Kenneth Hughes, MD - Plastic Surgery Blog
How Do Fat Emboli Occur and How Can They Be Prevented in BBL?
Published on August 10, 2018 byThere is a central question in determining the rate of fat emboli in the Brazilian buttlift and the rate of death from this procedure. There have been hundreds of fat emboli resulting in deaths, some reported and some not reported. The 130 fat emboli reported in the 2017 paper only included a small percentage of […]
Dr. Kenneth Hughes New Technique and Success in the Brazilian Buttlift
Published on August 9, 2018 byDr. Kenneth Hughes, Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon, created a new, safer technique for fat injection that has resulted in over thousands of Brazilian buttlifts performed without a single death due to fat emboli. Some have suggested sedation rather than general anesthesia as a method to reduce risk. However, the dilation occurring during general anesthesia is […]
