Dr. Robert Whitfield advises against fat transfer surgery for people taking GLP-1 drugs like semaglutide and tirzepatide, since these medications reduce body fat and compromise graft survival. He also warns that there's no test to diagnose inflammation from implants, and avoids tummy tucks as a donor fat source because of scarring.
In the time of the GLP1 agonist. If y' all are considering fat transfers, please do not do GLP1. GLP1 source of maglutide, tirzepatide. Those things are really effective at burning fat. And I don't want anybody who wants to come have a fat transfer on those drugs. They work really well. Really, really well. Giordano we don't have a specific test to know if the chronic inflammation associated with implants is purely the cause of anybody's symptoms. I have thousands of cases and tons of experience with it, so I think there'll be, you know, more and more work done in this, but it's not going to be some easy test that's available to figure that out. Where do you get fat from? Do you recommend tummy tuck to get more from thinner body? No, I don't actually like tummy tucks. I think the scar is ugly. Yeah, fat transfer patients do get the benefit of body contouring.
