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After a 360 lower body lift, I always use compression garments. The body's natural reaction to any surgery is to swell. The body swells because it pumps more blood to the operative site. Pumping more blood helps to deliver oxygen, nutrients, and essentials of tissue healing to a wound site. In addition, fluid leaks from the capillaries and causes swelling or edema.The compression garment helps to minimize swelling or edema. Too much swelling can lead to wound breakdown and disruption. In addition, though rare, chronic edema can lead to permanent problems like lymphedema.Perhaps your plastic surgeon is concerned about decreased blood flow with a compression garment after a lower body lift. This is not an unreasonable concern. However, you just need to be sure the compression garment is not too tight. For the past 15 years, this has not been a problem in my massive weight loss plastic surgery practice. Typically, after a 360 over bodylift, I have my patients wear their compression garments for 6 to 8 weeks.
I definitely recommend the use of compression garments post-operatively for our lower body lift patients. Compression garments help reduce swelling, prevent fluid collection and speed up the healing process. We typically order 2 or 3 garments for patients so they can alternate while one is in the wash. Your plastic surgeon should be able to measure & order these garments for you prior to surgery. Great question!
Compression garments after a lower body lift will help decrease swelling and get you to your final results faster. Best of luck.
Compression garments are important because they help not only to manage your postoperative swelling, they also help prevent fluid collections/seromas in some cases. Please talk to your plastic surgeon about his/her recommendations for compressive therapy.
Thank you for your question. A lower body lift procedure typically involves excising or removing excess skin and fat around the midsection, hips, thighs, and buttocks. Liposuction may be performed in certain cases to help contour the treated areas, but it is not always necessary or included in...
I would not pursue surgery at this time, as I do not think you would see much benefit.Kenneth Hughes, MDLos Angeles, CA
Congratulations on your massive weight loss. In addition, congratulations on undergoing a 360 lower body lift. Thank you for your pictures. A more informative picture of your abdomen, would be a picture of your abdomen while standing straight. I imagine your abdomen is flat when you are...
A wound vac is one option to help your wound heal and may shorten the healing time to some extent. However, with good local wound care - keeping the area clean and performing regular dressing changes - this wound should heal over the next few weeks with or without the added cost and...
Hi there,In my opinion, and based only on the photos you posted (in other words, I would need to see you in person to be able to give you a strong opinion), you are going to require a body lift type procedure to achieve improvement in the rolls you point out. Whether or not liposuction is also...
Definitely LBL is a bit tougher the recovery and discomfort because involve a larger surface of the body:Includes the Tummy Tuck (skin resection of the front abdominal area, sides), muscle repair, navel reposition, Butt lift (which is done through the "wing"incision" ) and the result...
