Feeling Demoralized 12 Days Following Cellulaze. Looks Worse?

I just had my 11 day post-op appointment and am still feeling lousy... I feel that my cellulite is actually looking worse and I can NOT for the life of me remove the permanent marker - they even tried to remove it at the doctor's office w/ oil and acetone to no avail - any suggestions? Also - when is it safe to begin working out? I still feel pretty sore and skin is very sensitive to the touch but want to find out when it would be considered safe to exercise.

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Cellulaze Results at 3-6 Months

Due to post procedure swelling it is normal for the cellulite to appear more pronounced at first. It can take up to 3 months before you see significant results and will continue to improve up to 6 months. I recommend my patients wait 2 weeks to exercise. There are many options for removing the marker - we suggest baby wipes, rubbing alcohol, and oil based products.

Please be patient with Cellulaze procedure

Hello and thanks for the question. This question comes up often here. During my consultations with patients I make sure they understand that the results will not show up immediately, and can look worse because of the swelling. The results start to improve by the 3-6 months, and can continue for up to a year after the surgery. Please have patience with the procedure, and I am sure you will be pleased once it has taken affect. Best of luck. Robert... more

Cellulaze Results

Thank you for your question. Do not be discouraged. After about 3 weeks, the results of your treatment will start to become visible, with improvements continuing to develop during the following 3 to 12 months. You will enjoy skin with better tone and fewer surface irregularities. Depressions will gradually level out, and your body contour will be sleeker and more attractive.

Be Patient!

Cellulaze takes between 3-6 months to see the final result. Be patient you have to give it time to heal properly.

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12 days after Cellulaze

I'm sorry to hear you're feeling discouraged after your procedure. Bruising, swelling, soreness, looking lumpy, bumpy and worse are all quite common 12 days post procedure. This is all actually quite normal. It's easy to get discouraged and have regrets when you feel sore, look worse and don't see the end in sight. And though I can't give you an exact date of when you will look and feel better, you certainly will. Everyone goes through a healing phase that looks worse... more

Feeling Demoralized 12 Days Following

Sorry for you're issues. To me you had a very poor pre operative informed consent because ALL your issues are very normal following CELLULAZE. In fact I make sure MY patients fully understand this is a LONG healing process. Best to have a heart to heart with your certified CELLULAZE doc. Maybe you can help him/her change their pre operative policies of informing. But back to you, it takes weeks before you will see changes. Just hang in there try lymphatic massages.

Cellulaze 12 days postop

I tell my Cellulaze patients that the areas of treatment may actually look worse in the first 2 weeks after your procedure because of 1) bruising and 2) swelling. Depending on your treatment and your compliance with compression garments, these issues should get better in 2-3 weeks. Please remember, it takes 3-6 months for you to see your final results. The reason for this time period is that it takes time for the collagen to thicken and tighten your skin in the... more

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Brittany6755 2 Oct 2012

Cellulaze is a long healing process. 6 mos. Sounds like your doctor did not fully prepare you for what to expect. My doctor said this: first 5 days I will be saying OMG, this is a miracle (that's the swelling filling up the cellulite areas and puffing them out.) Next several weeks to a few months, soreness, sensitive to sit down, bruising may take a while to go away (mine went away in a couple of weeks. Some people several months out are still dealing with it.) 3-4 mos may see some progress. 6 mos is a decent indicator of results, but could take up to a year. Some doctors say wear the compression stocking for a month, others say 2+ mos. Bottom line: cellulaze works the day we walk out of the doctors office from the procedure. Any lack of results we are seeing is due to swelling that is healing slowly. We did just break apart all those connections in the underlying skin- that's pretty drastic. I had my procedure done June 6. I'm 4 mos out, my daughter says it looks better, but it's still there. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the gals on this site that had it done before me and are having results, that I will have good results too. Hang in there, phase back into normal life, pretend like you didn't have it done, then mid Jan you'll probably see a difference and mid-March, hopefully, you'll be saying how amazing it is. Brittany.

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