Lower Body LINE ON
Lower Body LINE ON
Surgery that combines liposuction of the thighs, buttocks and love handles with fat transfer to the buttocks, planned as one line from the waist to the legs.
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If you’d like your jeans to fit smoothly from waist to thigh
Surgery that plans liposuction and fat transfer to the buttocks together.
- Surgery time
- Liposuction 2–3 hours + fat transfer 1 hour
- Anesthesia
- IV sedation
- Back to daily activities
- The next day
- Final contour
- About 3 months
Do any of these sound familiar?
If any of these apply to you, please mention it first at your consultation.
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Point 1. One line
We see the waist, buttocks and thighs as one line
We don’t treat the thighs, buttocks and love handles separately. We look at them as one continuous line and decide where to remove fat and where to add it.
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Point 2. Remove and fill
The fat we remove fills the buttocks
The suctioned fat is filtered, and only the pure fat is transferred to the hips and buttocks.
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Point 3. Within your natural frame
Your frame stays the same; we find good proportions within it
Pelvic width and rib cage shape differ from person to person. Within your current frame, we find the proportions that make the waist look defined.
Medical note
Lower Body LINE ON in detail
From here, we explain how the surgery works, recovery and what to watch for in more detail. It’s written to the standards Dr. Oh uses when he sees patients.
A note from Dr. Oh
If you only treat the thighs, only the thighs improve. What matters is the line that runs from the waist through the buttocks to the thighs.Dr. Oh Hae Seok, Medical Director
This may suit you if…
Your waist and hips form a fairly straight line, your thighs and legs are fuller, or your buttocks are flat. It may also suit you if you train your glutes regularly but would like more volume in certain areas; if you’d like a narrower waist, wider-looking hips and slimmer legs; or if the fit of jeans and leggings matters to you. Many people whose work depends on their figure, such as models and Pilates or yoga instructors, come to us for this procedure.
Hip dips are a normal part of many people’s anatomy. Transferred fat may be less likely to take in this area, and in some cases there isn’t much fat to harvest, so hip dips are sometimes treated with filler instead.
This may not suit you if…
An examination and ultrasound show that there isn’t much fat that can be removed, or you’re hoping for a result beyond what your natural bone structure allows. What we can do is refine the line within the limits of your bone structure.
Procedure, time & anesthesia
The consultation, physical examination and ultrasound take about 10–15 minutes.
The surgery is done under IV sedation. Liposuction of the thighs, buttocks and love handles takes 2–3 hours, and fat transfer to the hips, love handles and buttocks (or filler for hip dips) takes about another hour.
Pain, recovery & returning to daily activities
Most people feel very little pain in the buttocks. The areas treated with liposuction may ache, like sore muscles, for 1–2 weeks.
You can return to daily activities the next day, but please avoid alcohol and smoking for at least a month. Transferred fat is sensitive to pressure, so for at least a month, please also avoid anything that presses on your hip dips and buttocks, such as tight clothing, sleeping on your back or sitting for long periods.
Results, how long they last & repeat treatment
Right after surgery, the treated areas look much larger because of swelling and the amount of fat added. Most of the swelling goes down in the first 2 weeks. Over the next 2 weeks, fat that didn’t take is absorbed and the volume gradually decreases. Over the first month, the volume decreases by about 30–40%. At 3 months, about 50% of the transferred fat usually remains.
If you’d like a second procedure, we recommend waiting at least 3–6 months.
A common misconception
A common misconception is that what’s added will slide down. Transferred fat doesn’t slide down.
Filler placed in the right spot in an appropriate amount is also unlikely to move. If too much is added, though, it can shift.
Anesthesia & fees
- Fees
- Discussed after an examination
Results and recovery vary from person to person. Whether a treatment suits you is decided after Dr. Oh examines you in person.
Lower Body LINE ON: questions answered by Dr. Oh
What should I expect with compression garments, swelling and bruising after liposuction?
Generally, most of the swelling goes down in about 1 month, and the rest in about 3 months. Bruising mostly fades within 2 weeks.
How much fat can be removed with liposuction in one session?
There’s no fixed upper limit. It depends on your body weight, how much tumescent solution (a saline-based fluid) is injected into the fat under the skin, and how much blood comes out with the removed fat.
What’s the difference between the EVA device and Lipokit for processing fat?
When harvested fat is spun in a centrifuge, it separates into blood, pure fat and a layer of oil. Only the pure fat is transferred, so how cleanly the oil layer is separated out matters a great deal.
How do you decide between liposuction alone and adding fat transfer to the buttocks?
If your buttocks are already full, slimming just the thighs can make them look bigger, so liposuction alone may be enough to bring out the line. If you have hip dips, or your hips or buttocks themselves lack volume, liposuction alone may not be enough.
Why does Lower Body LINE ON treat the thighs, buttocks and love handles together?
If you only treat the thighs, only the thighs improve; if you only treat the waist, only the waist gets slimmer. What matters is one continuous line running through the thighs, buttocks and love handles.
For hip dips and buttocks, is filler or fat transfer better?
Hip dips are an area that naturally has little fat. In some people the tissue there has room to spare; in others it is very tight. The tighter it is, the less of the transferred fat takes.
How long does transferred fat last once it has taken?
As long as you don’t lose weight, you can expect fat that has taken to stay largely as it is, just like the rest of your own fat.
We are a 3-minute walk from Gangnam Station Exit 11, and the medical director examines every patient in person.