I Have Two Hard Lumps on my Abdomen 7 Weeks After Lipo - What Can I Do to Minimize Them and is This Normal? Doctor Answers, Tips
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I Have Two Hard Lumps on my Abdomen 7 Weeks After Lipo - What Can I Do to Minimize Them and is This Normal?

i had liposuction on my stomach 7 week ago and my skin has 2 hard lumps that give my abs a wavy appearance .my surgeon told me i have thin skin and that one of the lumps look like its developing into scar tissue. he recomended lymphatic drainage massage. is this normal and will it go away

12 Doctor Answers | Asked by bbl in Manhattan NY
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Lumps After Liposuction?

This is normal in al likelihood and will go away.  You can massage them.  Your doctor could try dilute steroid injections. Ultrasound may help.  Time is the best cure.  Massage, with time, I suggest for another couple of months.  See you surgeon for support and help.  Good luck
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PHOTO: Lumps after Lipo on abdomen

AT 7 weeks, you have just completed the proliferative phase of wound healing and firmness and irregularities are not uncommon. Massage, ultrasound and MLD may help expedite scar maturation. I have found that these are often due to folds in improper compression garment wear or waistbands. IF this is the case you may be better off avoiding all compression to the area.
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Lumps after liposuction

External massage, lymphatic massage may help smoothen lumps after liposuction. External ultrasound treatment can help too. If they don't recede completely, then small cannula liposuction in the tiny lumps may flatten them if they are undercorrected residual fatty accumulations.

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Lumps after belly liposuction

I agree with the other surgeons who have given their thoughts on this problem.  I would advise you to perform aggressive massage three times daily to these areas and continue to wear a binder or girdle throughout the day.  Often these "lumps" or contour abnormalities will go away or get considerably smaller over time.  Continue to follow up with your surgeon because the "final" results after liposuction take awhile (3-6 months) and you may... more
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Two lumps from liposcution

The two lumps you have may be fat necrosis, or seroma flud, to name a few things.  You may be better off massaging the area and giving it time to heal. Follow closely with your surgeon.
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Liposuction lumps

These will often resolve with massaging and time.  I would expect that they would be consideraly softer in 3 to 4 months.
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I Have Two Hard Lumps on my Abdomen 7 Weeks After Lipo - What Can I Do to Minimize Them and is This Normal?

Massage, massage, more massage. Otherwise allow healing for 3 months than have a touch up. From MIami Dr. Darryl J. Blinski
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2 months after liposuction, two lumps on the abdomen

Sometimes one can have some hardness around the belly button after liposuction. This is a more fibrous area and can have persistent tissue inflammation. Massage is a good idea. One statement that concerns me is "...my surgeon told me i have thin skin and that one of the lumps look like its developing into scar tissue". It sounds that the liposuction might've been too superficial with injury of the blood supply under the skin resulting in abnormal scarring. If this is the case, i more
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Bulge after liposuction

Temporary lumps can form after liposuction due to swelling, retained fat or seroma.  Each cause would have a different treatment.  Since you are just 7 weeks out, it may just be swelling.  When you are swollen, clothes, positioning, etc can cause indentations in the swollen tissue.  If it is just swelling, then it will resolve over time.  Retained fat would need to be suctioned out at a later date.  You should not progress with any types of revision or... more
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Need to rule out seromas after liposuction.

Hi. I would suggest a sonogram as soon as possible . If you have a seroma (fluid collection), it needs to be aspirated promptly. Time is important because, ignored seromas eventually become permanent scar tissue. see video
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