I had a touch up procedure done 3 weeks ago, to rectify a strange pocket of fat above my belly button. I am now noticing a deep crease above the area that was suctioned. Is this permanent? Will it disappear?
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October 14, 2015
Answer: Contour irregularities after liposuction can appear extreme if they are redundancies of skin.
Lipocontouring causes a body to lose fluid not only from any drainage/bleeding that you may see coming from the little incisions but also because of the great amount of swelling that lipo causes; this is what we call "third-spacing." In this situation, fluid that was in your blood stream...
From a physiologic standpoint you probably would be satisfactory to have liposuction within a couple months of total hip replacement. However, I would insist upon the approval of the orthopedic surgeon who had replaced the joint.