Is It Normal To Still Be Swelling When Not Wearing Compression Belt 2 Months Post-Op Vaser?

I am 43 yrs old woman, 9 weeks post op vaser on my upper and lower abs and back,one week after the procedure and post ops,my doc advised me the use of body wrapping belts along with the compression garment.I live in a cold place and can bear the disconfort of compression garment and belts.My skin looks absolutely normal with no strech markSoon after unwrapping the belts the new shape looks great,but staying a few hrs without belts alone on compression garment causes swelling again.Is this normal?

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Vaser Liposuction

Swelling can persist for 6 months and the garment is important until you stop swelling. Thank you for your question and good luck with everything.

Recurrence of swelling following Vaser.

Thank you for your question. Post-operative garments and padding belts and cushions are normally advised to use for about 6 weeks following Vaser operation. You might have had High definition Vaser if your surgeon instructed you to wear it longer. We recently audited post-operative recovery symptoms and complications on 100 patients done at our clinic. Although on average post-operative swelling lasted around 2 weeks, some patients were reporting it after 43 days As any... more