Robert Whitfield MD explains why some patients gain weight before fat-transfer breast augmentation. The procedure requires enough fat to harvest, so patients with very low BMI may need several months to gain 10 to 20 pounds, sometimes by stopping exercise entirely.
Several months ("probably going to take them several months to get that weight if they're really low BMI").
So would there be a scenario where someone would go, all right, I'm going to stop exercising for a short term goal of gaining more body fat so that I can fat transfer, breast augment and then get back into.
Yeah, I've had patients through that. And then is there.
A timeline that's good for that or is it kind.
Of super probably going to take them several months to get that weight if they're really low bmi?
Is there a number you're looking for on the scale? Like I need, and I know this is a big generality, but I need, I'm looking for an excess of 10 pounds, 20 pounds of fat mass.
I'm looking at like, you know, if someone comes in pretty lean, have them try to put on five. Oh, yeah. I think, you know that in the day, barring fluid retention, I'm talking about 5 of weight. Yeah. Not fluid. I mean, everybody listening. I can take 10 pounds of fluid off anybody in a day. It's not a big deal.
