MidwestDylan

Had Lipo Yesterday--inner, Outer Thighs, and Above the Knee

Day 14: I weighed myself today and I have officially dropped 4.3 lbs!!! I am now at 130 lbs even. My inner thighs still kind of bother me and I still have swelling there and also on the inside of my knees where I had lipo, too. Bruising is starting to diminish, but still darker in my inner knees. Inner thighs are still uneven despite the constant massaging. I am planning on getting a professional deep tissue massage within a week. That's all for now...

I see. My inner thighs are still pretty doughy. When I press in, you can see my finger impressions, so I still keep massaging a lot. Almost 3x a day sometimes (morning shower, then lotion, then lotion before bed). It's getting better a bit as I massage, but still not completely gone. I can feel some hard spots under my skin, but keep working those in with deep tissue massage.

I don't know what you could be experiencing, but remember, my nurse said the peak swelling is 10-14 days post op. I bet it will go down here in a day or two. But yeah, definitely stay low on the sodium. No thanksgiving for me today. :( Definitely no deserts. I am going to bake a buttercup squash for myself for desert today. LOL! As I've said before, I have an addition to that stuff. It's delish!

I was also going to ask you...are your crotch "lymph
nodes or just nodes kind of swollen up??? I thought it was scar tissue b/c its close to where the incisions were by the underwear line, but I'm starting to think it's not that b/c its not right by the incision, it's a little lower. Any thoughts???

I was also pretty swollen yesterday. Worked all day (sit down office job w/ some walking around, but legs were hanging down most of the day), then I went shopping for a couple hours and then it started hurting really bad. Felt hard in my inner thighs and was hard to get in the car. Ouch!!! Better today though...elevating a lot.

Well I hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving!!! Keep me in the loop of your progress!

Mine is below the knee. I now have 5 different garments. The reason is b/c each has different stitching and it bothers me differently on the inside of the garment. It makes dents into my skin, so I try to wear different ones every day. I found some pretty good ones for cheap at Sears. I bought 2 there. 1 from Dillards, 1 is from my wedding 3 yrs ago and then I had the one from the doc, which I won't wear again b/c it's above the knee.

Yep, I am trying to move the garment around sometimes during the day.

OMG! Are your inner thighs getting hard?????? Mine started 9 days after lipo. I keep massaging like crazy but it seems they are getting harder and harder.

Please let me know if you are experiencing the same. I hope it gets better soon!!!

Brendaann--how much did your crotchless Spanx cost?

Spanx is so darn expensive and the garment I got from the doc was HORRIBLE!!! I had one from my wedding few yrs back but I did go to a retail store and buy another one for like $40. It was a different kind, but still met my needs for the most part.

My sister has diastasis recti. She was told that she had to do phyisical therapy first to get those muscles repaired then a tummy tuck to help with all the loose skin. She had twins+.

Good luck!!