AboutAlan M. Engler, MD, FACS Expertise Dr. Engler has answered over 2700 plastic surgery questions for Allexperts. His expertise is in cosmetic plastic surgery including breast surgery (breast enlargement with implants, breast reduction, breast lifts), liposuction, eyelid surgery, tummy tucks, facelifts etc.
Dr. Engler has been listed as one New York`s Top Doctors, and as "One of the World's Most Famous Aesthetic Surgeons" (Aesthetic Surgery, TASCHEN Books, Angelika Taschen, Editor). He is the author of 4 books, including "BodySculpture" (a best-selling plastic surgery book on breast surgery, liposuction and tummy tucks), "EyeScapes" (Plastic Surgery of the Eyelids), "Restylane," and "The Slim Book of Liposuction."
Dr. Engler has two US Patents for surgical instruments that he's designed, and has appeared on numerous television shows, including The Tyra Banks Show, The Ricki Lake Show (four times), and the Dr. Keith Ablow Show. Videos of his appearances are available on YouTube (SEARCH FOR "DR. ENGLER"). His website is www.bodysculpture.com.
Experience Dr. Alan Engler is a board-certified plastic surgeon in New York and the author of BodySculpture - Plastic Surgery of the Body for Men and Women (ISBN 0966382749) one of the top-selling plastic surgery books on amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, etc.
Education/Credentials Dr. Engler graduated from Yale University (undergraduate) and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University (medical school). He did his residency training in General Surgery and, after that, Plastic Surgery, at the Montefiore Medical Center in New York. He is on the faculty of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.
Question Hi
I had lipo of the flanks, back and inner thighs April 1st 2009 (3 days ago). Today I feel a little weird almost feverish and I keep getting muscle spasms or twitches in my right shoulder (nothing was done there) it comes and goes & I get cool sensations that come and go as well...similar to chills but a little less. I didn't take any pain meds today so it can't be that & yesterday I only took tylanol 3 twice in the day. My antibiotic is cefprozill generic for cefzil. Should i be concerned?
Thanks
Answer from Dr. Alan Engler
www.bodysculpture.com
Hi Chris,
Although you're probably fine, you need to call your surgeon. Even the possibility of chills, particularly in association with some of the other things you describe (feeling weird, almost feverish, spasms) warrants contact with your surgeon at this early stage (3 days post-op).
