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Anesthesia-Feeling in Places w/ Lumps and Bumps - Normal?

asked 1 year ago by reizi in egypt
Latest answer by Ronald Shelton, MD
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Tags: arms, 1 month post-op, anesthesia, bumps, feel, lumps, normal

did translucent smartlipo inner and outer thighs,and arms.4 weeks ago. in my arms, when i do put them up, i feel like things are stretching inside.and the place where needles entered, i don't feel them as normal as the other areas when i touch them,i feel like as if there is still anastesia ,and also lumps.is it normal ?

2 answers to Anesthesia-Feeling in Places w/ Lumps and Bumps - Normal?

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Smart lipo and skin sensation changes

Regardless of the type of liposuction, such as tumescent, powered liposuciton, ultrasonic liposuction, Smart Lipo, Water Jet Lipo, skin sensation may be temporarily altered and it may take many months to more than a year to return to normal. Sometimes one feels patches of numbness and other focal areas of hypersensitivity, some areas of indentations, some lumps and a general contour uneveness. All of these findings may exist in one post-liposuction patient. See your surgeon for... more
Ronald Shelton, MD

Manhattan Dermatologist
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SmartLipo of the Arms

It is normal to have areas of temporary altered sensation after Liposuction; the incidence may be slightly higher with Smart Lipo. All liposuction traumatizes the sensory nerves that run through the fat into the skin. This is a temporary injury with almost universal recovery to normal. When Smartlipo is used on the arms, the fat reduction is just below the skin; resulting in more temporary trauma to the sensation. areThe tightness that you feel is the skin tightening that is the major... more
Richard L. Dolsky, MD

Philadelphia Plastic Surgeon

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