Half the "my hips look wrong" frustration in this practice's inbox is actually two different problems stacked — and treating either alone is how patients end up disappointed twice.
The eye doesn't measure each zone in isolation; it measures the drop from flank fullness into lateral hollow. Fullness above makes the dip below read deeper. Which produces the two classic single-treatment disappointments: lipo alone that leaves the dips looking worse (the shelf is gone but the drop remains, now unpadded), and filling alone that smooths the hollow while the overhang above still breaks the line.
The flank fat that needs removing is frequently the exact donor material the dip needs — one operation, subtracting where there's excess, adding where there's deficit, reading your entire side as one continuous line. It's the most common combined plan in this practice for a reason: the anatomy practically writes it.
Pinch test above the hip bone (excess?), shadow check below it (hollow?) — most people find both. Photos settle it properly: the assessment comes back mapped, zone by zone, with the one-line plan and its honest volumes. Free, as always.
