Hip Liposuction in NYC

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Hip liposuction surgery in New York City performed by board certified plastic surgeon Dr. Arnold Breitbart.

Does Hip Fat Bother You?

Even with regular exercise and healthy habits, fat can linger along the hips and sides. This area often affects how clothing fits and how defined the waistline appears.

Hip liposuction in NYC removes stubborn fat from your hip area and flanks (love handles) to create a smoother, more defined shape. The procedure targets fat that accumulates on the sides of your body where your waist meets your hips, which often won’t respond to diet and exercise alone.

Dr. Breitbart and the New York Liposuction Center understand how hip fat can affect your confidence in fitted clothing and your overall body shape. We help you achieve the sleeker, more curved figure you’ve been working toward.

Hip Liposuction Before & After Photos

Explore real before and after hip liposuction photos. See how patients achieved slimmer results with liposuction plans that reflect their unique goals.

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What to Know About Hip Liposuction in New York

Hips liposuction removes extra fat from the sides of your body between your ribs and hip bones, which is the area commonly called love handles or flanks. This procedure shapes and slims your waistline while bringing out your natural curves to create better body proportion.

Dr. Breitbart performs the procedure using advanced methods through tiny cuts placed where they’ll be hidden. A thin tube breaks up and removes the unwanted fat while a tumescent liquid keeps you comfortable and reduces bleeding. The procedure typically takes one to two hours and can often be done with numbing medicine and light sedation rather than full sleep anesthesia.

During your healing time, you’ll wear a snug garment around your middle to help reduce puffiness and support the area as it settles into its new shape. As the swelling goes down over the following days and weeks, your hips become smoother and your waist looks more defined.

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Benefits of Hips Liposuction

Hips liposuction offers several benefits that can improve both your appearance and confidence:

  • Creates a More Defined Waistline: Removes the fat that sits on your sides and creates bulges over your waistband, so your waist appears smaller and more curved when viewed from the front or back.
  • Eliminates Stubborn Love Handles: Targets the fat on your flanks that won’t go away even when you lose weight elsewhere, which finally gives you the smooth sides you’ve been trying to achieve.
  • Enhances Your Natural Curves: Shapes your midsection to bring out an hourglass figure by slimming the area between your ribs and hips, which makes your overall body proportions look more balanced and attractive.
  • Makes Clothes Fit Better: Allows pants, skirts, and fitted tops to sit smoothly on your body without uncomfortable tightness or visible bulging at your waistline.
  • Provides Quick Recovery Time: Takes one to two hours to complete and allows most people to return to desk work within two to three days.
  • Offers Long-Lasting Results: Removes fat cells that won’t grow back in the treated areas, so your smoother hips and slimmer waistline last long-term when you maintain steady weight.

Ideal Candidates for Hips Liposuction

Hips liposuction works best for people who have extra fat on their sides but are otherwise at or close to their goal weight. Here’s who usually qualifies:

Stubborn Fat on Sides

You have noticeable fat deposits on your hips and flanks that create bulges or love handles even when you’re at a healthy weight for your body type.

Good Skin Tightness

Your skin around your waist and hips has enough natural firmness to shrink smoothly after fat removal, which helps you get defined contours without loose or saggy skin.

Fat Resistant to Exercise

You’ve tried losing weight through working out and healthy eating, but the hip area stays fuller because fat in this spot is naturally stubborn and hard to target.

Desire for Better Body Proportions

You want a more defined waist and enhanced curves to create better balance between your upper and lower body.

Clothing Fit Frustrations

Your pants and fitted clothing feel tight or uncomfortable around your waist and hips even when they fit properly everywhere else on your body.

Commitment to Maintaining Results

You’re willing to keep your weight steady after the procedure through consistent healthy habits, which protects your investment in your new body shape.

Dr. Breitbart will check if you’re right for hip liposuction in New York City during your first visit.

A free liposuction consultation helps you learn about your options and expected results.

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What to Expect During a Consultation at our New York Office

Your consultation starts with Dr. Breitbart looking at your hips, waist, and flanks to see how much extra fat you have and check how your skin quality will respond to treatment. He feels the areas gently to understand where fat sits and evaluates your overall body shape to plan the best approach.

Dr. Breitbart talks with you about what bothers you most about your hip area and what body shape you hope to achieve. He explains whether hip liposuction alone will give you the results you want or if treating other nearby areas like your lower back or abdomen might create even better proportions. You’ll review what happens during the procedure, how your healing will go, and see photos of waistline transformations he’s achieved for other people.

Our New York office gives you clear instructions on how to prepare for your hips liposuction procedure. We make sure you understand everything from start to finish, so you feel confident and ready when moving forward with treatment.

How to Prepare for Your Hips Liposuction

Good preparation helps your procedure and healing go more smoothly:

Compression Garment

Buy a properly fitted torso compression garment before your procedure date so it’s ready to wear right after surgery for support around your waist and hips.

Loose Clothing

Get several loose-fitting pants or skirts with elastic or drawstring waists that won’t press on your treated areas, which makes getting dressed much easier while healing.

Recovery Space Setup

Arrange your bedroom with pillows to help you rest comfortably and keep items you’ll need within easy reach, since moving might feel uncomfortable during the first few days.

Ice Packs Ready

Buy soft gel ice packs and arnica pills to help manage puffiness and bruising during your first week of recovery after the procedure.

Stop Blood Thinners

Stop taking aspirin, ibuprofen, vitamin E, and fish oil at least two weeks before surgery following Dr. Breitbart’s exact instructions to prevent extra bleeding during treatment.

Transportation

Make sure a trusted adult can drive you home after your procedure and stay with you for at least the first day while the numbing medicine wears off completely.

Preparing well for hips liposuction in New York helps your recovery stay comfortable and on track.

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Hips Liposuction Procedure Steps

Your hips liposuction procedure follows a careful order designed to remove fat while keeping you comfortable throughout.

Dr. Breitbart gives you numbing medicine for your hip and flank areas and often adds light sedation to help you stay relaxed and calm during the procedure. This approach lets you avoid full sleep anesthesia while making sure you won’t feel pain. The numbing effect keeps working for several hours after the procedure ends so you stay comfortable as you begin recovery. Your heart rate and breathing are watched closely to keep you safe as the medicine starts working.

A special liquid with numbing medicine and other ingredients gets put under your skin in the hip and flank areas. This fluid makes the fat puff up and get firmer, which makes taking it out easier while also making blood vessels smaller to stop bleeding and bruising during the procedure. The liquid spreads through the tissue as it works, and this step helps protect the areas around the fat while making the removal process go more smoothly and safely.

Tiny cuts only a few millimeters long get made in hidden spots around your hips, typically near your hip bones or in natural body creases. These small openings let the surgeon reach all the treatment areas on both sides while keeping any future scars very small and hidden under your clothing or swimwear. The smart placement lets our surgeon work well across both hips and your entire flank area while giving you the best-looking final result.

A thin tube gets put through the cuts to break up and pull out the extra fat from your hips and flanks. The tool moves in careful patterns as it targets the fat deposits and shapes the area to create the smooth, curved waistline you’re looking for. During this part, our surgeon pays close attention to removing the right amount of fat on both sides while making smooth changes between treated and untreated spots for natural-looking contours.

The surgical team checks your hip areas and waistline from different angles to make sure both sides match and everything looks smooth as the procedure continues. Any bumps or uneven spots get fixed through extra sculpting, which creates the defined, curved appearance that enhances your body’s natural shape. This careful work makes sure your results look balanced and natural rather than overdone or lumpy on one side.

The small cuts get very few stitches or are left to close on their own since they’re designed to heal with almost no visible scarring. Your compression garment goes on over your waist and hips to give support as your tissue settles into its new shape, and this tight garment also helps reduce puffiness during the important first days of healing. You then move to a recovery area where staff watches you briefly before giving you detailed care instructions and letting you go home.

Procedures Often Combined with Hips Liposuction

Some people combine hips liposuction with other procedures to fix multiple concerns in one surgery session.

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Abdomen Liposuction

Many people combine hips liposuction with abdomen liposuction to create complete midsection shaping from front to back. Treating both areas together creates a more balanced waistline and helps avoid the situation where one area looks slimmer but another still appears full, and this combination gives you smooth contours all the way around your torso.

The combined approach saves you recovery time by addressing your entire middle section at once rather than through separate surgeries. You get better overall proportion and a more dramatic waistline definition. Most people find this combination approach more convenient and are very happy with their complete body transformation.

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Lipo 360

Hips liposuction often gets included as part of Lipo 360, which treats your entire waistline in a circle including your abdomen, flanks, love handles, and lower back. This full-circle approach creates the most dramatic waistline reduction and ensures smooth transitions between all the treated areas with no leftover bulges.

This technique gives you an hourglass figure or athletic V-shape by comprehensively addressing all the fat around your middle. You achieve complete torso contouring in a single procedure. The results look more natural because every angle of your waistline gets shaped together rather than just focusing on one or two spots.

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Hips Liposuction Recovery Timeline

Recovery from hip liposuction in New York moves through expected stages, though your timeline might be different based on how much treatment you had.

Days 1-3

You’ll feel tightness, mild soreness, and obvious puffiness around your hips and waist during these first days. Your compression garment gives important support and should stay on continuously, and you should rest as much as possible while avoiding twisting motions or lifting anything heavy during this early healing stage.

Days 3-7

Swelling stays noticeable but starts getting better slowly each day, and any bruising you have will begin fading throughout this first week. You can do light activities like walking around and desk work, and most people feel comfortable returning to work if their job doesn’t require physical labor or lots of movement.

Weeks 2-3

Puffiness goes down a lot and your hip contours start looking slimmer and more defined as each week passes. You can slowly add moderate activities like longer walks and light cardio, and most people feel okay going back to social activities once the main swelling fades during this period.

Weeks 3-6

Your waistline continues getting smoother and more curved as leftover swelling goes away and your skin gets tighter over the new shape. You can go back to most normal activities including moderate exercise, though you should still avoid very hard workouts that could strain your treated areas until you’re fully healed and cleared by Dr. Breitbart.

3 Months

Your hips reach most of their final slim shape at this point, with any remaining tiny bit of puffiness barely noticeable. The defined waistline and smooth sides you’ve been waiting to see become fully clear, and the small cut marks have faded to thin lines that are hidden by clothing.

6 Months and Beyond

Your results reach their final look as all healing finishes and your skin fully settles over the new contour. The fat cells taken out during your procedure are gone forever, so your slimmer hips and defined waistline last long-term when you keep your weight steady through healthy eating and staying active regularly.

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Dr. Breitbart’s Recovery Tips

  • Wear compression garment day and night as directed
  • Walk gently each day to keep blood flowing well
  • Avoid twisting at waist or lifting over 10 pounds
  • Sleep on your back for first two weeks
  • Stay well hydrated to support your body’s healing

Why Choose Dr. Breitbart for Hips Liposuction

Dr. Breitbart is a highly skilled expert with plenty of experience in hips liposuction and body shaping procedures. He understands that the hip and flank areas need careful technique because removing fat unevenly or taking too much from one spot can create results that look unbalanced or fail to give you the smooth curves you want.

His approach focuses on creating defined, natural-looking waistlines while making sure both sides match perfectly and everything flows smoothly into the areas around your hips. Dr. Breitbart uses advanced methods specifically designed for hip contouring, which allows for complete fat removal while being gentle to surrounding tissue and helping your skin tighten nicely over your new shape.

You benefit from his careful attention to making your waistline curved and balanced on both sides when he sculpts your hip areas. His expertise with hips liposuction in New York City means he can address everything from mild love handles to more extensive hip fullness while creating results that enhance your natural body proportions and help you feel more confident in all types of clothing.

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FAQs About Hips Liposuction

Here are the most common questions patients ask as they explore hips liposuction and what the process involves.

Right candidates are people at or near their goal weight who have stubborn fat on their hips and flanks that creates bulges or love handles. You should have fairly firm skin and realistic hopes about results. Dr. Breitbart checks your specific hip and waist concerns during consultation to figure out if liposuction will give you what you want or if treating other nearby areas too might create even better results.

The procedure typically takes one to two hours based on how much fat needs removing and whether you’re treating just the hips or also doing nearby areas like your lower back or abdomen. Most hip liposuction finishes relatively quickly because the treatment area is focused, which makes this an efficient procedure for people with busy schedules.

Most hips liposuction uses local numbing medicine for the treatment areas, often combined with light sedation to help you stay relaxed and calm. This approach lets you avoid full sleep anesthesia while making sure you won’t feel pain during treatment. Some people prefer stronger sedation or full sleep anesthesia based on their comfort level and how much treatment they need.

Scarring stays very small because the cuts are tiny and placed in hidden spots around your hip bones or in natural body creases. These marks fade a lot over time and typically become barely noticeable, especially when hidden by underwear, swimwear, or the natural contours of your body.

Most people return to desk work within two to three days after their procedure. Jobs needing physical labor or activities that could strain your waist and hips need one to two weeks off for proper healing. Your specific timeline depends on how much puffiness you have and how quickly your body responds during the recovery process.

First improvement shows up once swelling goes down around one to two weeks after the procedure. Your hip contours keep getting slimmer and more defined over the next several months as leftover puffiness goes away and your skin tightens fully. Final results become clear at three to six months when all healing finishes and tissue has completely settled into the new slim shape.

The fat cells taken out during hips liposuction are gone forever and won’t grow back in the treated areas. However, remaining fat cells can get bigger if you gain weight after your procedure. Keeping your weight steady through balanced eating and regular exercise helps protect your results and maintain your slimmer waistline long-term.

Hips liposuction works very well combined with abdomen liposuction to shape your entire midsection, or as part of Lipo 360 to address your full waistline in a circle. Some people also combine it with thigh or lower back liposuction for complete lower body shaping. Dr. Breitbart talks about good combinations during your consultation based on your specific body concerns and goals for improvement.

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