While every patient wants to minimize their recovery time, returning to strenuous exercise too soon may result in prolonged swelling or bruising, separation of your incisions, infection, or an increased chance of the formation of excess scar tissue.
Start slowly and gradually increase intensity. However, if you begin an active lifestyle too soon after your procedure, you may experience complications like pain, bruising, and even seroma (an accumulation of body fluids).
Toning exercises can be gradually increased generally from between two-to-three weeks after the operation. It is important for the body to heal first for the best surgical results. Once six weeks have passed most liposuction patients feel comfortable enough to endure strenuous exercises.
Liposuction can reduce belly fat and slim your stomach better than any other procedure available (and better than any “one quick tip,” wrap, or waist trainer). Incorporate diet and exercise to take your results even further.
Soreness and bruising typically peak about 3 to 5 days post-op and then begin to diminish more each day. My patients go home with a compression garment over their bandages, which provides support and protection, helps decrease swelling, and encourages better long-term liposuction results.
The results will be permanent since liposuction permanently removes fat cells from an area, and fat cells do not grow back or duplicate in the area where liposuction has been done.
Yes, You will need to wear a compression garment to bed for the first four weeks. For most procedures like tummy tucks, BBLs, lipo and body lifts, you will wear it full time for four weeks including when you sleep. You can take the garment off to go to sleep after 4 weeks.
Three weeks after surgery: Swelling and bruising continue to subside. Patients can resume light exercise (e.g., walking on a treadmill, riding a stationary bike, gentle stretching) while still avoiding vigorous activity.
For that reason, many doctors forbid their patients from stressing or exercising their torsos during the first month of post-op recuperation. That means you can't lift weights, go jogging, work on your core, or do push-ups for four weeks after your surgery. You can't put any pressure on your back or your chest.
Ultimately, the most you can lose with liposuction is likely to be about two dress sizes, which is a significant change. This is why so many patients in The Woodlands choose liposuction to help enhance their body shape.
For minor liposuction, a patient can expect a recovery time of about 2 weeks. However, the swelling will last longer than that, and it could take several weeks to recover fully. More extensive liposuction has a longer recovery time.
No alcohol, tea, coffee, or carbonated drinks should be consumed for at least 3 days after surgery. NO sport drinks (Gatorade), vegetable juice (V8), or other high salt drinks. Salt will cause swelling.
Can I Have Liposuction More Than Once? A second liposuction procedure is possible if you develop additional fatty deposits. However, because liposuction is not a weight-loss procedure, it is suggested that you get as close as you can to your final desired weight before undergoing a second liposuction treatment.
Liposuction techniques cannot access the visceral fat cells. Therefore, if you have deep fat cells around your internal organs, this will remain following your procedure. As a result, your stomach will not be flat even after liposuction.
Answer: Liposuction is not weight removal
Part of that fat that was removed was injected fluid and water in the fat cells. The water you drink will replace some of the water in the cells in the tissue. I tell my patients you will look different, but your weight will stay the same.
Whether you undergo facelift surgery, breast augmentation, liposuction, or another procedure, Dr. Zemmel generally advises patients to avoid alcohol for at least one to two weeks after surgery—and only after you have finished taking your pain medications.
Doctors will advise their patients that, without massage, there is a risk that the swelling and inflammation could turn into fibrosis, which is a permanent hardening of the area. Lymphatic Massage ensures you'll achieve the best results possible from your procedure!
Which is Right For Me: a Tummy Tuck or Lipo? If loose skin is a concern for you, a tummy tuck will give you the best results. If you simply have small pockets of fat around your midsection that you'd like to address, liposuction is probably the best option for you.
No. Liposuction does not cause sagging skin. What liposuction does is remove the volume beneath skin by eliminating excess fatty tissue. When this is done, though, skin that does not have good laxity doe not bounce back and retract the way one might like.
But generally, a BMI under 30 is good news. In addition, it is especially well suited for minimally-invasive procedures such as liposuction and skin tightening. With your BMI, you are likely to see good results from both procedures.