Liposuction Surgery – Post Surgery Instructions

Liposuction Surgery – Compressed Garments

Soon after your have performed liposuction surgery, your doctor will also probably give you some post liposuction surgery instructions. This will include information about wearing compression garments, taking an antibiotic if that has been prescribed, and the level of activity that is safe for you after your liposuction surgery.

After liposuction surgery, you should also have information about signs of problems that you should be aware of, for example the signs of infections or other problems that you need to know about.

Liposuction Surgery – Anesthesia & Scars

You may have some pain, when the anesthesia wears off. You should contact your physician, if the pain is extreme or of a long duration. You will have scars, usually small, where the physician cuts your skin and inserts the canula to remove fat tissue.

Liposuction Surgery – Swelling

After liposuction surgery, you may also experience some swelling. In some cases, this swelling will remain for weeks or even months. It may be the sign of infection, if you have pain and swelling for long period of time, and you should contact your physician.

Cosmetic Effect

Even liposuction surgery has medical complications it is because of the cosmetic reasons that people are going for liposuction surgery. The cosmetic effect after liposuction surgery may be very good and many patients report being satisfied.

However, your appearance after liposuction may not be what you expected or wanted. In other words, it is possible that the cosmetic effect will not be what you expected.

Some physicians counsel their patients that realistic expectations are important. After reading advertisements and looking at pictures of women and men who have had liposuction it may be difficult to have realistic expectations.

We discussed this earlier, but remember that advertising is made to make you want to purchase a product or service. Advertisements do not usually tell you about problems or shortcomings of the product or service.

Cosmetic Shortcomings

Some cosmetic shortcomings after liposuction include:

• The liposuction site may have a wavy or bumpy appearance after liposuction.
• There may be scars at the site where the doctor made the cut to insert the liposuction canula. These scars are usually small and fade with time but in some people, scars may be larger or more prominent.
• Results may be less dramatic than what you were expecting and this can be disappointing.
• Liposuction results may not be permanent. If you gain weight after liposuction surgery, the fat may return to sites where you had liposuction surgery or to other sites.