Incorporation of the UGRAFT Technique to High-definition Liposuction.

High-definition liposuction is now a reliable procedure that provides more athletic results. It is a trend among plastic surgeons and patients. The ultrasound-guided rectus abdominis fat transfer (UGRAFT) technique has expanded the range of patients who can benefit from rectus abdominis fat grafting, including those without skin laxity. Its advantage over isolated high-definition liposuction is a more natural-looking result because it increases muscle volume and provides a contoured abdomen even during movement, regardless of the patient's position. In this article, we describe one patient undergoing the UGRAFT technique after high-definition liposuction, versus one patient undergoing only high-definition liposuction. We determined that the use of the UGRAFT technique provides greater muscle definition over those in which this technique has not been performed. The UGRAFT technique opens the possibility of developing more complete body structures regarding definition, providing volume to muscular areas. The more muscle mass and less body fat, the greater the body definition in a liposuction. The less muscle mass and more body fat, the less definition a patient will have in a liposuction. Under these principles, we improve the result by increasing the volume of muscle mass.

A New Surgical Approach to Body Contouring.

BACKGROUND: The success of body contouring surgery will largely depend on the correct choice and performance of the technique, and utilization of the necessary scientific measures. Thus, this study sought to highlight the combination and evolution of the abdominoplasty-assisted liposuction technique, while individualizing each case for the patient's benefit. METHOD: We present a series of 188 cases from the past 3 years (2017-2019), using our modification to the surgical technique: performing 360-degree liposuction first, and then abdominoplasty in the same surgical time. We show our aesthetic results, surgical time, and complications, so as to compare them with the literature. RESULTS: Of the 188 cases, 184 were women (97.9%) and 4 were men (2.1%). In 11 cases (5.8%), we recorded 4 hours as a minimum surgical time and 8 hours in 16 cases (8.5%) as a maximum time. Regarding complications, hematomas were recorded in 1 case (0.5%) as the least frequent complication and seromas in 18 cases (9.6%) as the most frequent complication. The aesthetic results, although not objectively measurable, are flattering for both the patient and the surgeon, as shown by documented evidence (photographs) before and after surgery. CONCLUSIONS: Our study supports favorable results. Modification of this technique has resulted in outstanding body contouring surgery. We hope this procedure can be reproduced because of its few complications and the pleasant results it yields.

The Perception of the Ideal Body Contouring in Mexico.

Over the centuries, our appreciation of beauty has changed, as has the social environment that influences our perspective. Currently we are trying to use measurable instruments to achieve a better aesthetic result in each patient, using as a reference the "golden ratio," which is found in harmonies of all kinds-in art, nature, architecture, and today, in medicine-to aspire to the ideal proportion. METHODS: We conducted a survey in which we showed participants 4 digitally modified images of a model with different body proportions, 1 with the golden ratio and 3 with other variable proportions. In total, 900 people were surveyed, of which 131 had attended cosmetic surgery consultation, and 769 respondents were recruited on our social networks. RESULTS: Of the 900 respondents, 607 were women and 293 were men. Fifty-nine percent of the surveyed women chose image C (shown in Fig. 3) and similarly, so did 59.4% of surveyed men, which was not statistically significant; however, when considering age, we found the groups of 21-30, 31-40, and 41-50 chose image C at 46%, 65%, and 67%, respectively, whereas 44% of those over 51 years preferred image B, which is statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS: The image whose waist-hip harmony meets the golden ratio (1.61) is most often chosen as "the most beautiful," by both men and women. It is also the preferred image for all age groups under 50.