Dr Arthur Tjandra’s Liposuction and Fat Transfer Case Studies
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Patient No. 250
This Chinese Singaporean boxer/MMA fighter in her late-20s came Dr Arthur Tjandra of Elixir de Vie for arms liposuction and jowls and neck/double chin liposuction.
Despite her rigorous training, her arms were enveloped in a thick layer of fat. This is another example that dieting and exercising may be futile in a person who is genetically-programmed to store excessive fat in particular areas of the body. Although she was not fat at all, her arms were tremendously, disproportionately much fatter compared to the rest of her body, especially her slim lower body.
Besides, one needs to understand that exercising and dieting burn overall body fat. You cannot pre-determine which areas of your body you would like fat to be burned with exercising and dieting. The only way to ‘spot-reduce’ targeted fat areas is with liposuction.
Patient No. 250: Arms liposuction on a slim boxer/MMA fighter in her late-20s
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Patient No. 252
This 21-year-old Chinese Singaporean woman came to Dr Arthur Tjandra of Elixir de Vie during the period before he started publishing video case studies. She was one of the patients who had such unbelievably good results that we decide to publish her case study again. Three years after her initial gigantic thighs liposuction, she returned for arms liposuction. The result was similarly unbelievably good! Her fat big arms were transformed to slim, defined arms within a matter of 2 hours!
To view her complete video case studies, click on the links below:
First visit: Thunder thighs liposuction
Second visit (3 years later): Arms liposuction
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Patient No. 253
This Chinese Singaporean woman in her mid-20s came to Dr Arthur Tjandra of Elixir de Vie for whole body liposuction done over 3 sessions over a period of 4 years.
When she returned for her 3rd session, 4 years after her first visit, or 3 years after her second visit, she had gained significant weight. But, the beautiful sculpting and shape which Dr Arthur Tjandra of Elixir de Vie had created for her, was still retained well.
Unfortunately, no video was taken during her first and second visits as she did not give her consent. Only after she returned for her 3rd session, did she give consent filming and publishing of all pictures taken in her previous surgeries.
First visit: Abdominal liposuction
Second visit (1 year later): Arms, jowls and neck/double chin liposuction
Third visit (3 years later): Thighs liposuction
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Patient No. 256
This 34-year-old Chinese Singaporean wrestler came to Dr Arthur Tjandra of Elixir de Vie for arms liposuction. After she decided to quit competitive wrestling, she wanted to appear more feminine and did not need her King Kong arms to scare her opponents anymore. Despite having such gigantic King Kong arms, the size of her arms were made up solely of fat! Dr Arthur Tjandra of Elixir de Vie managed to aspirate close to 2 liters of fat from her arms! Luckily, due to her relatively young age, her skin still managed to shrink back nicely. If she was a Caucasian, and of older age, she might need a brachioplasty surgery to trim off all the loose skin of her arms after liposuction. Caucasians tend to have thinner and less elastic skin, especially when they get older.
Happy with the result of her arms liposuction, she returned 10 months later, for jowls and neck liposuction.
Click on the link below, to watch her video case studies.
Patient No. 256: A female wrestler with gigantic King Kong arms!
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Patient No. 257
This 22 year-old Chinese Singaporean air stewardess came to Dr Arthur Tjandra of Elixir de Vie for autologous fat grafting breasts augmentation. She had outer thighs liposuction at the same time, which transformed her A-shaped Granny Buttocks to O-shaped Bubble Buttocks!
Patient No. 258
This Chinese Singaporean woman in her early-20s came to Dr Arthur Tjandra of Elixir de Vie requesting for facial fat grafting for her sunken mid-face. However, on top of that, she also had underbite. She no longer had “spoon face” fat injection into her mid-face. “Spoon face” is the typical face people with underbite have, as their mid-face appear sunken inside, while their chins protrude forward. Her deep smile lines disappeared. As per her request, Dr Arthur Tjandra of Elixir de Vie also injected fat into her nose bridge to augment her nose and performed acne scar revision for her deep “ice-pick” acne scars.
To watch her video case study, click on the link below.
Patient No. 258: Facial fat grafting for underbite, nose augmentation and acne scar revision
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Patient No. 260
This 42-year-old Chinese Singaporean mother of 2 children came to Dr Arthur Tjandra of Elixir de Vie for 3 sessions of autologous fat grafting breasts augmentation, and liposuction of her jowls and double chin, thighs and arms.
To watch her video case study, click on the link below.
Patient No. 260: Mommy-makeover for a 42-year-old mother of 4 children
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Patient No. 263
This 22-year-old Chinese Singaporean woman came to Dr Arthur Tjandra of Elixir de Vie initially for arms liposuction. That was her original area of concern. But, after seeing how good the result was, she returned for a second session to address her abdomen. In order not to waste her fat, she got it injected back into her breasts for fat transfer breasts augmentation.
To view her complete video case studies, click on the links below:
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Patient No. 264
This 24-year-old Middle Eastern former model flew from Dubai to Medan, Indonesia, to look for Dr Arthur Tjandra of Elixir de Vie for her whole body transformation journey, because she could not find anyone in Middle East and Europe who had the skill and experience to perform liposuction on forearms, wrists, calves and ankles!
She was so ecstatic with the result of her first session, that she returned for a second visit within a month, although the recommended time span between 2 sessions is 3-6 months! The reason she returned so fast was because she claimed that she had almost completely recovered in just 1 month! From the videos taken 1 month after surgery, it looked like she was telling the truth. All the swelling had almost completely subsided in just a month. This is a good example of the superiority of syringe liposuction compared to powered liposuction using mechanical and ultrasound devices. As the trauma inflicted by a microcannula in syringe liposuction (with diameter of 2-3 mm, as compared to cannula diameter of at least 1 cm in powered suction), as well as the low suction pressure generated by hands on a syringe, the healing is much faster! There is also less risk of complications!
First visit: Arms, forearms, wrists, calves and ankles liposuction.
Second visit (1 month later): Thighs liposuction
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Patient No. 266
This Hispanic woman in her early-50s from Mexico, came to Dr Arthur Tjandra of Elixir de Vie for autologous fat grafting facial rejuvenation, as she has lost most of her mid-facial fat due to aging.
What about using filler? Yes, filler is another option. However, filler is much more costly, charged by the cc. In a typical face like this, at least 30-40 cc of fat is required for injection into both cheeks. How much do you have to pay for 40 cc of filler injection? Moreover, filler is temporary. Do you have the budget to get filler injection done every year? Fat, if grafted well, may last more than 10 years.
Patient No. 266: Autologous fat transfer mid-face rejuvenation on a middle-aged Hispanic woman
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Patient No. 271
This 21-year-old slim, Chinese Singaporean model, with granny buttocks, came to Dr Arthur Tjandra of Elixir de Vie for liposuction of her thunder thighs. Like most young Asian women, no matter how slim they are, or how athletic they are, they always seem to have issues of: thick saddle bags, thunder thighs and hamburger/meatball knees.
To watch the video case study, click on the link below.
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Patient No. 275
This 25-year-old Chinese Singaporean model had thighs liposuction surgery in Singapore a year ago, but was unhappy with the result, because she did not see any difference at all after surgery. She was already slim to begin with. All she wanted was to make her thighs more defined, her knee caps more prominent and shapelier, as well as to get rid of her saddle bags, which made her buttocks appear sagging. Apparently, her previous plastic surgeon did not have any idea what she wanted to achieve. It is, unfortunately, also trickier to perform liposuction on someone who is slim already, as there is no room for error at all. The slightest over-aspiration or under-aspiration is going to show on the skin immediately as dents. When she came across Dr Arthur Tjandra of Elixir de Vie video case studies on YouTube which showed transformation from A-shaped granny butt to O-shaped bubble butt, she hopped onto the first plane out from Singapore to Medan!
This is a good case to show how even such a slim model could benefit from liposuction. The fact is that many women have mistaken saddle bags as hips. It is nice to have round hips, but not round saddle bags. Saddle bags are located below the hips, at the side of the lower border of the buttocks. When one has saddle bags which protrude out wider than their hips, one’s buttocks appear A-shaped and droopy. This is what Dr Arthur Tjandra of Elixir de Vie describes as “granny butt”. Granny butt is not appealing at all. But, bubble buttocks, the ones where hips are the widest points, instead of saddle bags, are. Most women, unfortunately, have A-shaped, rather than O-shaped bottoms.
Likewise, round knees which protrude along the inner thighs are not appealing. Unfortunately, unlike men who do not usually have fat around their knees, most women actually have thick layer of fat around their knees, especially the inner aspects of their knees. This case study shows the transformation one can expect to achieve with the removal of saddle bags and fat in the knees. But, it is impossible to take fat out just from the saddle bags and knees, without performing liposuction on the entire length and circumference of the thighs, without creating unevenness and dents. Think of the thighs as kebab. Is it possible to carve out only the upper and lower parts of kebab only on one side, without creating dents?
To view her complete video case study, click on the link below.
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Patient No. 277
This Chinese Singaporean mother of 2 children in her early-30s came to Dr Arthur Tjandra of Elixir de Vie liposuction of her gigantic thighs and fat transfer into her deflated breasts after breast-feeding.
Click on the link below to watch the video case study.
Patient No. 277: Fat transfer breasts augmentation and gigantic thighs liposuction
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Patient No. 280
This 50-year-old New Zealander came to Dr Arthur Tjandra of Elixir de Vie for revision whole body liposuction after having had whole body liposuction done in London. She got arms, abdominal, thighs and calves liposuction done in London while she was working there. She claimed that not only could she not see any difference after liposuction, but she was left with dents and waviness.
She also requested for autologous fat grafting to the upper half of her breasts, although Dr Arthur Tjandra of Elixir de Vie recommended a mastopexy surgery (breast lift) to address her droopy breasts (ptosis). She declined a mastopexy, as it is a much bigger and more invasive surgery.
First visit:
- Revision arms liposuction
- Revision knees liposuction
- Revision calves and ankles liposuction
- Autologous fat grafting breasts augmentation
Second visit (2 years and 9 months later):
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Patient No. 288
This Chinese Singaporean woman in her early-30s had arms and abdominal VASER liposuction in Thailand 2 years ago. Unhappy with the result, she came to Dr Arthur Tjandra of Elixir de Vie for revision liposuction, only to end up extremely unhappy with the result. To read more please click on the links below.
Patient No. 288: Revision arms liposuction after non-3D arms VASER liposuction in Thailand
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Patient No. 298
This extremely slim 24-year-old Chinese Singaporean ballerina who weighed just 40 kg came to Dr Arthur Tjandra of Elixir de Vie for autologous fat grafting breasts augmentation, after she was turned down by 2 other surgeons, one in Singapore and another one in Bangkok, who advised her that it was impossible to perform breasts fat transfer on someone who was so skinny.
Click on the link below to view her full video case studies.
First visit: Fat transfer breasts augmentation and inner thighs liposuction
Second visit (6 months later): Fat transfer breasts augmentation and saddle bags liposuction
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