Body Contouring Surgery Risk Rises With Increased Body Mass Index

Another reason to deny fat people certain procedures for their own protection.

"A recent study investigating the relationship between complications of body contouring surgery and body mass index has confirmed an increase in the occurrence of such complications with worsening degree of obesity. Findings from the study are published in the July/August 2008 issue of the Aesthetic Surgery Journal, the peer-reviewed publication of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS)."

Subjecting a patient, fat or not, to an elective procedure knowing that they are at a significantly increased risk of complications is both wrong and malpractice.

Patients, fat or not, deserve protection from this.