Blood Clot Risk During Liposuction Recovery?

Usually 2 weeks post op is safe for blood clots but one can never be too safe. Calf tenderness, shortness of breath, fever, and rapid heart rate are all symptoms.

Blood clots are not common with liposuction surgery, but there may be a relatively greater theoretical risk with liposuction of the calves, inner thighs and abdomen, or with high volume liposuction (greater than 5 liters aspirate). Important things to do to minimize risk include walking, getting up and around after surgery, and drinking lots of fluids. After surgery, if there is greater pain, swelling, firmness in one leg over the other, particularly if there is any shortness of breath, these are indicators someone must get checked out immediately.

If there is a baseline clotting disorder or history of blood clots, risk is definitely something to consider and a real risk.

The answer for this is essentially, forever. Why? Because liposuction alone is not the reason why you develop a blood clot. It is primarily the time under general anesthesia and the degree to which you are immobilized.
People who have NEVER had liposuction are at risk for a blood clot if they are immobilized for prolonged periods (plane trip or placed in a cast) or have other conditions or medications which increase this tendency.
If you liposuction procedure is brief or under local and you are not immobilized and have no other predisposing factors, your risk of blood clot is definitely less than 1 in 50,000. However, the true number is not known due to the difficulty in recording procedures.