Tumescent Liposuction: Q&A
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How Long Until Tumescent Fluid Leaves the Body After Liposuction?
After vaser liposuction with PAL, how long does it take for all the tumescent fluid to leave the body?
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Tumescent fluid drainage after liposuction
Tumescent fluid used during liposuction has a numbing effect for around 24 hours. I leave adit sites, the entrance sites to the cannulas, open to speed up drainage of the tumescent fluid. The fluid will drain out of these sites for usually 1-2 days, depending on the amount that was used. Additionally, patients often note that they urinate more in the first 24 hours, as your kidneys also help to eliminate some of the excess fluid.
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Liposuction tumescent fluid is absorbed over 24 hours
The tumescent fluid used in liposuction serves two purposes. The first is that the solution expands the fatty layer and makes the suction cannula more effective at removing and contouring the fat. The second reason is the the solution contains medication, lidocaine which numbs the area being treated, and epinephrine which shrinks the blood vessels to reduce bleeding and swelling, and prolong the time the lidocaine is around. Suctioning may remove up to one half of the fluid, the rest is...
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Tumescent solution disappears over 24-48 hrs but swelling also kicks in at same time.
The tumescent solution is a combination of fluid plus local anesthetics and epineprhine. Studies have shown that most of the local anesthetics are absorbed by 18-24 hours.
However, at the same time the injjury of liposuction causes your own body fluids to pool in the area. Similar to the reasons why your lip swells when you get punched.
So, as the tumescent fluid is being absorbed, your bodies inflammatory process causes swelling which contributes to the drainage observed. This reaches a...
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Tumescent Lipo
When the area heals after tumescent lipo, there can be irregular tissue for months. In 6-8 months, thing should be back to normal, minus the fat. Although some irregularity is expected after lipo if an aggressive procedure is performed. Micro-tumescent needs to be defined by the one advertising the procedure as the tumescent name is general at best. Thank you for your question and good luck with everything.
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Swelling after tumescent liposuction
After tumescent Latin suction, patients should expect to experience swelling, bruising, and minimal drainage from the liposuction incision sites. These swelling and drainage is from the tumescent fluid that has yet to leave your body. In our practice, we inform patients that they may expect a small amount of drainage for the first 3 to 4 days after their surgery. Afterwards, they will continue to have swelling that is best treated with elevation and with wearing the compression garment...
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Tumescent fluid drainage varies by treatment location
Most of the tumescent fluid drains out within the first day. For the abdomen, one should expect drainage to last the longest, about three to five days. For areas like the thighs or arms, not much drains after the first day. A good general rule is to wear your compression garment 24 hours beyond fluid drainage.
Surprising to some, swelling is expected to increase after the first day. Similar to an ankle sprain, the swelling occurs with some delay after the event. Swelling will decrease over...
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Most of the tumescent fluid leaves body 24-36 hours after Liposuction
In addition to the tumescent solution placed into your fat before liposuction, like any trauma, liposuction ALSO causes localized swelling by pooling of other fluid into the liposuctioned area.
Much of the original tumescent fluid is either vacuumed at the time of liposuction or is absorbed by the body within 24-36 hours after the liposuction. However, the swelling caused by fluid seepage caused by the trauma of liposuction continues to be formed until the inflammation stops and the tissues...
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Count on 2 to 3 days after liposuction for the fluid to go away
There are normal fluid shifts with any surgery, even if you did not have tumescent fluid injected. We tend to leave the small openings unsutured. That way the fluid drips out through those openings and your body has less to absorb. You will have some residual swelling for up to 8 weeks but the fluid per se should be gone within 72 hours.
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Tumescent liposuction
The tumescent fluid will be absorbed fully by 24-48 hours. If you are still leaking, it is edema, not the tumescent fluid you are seeing. Check with your doctor for any concerns.
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