Lillyililac

Hi, I had tumescent liposuction on my outer thighs, flanks, hips and bra line eight days ago and am doing fine. I wanted to have my inner thighs done as well but my surgeon will not do outer and inner at the sime time due to the tissue trauma this causes. I took arnica for a week prior to surgery to help with the bruising and a skin specific antibiotic from the day before surgery until three days after. The arnica really helped. I am swollen and sore but i can get around and will be returning to work tomorrow. My advice for anyone considering treatment is find out more about tumescent lipo (i was awake and able to stand up during treatment to check for symmetry), take arnica, and talk to your surgeon about having inner and outer thighs done at the same time and what this means in terms of pain and recovery time. Lilly

I had tumescent liposuction eight days ago and so far, so good. I had lipo on my outer thighs, flanks, hips and bra line. The procedure was slightly uncomfortable but not painful. It took about four hours in total and I was awake and able to stand in front of a mirror (for a quick symmetry check) during the op. Immediately afterwards I weighed 10 lbs more than my pre-op weight, then after a day I was 3 lbs less than pre op, and now a week later I am four pounds heavier than before the procedure. I am wearing a body garment from my calves to under the bust which is uncomfortable (especially at night) but nothing I am not willing to tolerate for a good result. I have been advised to wear it for a month after surgery which I will do. I also wore a mid body wrap for six days which was very uncomfortable during the night and gave me bad back ache. You wrap this around as tight as you can so it may be that I should have had it a bit looser. I can really see a difference in my bra line and my outer thighs already, however, I have not gone down a dress size and clothes that did not fit before, do not fit now (especially around the waist). I am still quite bruised and tender and I definitely could not go back to my pre-op activities (riding my bike to work each day and four keep fit classes inc cardio, stretch and yoga classes). That said, I can move around pretty comfortably and intend to do some gentle walking from today onwards. At the moment I am feeling sore, itchy (from the healing adits) and horribly fat (but only because my scales are telling me that I am). Overall, at the one week point I am happy and can see definite results. If the swelling continues to go down during the next couple of months I will be ecstatic. Just in case you want to know the procedure side of things, here is how it worked for me: Weigh in; Blood pressure check; Undress and put on paper thong pants Have pictures taken Go into procedure room and take a calming sedative tablet (optional) Get wiped down with sterilising solution Lie down on table and get hooked up to a heart monitor and a blood pressure machine Have loads of injections to numb the areas for the canula (uncomfortable and sting a bit) Saline, lidocane solution is pumped in Canula is inserted and machine creates a vibration and the doctor pokes around to get the fat out. Stand in front of the mirror to check symmetry Do a bit more poking and sucking Check again Finished. Nurse put pads on the holes and helps you into garment You are now ready for someone to take you home.