Please help with this veins post abdominal Lipo phenomenon. Any suggestions? (photos)

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I had lipo almost four months ago, no heat , energy or laser was used, as i also did a fat transfer. Anyways now i have what seems to me like blue/ red veins on my stomach that increase and decrease, appear/dissapear depending on temperature and my activity. After a hot shower they dissapear, after a walk or activity they dissapear but then come back a few minutes after i stop... If inam cold they become very promenant in color. My dr said to give it time.

Nelson Castillo, MD · Answer

Thank you for sharing your question and photographs and congratulations on your liposuction procedure.  I have seen this take place in patients but more commonly in the opposite temperature conditions as yourself - worsens with heat and improves with cooling.  This vein prominence is temporary and tends to resolve spontaneously given enough time.  Hang in there and allow yourself at least a couple of more months to see improvement.

Daniel P. Markmann, MD · Answer

Mottling of the skin after liposuction is a fairly common occurrence.  Although most people believed they are healed from surgery in just a few weeks or a couple of months, healing actually continues internally for about a year.   It will likely slowly improve over the next several months.

Please help with this veins post abdominal Lipo phenomenon. Any suggestions? (photos)

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