My doc said not necessary and her company who provides her with brochures it don’t have it in there so she said it’s not a big deal. Is it really not?? Or where Can I buy one if I wanted to and where? Also I’m flying overseas 4 days after Lipo is that safe? Thank you
December 14, 2017
Answer: Compression garments after liposuction Thank you for your question. Every surgeon will have his/her own preferences as to recovery for specific procedures. It's best to follow your surgeons specific advice post-operatively. We typically have our patients wear compression garments on the areas we did liposuction to help the skin and underlying tissues re-adhere as well as reduce swelling. This helps ontrol swelling as the compression on your tissues helps your body to reabsorb the edema fluid that accumulates in the tissues after any procedure. This can take quite some time to happen without help from the compression garments. It also helps improve contour. Compression helps to keep the tissues adherent to the underlying structures while healing, this can help prevent the wrinkled skin appearance that can happen when the tissues heal in ways we don't want them to.
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December 14, 2017
Answer: Compression garments after liposuction Thank you for your question. Every surgeon will have his/her own preferences as to recovery for specific procedures. It's best to follow your surgeons specific advice post-operatively. We typically have our patients wear compression garments on the areas we did liposuction to help the skin and underlying tissues re-adhere as well as reduce swelling. This helps ontrol swelling as the compression on your tissues helps your body to reabsorb the edema fluid that accumulates in the tissues after any procedure. This can take quite some time to happen without help from the compression garments. It also helps improve contour. Compression helps to keep the tissues adherent to the underlying structures while healing, this can help prevent the wrinkled skin appearance that can happen when the tissues heal in ways we don't want them to.
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December 15, 2017
Answer: Compression garments Thanks for your question.I would normally say that it is up to the surgeon if they use them or not. I use them on almost all of my liposuctions. The problem I see is that you surgeon is unsure and relying on the 'company' information as to whether they are necessary or not. An experienced Plastic Surgeon would know without referring to any brochure!!Seek out a second opinion.Best of luck.Dr T
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December 15, 2017
Answer: Compression garments Thanks for your question.I would normally say that it is up to the surgeon if they use them or not. I use them on almost all of my liposuctions. The problem I see is that you surgeon is unsure and relying on the 'company' information as to whether they are necessary or not. An experienced Plastic Surgeon would know without referring to any brochure!!Seek out a second opinion.Best of luck.Dr T
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