I had almost the same expierence. The compression garment has to be tight enough to conture the areas, and yes my doc. told me to massage to since that will help the fluid to absorb and also reduce "lumps". It is hard to do that since the areas over the flanks are very sore. I find the comp. garments cause a buring feeling, esp over the flank area, but so far nothing bad has happened. My doc told me the flank/hip area for some reason is very tender awhile after lipo.
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Posted to Upper/lower Abs and Flanks... Uneven Fluid Build Up, Numb Hips, Painful Blood Clot Feeling on 22 Aug 2010