest, noninvasive trend in combination procedures. Better together, fillers and Botox are key factors in rejuvenating the aging face. Since aging is in part due to loss of volume, fillers such as Radiesse or Juvederm can help your surgeon reshape and volumize your face. Botox then relaxes the corresponding muscles. This duo-treatment approach results in smoothing out aging lines and wrinkles instantly. In the hands of an experienced surgeon a liquid facelift can be done in one session, takes half an hour and requires no down time.

Facelift-Fat Grafting-Peel-Laser Combo: Gone are the days of the lone-standing facelift which resulted in a wind-tunnel-like face, both tight and empty. Our faces age in multiple ways and while gravity causes sagging and drooping, our faces also lose volume. Aging skin turns dull in color with enlarged pores and age spots. A facelift & fat grafting procedure with a laser & peel combo addresses all three aging factors in one step. While the facelift surgically addresses the loss of skin laxity, a fat transfer performed at the same time as a facelift restores volume and rebuilds the youthful structure of the face. This combination procedure also improves skin texture. Laser skin resurfacing or a peel completes this natural treatment by improving skin viability and providing glowing complexion.

Body Cosmetic Procedure Combos:

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Breast Lift-Augmentation Combo: This procedure is standard in Dr. Hakki’s practice. Although some surgeons split up breast lift and breast implant procedures, combining the two in one surgery has been Dr. Hakki’s approach for years. Patients typically lose the shape of the breast as well as fullness. A breast lift alone will lift the breast but it will not address the lack of volume and fullness in a patient’s cleavage. A breast lift augmentation combo offers patients a voluptuous higher looking breast. Dr. Hakki uses saline or silicone implants or fat grafting into the breast (natural breast augmentation) to achieve successful results.

Liposuction-Fat Grafting Combo-Brazilian Butt Lift: This procedure is the ideal solution for a patient desiring a more rounded, curvaceous buttock region. This is achieved by liposuctioning multiple areas of the patient’s body, which in turn, helps define the desired area. Dr. Hakki’s approach relies on a unique technique of harvesting and re-injecting the fat. He reinjects his patient’s own harvested fat into the buttocks. Liposuction removes fat from the lower back and spine area, allowing for a beautiful curvature of the back. Liposuction brings out the protrusion of the buttocks once the fat is injected. Dr. Hakki injects a large volume of fat depending on the patient and the volume desired. Combining a liposuction procedure with fat grafting or a Brazilian butt lift is the safest most permanent way to achieve great results in buttocks augmentation.

Liposuction-Tummy Tuck Combo: The liposuction procedure partnered with a tummy tuck in a single procedure has become a natural twosome. The paired procedures enjoy a naturally synergistic love affair. The liposuction is typically performed on the surrounding areas of the stomach, such as the love handles, waist and flanks. This provides the patient with a more sculpted look, while the tummy tuck removes the stretched skin. 

Bottom Line

Dr. Hakki’s combined surgery profile has proven to be safe throughout the years, which is primarily attributed to his years of experience. Luxxery Medical Boutique procedures are done under local anesthesia and conscious sedation.  This effective use of local anesthesia allows patients to be comfortably anesthetized, avoiding the need for general anesthesia. This leads to a decrease in infection and bleeding, allows for longer operating room time and reduces complications. All surgeries are performed at our certified and fully accredited Luxxery surgery center. Visit us today for your private consultation with our artist Dr. Hakki. 

Brazilian Butt Lift: Future Focus

In my previous articles in Your Health, I took a look at the 10 cosmetic plastic surgery predictions of The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) for 2011. In this article, I’ll provide insight regarding which of these predictions came true for us at Luxxery with Plastic Surgeon Dr. Hakki.

“Celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Beyonce, and Jennifer Lopez have made a shapely rear-end a must have accessory. In the coming year patients will be seeking posterior body lifts, buttock lifts, surgical and nonsurgical buttock augmentations to shape and augment their buttocks.” – ASAPS 2011 Prediction.

As I take a look back on 2011 at Luxxery, Dr. Hakki’s practice is consistent with the above ASAPS prediction. Further analysis shows a marked incline in gluteal augmentation surgery. The Brazilian Butt Lift or buttock augmentation procedure by way of fat grafting is at the top of our list for patients requesting body contouring procedures. Dr. Hakki’s practice has shown a threefold increase in the Brazilian Butt Lift procedure as compared to the year before. Although cultural differences are a factor that plays a role in what is considered trendy, it seems that the idea of having a larger backside bypasses ethnic, cultural and racial variances. Our patients have learned to prioritize procedures that make them the happiest while simultaneously managing their budgets.

The Brazilian Butt Lift has not only increased in popularity in Dr. Hakki’s practice, but also all over the world. Unfortunately, the increased demand and heightened popularity of this procedure has patients seeking other options such as artificial products. These unsafe procedures such as liquid silicone injections in the gluteal-buttock region are unethical and dangerous. Injectable silicone is not a medical product. It is, however, an industrial product. It can never become part of the body, and can cause abscesses and infections. Silicone is also prone to scarring and can end up extruded through the skin from the body. Silicone gluteal injection procedures are being performed by criminal, unlicensed individuals who pose a danger to the health of their patients.

Now let’s discuss the healthy and medically approved way to increase the size of your butt. A Brazilian butt lift by way of fat grafting involves taking fat from one area of the body and injecting it into the buttock region. The fat is obtained by way of liposuction of a patient’s abdomen, flanks, bra rolls or any other areas. The fat grafting process transfers the fat into the buttocks area. The grafted fat is the ideal filler for injection because it comes from the patient’s body with no immune factors. The procedure provides patients with safe, long lasting results. This is referred to as “autologous” fat transplantation, a technique considered by many as the choice procedure for buttock volume enhancement.

The Brazilian butt lift uses a technique that harvests fat rich with living cells. The fat is placed into the recipient’s buttock tissue, where the body houses large veins to insure its survival. Dr. Hakki then creates multiple tunnels where he places microdroplets of fat allowing for the deposited fat to be exposed to the surrounding tissue. There are no disadvantages to the Brazilian butt lift or any fat grafting procedure if it is well executed. The procedure is technique-dependent and Dr. Hakki’s advanced training and experience in fat transfer has allowed his patients to enjoy truly successful results.

The bottom line: All surgeries carry risk. See a board certified plastic surgeon with extensive years in practice and experience in your procedure of interest. Buttock augmentation is here to stay and has solidified its place as the procedure of the future.  

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