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. 2024 Mar 19;12(3):e5649. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000005649

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Fig. 2. — A 46-year-old female patient. Medical history: Maturity-onset diabetes of the young diabetes mellitus. Preoperative BMI: 27.7 kg/m². Postoperative BMI: 24.2 kg/m². Procedure: HDL including arms + abdominoplasty + Buttocks fat grafting (500 mL/side). Lipoaspirate: 3400 mL. Technologies for variable energy and ultrasound arms: VASER, MicroAire, BodyTite (abdomen), and Morpheus-8 (arms). Preoperative pictures show a stage 2b posterior arm ptosis with a bulky look due to moderate fat deposits (A and B). Outstanding skin retraction and a new muscular definition is evident in these 2-month postoperative photographs (C and D).