A cosmetic surgeon nestled under the Long Island expressway that takes New York socialites to the Hamptons has described how he uses liposuction to give men fake six packs.
Dr. Schott Blyer – aka Dr. BFixin – runs a practice that traditionally caters to women, but says in the last six months he has experienced soaring numbers of men coming to him for ‘abdominal etching’.
The surgery involves an initial liposuction procedure, priced at around $5,000, and then the etching for an additional $4,500.
‘We basically use high definition liposuction to create a six pack. It’s traditional liposuction but you etch lines between the muscles,’ he told DailyMail.com, explaining the surgery.
‘Liposuction has been around forever but this is more sculpted and guys definitely seem to have a renewed interest in this stuff,’ he said. ‘And we get a big Hampton crowd, you can’t get there without crossing our place.’
Dr. Schott Blyer – aka Dr. BFixin – operates a Long Island clinic from which he give men fake six packs. He says recently he has had a soaring male clientele seeking fake six packs
The surgery carried out by Blyer involved traditional liposuction to remove fat, but then an additional step referred to as ‘abdominal etching’ to accentuate elements. Pictured is a photo of somebody before and after the surgery
Whereas traditional laser liposuction involves the basic extraction of fat by suction, Blyer uses VASER liposuction to ‘come close to the skin’ and chisel away the fat around ‘the muscle’.
VASER liposuction uses vibration in addition to break up fat with additional precision.
Blyer, who is a social media personality as well as a doctor, has an online following of more than 750,000 on TikTok and around a third of that on Instagram, where he posts short comic videos, advertising cosmetic surgery and plugging his clinic.
He said that he has been offering the six pack procedure for 17 years but noted that only within the last year has it really begun taking off.
He attributes the rising popularity of the operation to shifting trends in appearances that affect men and women across the board and suggested the ongoing mania around the weight loss drug Ozempic is part of the same phenomenon.
‘It goes hand in hand with Ozempic, the first days we said we were offering [Ozempic] we had over a 100 phones calls,’ he said. ‘Everyone just wants that look now.’
‘The last few years had been relatively thick, now the Kardashians have changed their looks, their butts are getting smaller, they’re getting leaner,’ Blyer said. ‘The Kardashians set the market, this is the year.’
A man’s torso is pictured before and after receiving a fake six-pack from Dr. BFixin
Blyer suggested it’s is not crucial to be especially fit to begin with – a BMI of 27 or less is a reasonable starting point. Pictured is a patient before (left) and after (right) the surgery
A price list offered from Blyer’s website. Basic liposuction is a prerequisite for the high-definition VASER operation
Blyer is not the archetypal doctor and nor does he aspire to be. ‘Traditional medicine has taught doctors to wear this white coat, use fancy words,’ he said in a YouTube video addressing prospective customers.
‘I’m a husband, a brother, a friend, who just happens to be a doctor that makes lit ass booties.’
But he makes sick packs too and, he says, business has never been better.
He says the device can also be used to provide tonality to the back and the types of men eligible for the procedure vary enormously.
‘If your BMI is 27 or less that generally is a good candidate – there cant be a hard and fast rule,’ he said. ‘It’s all types of guys, the machismo guy who works out all day and a lot of gay guys,’ he said of his clientele.
He also performs the surgery on women, but uses a lighter touch and accentuates less the individual muscles.
Blyer performs a host of other surgeries, including breast implants, tummy tucks and butt lifts, as well as a number of surgeries to the face.
He said the six-pack surgery can take between two and four hours and after that a week or so of recovery.
Blyer pictured with his family
He said that although the medical industry as a whole appears disinterested in his line of work, there are still advancements in how cosmetics surgeries are practiced and that many of them are developed in South America.
But he warned that although it would be cheaper there would also be drawbacks.
‘If you do have a problem and you’re up here most doctors won’t want to help you. The medical community has been hesitant to embrace post operative care, but we pick up these teachings from South American people. They do a lot of it, they do it for cheap, it’s less litigious down there.’
He said it was rare for patients to be unhappy with the modification and claimed it was ‘very rare’ that somebody would come back in the hopes of undoing it.
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