Hot Yoga after lipo on "muffin top"?

It's been 11 days since I had lipo on my "muffin top". Can I do hot yoga?

2 answers to “Hot Yoga after lipo on "muffin top"?”

A: Ask your surgeon

Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MD

 Dear Peachesdaisy A lot of my liposuction business is word of mouth. Many of my patients are members at the same yoga studio. Typically, they are back doing yoga on the second or third day after liposuction. However, I practice pure tumescent liposuction under local anesthesia with very small cannulas.... more

A: Hold off yoga after Lipo for two more weeks

Robert Frank, MD

My recommendation is that you hold off two more weeks. Remember that right now your body is trying how to get rid of all that swelling in the skin, fat and muscle though a lymphatic system thats been beat up by your surgery. Doing bending or twisting exercises will tend to draw fluid to those areas and... more

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