I had Tumescent Liposuction performed on my outer hips yesterday. The procedure also involved some fat transfer from the front of the thighs to the indented areas on my left and right thighs. The doctor simply injected the anesthetic solution into my front thighs, broke down the fat with the cannulas, and consequently pushed it down toward the indentations with his hands. He stitched the incisions and wrapped me up with the solution and fat inside. He told me that the body will get rid of the solution and we will find out if the fat in the indentations survived in 2 months. The next morning, I unwrapped my legs; the swelling from the solution had came down a bit and shifted to the outer side of my legs. A few hours later, I started experiencing burning pain in the area. This procedure did not seem very professional to me and I'm wondering, what are your opinions on this? Is the pain normal? What would the outcome most likely be?
Answer: Sounds normal but call if you experience more pain and/or fevers! The advantage to tumescent liposuction is that it can provide analgesia (pain relief) for up to 18 hours. When you experienced pain it may simply have been the anesthetic wearing off. Occassionally when nerves "wake up" they are more painful. Think about what it feels like when you sit on your nerves in your leg and it falls asleep; it can be very painful when it wakes up. Alternatively, it could be irriation of nerves which occurs more commonly with ultrasonic liposuction. Occasionally, when this persists beyond the first week and is disabling, I have prescribed medications such as lyrica which we use for painful nerves in diabetics. I would continue to wear your compression garments as advised and take pain medication as recommended. Fat grafting is like any other grafting or transplanting process. I like to give analogies, so here is one. If you want to grow a tomato plant, the instructions always tell you to put in 2-3 seeds per hole. Why? Because some die. Sometimes you get 3 plants, sometimes 2, sometimes 1 and sometimes none. Same goes for fat injection. We generally put in 2-3 time what we need, knowing that some of it will not grow. Rarely all or none of it survives but usually a portion. If you want to know how much wait and see. That's the best answer I can give. Hopefully this helps!!
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CONTACT NOW Answer: Sounds normal but call if you experience more pain and/or fevers! The advantage to tumescent liposuction is that it can provide analgesia (pain relief) for up to 18 hours. When you experienced pain it may simply have been the anesthetic wearing off. Occassionally when nerves "wake up" they are more painful. Think about what it feels like when you sit on your nerves in your leg and it falls asleep; it can be very painful when it wakes up. Alternatively, it could be irriation of nerves which occurs more commonly with ultrasonic liposuction. Occasionally, when this persists beyond the first week and is disabling, I have prescribed medications such as lyrica which we use for painful nerves in diabetics. I would continue to wear your compression garments as advised and take pain medication as recommended. Fat grafting is like any other grafting or transplanting process. I like to give analogies, so here is one. If you want to grow a tomato plant, the instructions always tell you to put in 2-3 seeds per hole. Why? Because some die. Sometimes you get 3 plants, sometimes 2, sometimes 1 and sometimes none. Same goes for fat injection. We generally put in 2-3 time what we need, knowing that some of it will not grow. Rarely all or none of it survives but usually a portion. If you want to know how much wait and see. That's the best answer I can give. Hopefully this helps!!
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CONTACT NOW Answer: Liposuction Recovery Varies From Patient to Patient It’s not unusual for patients to experience pain, swelling and discomfort following tumescent liposuction. The burning sensation that you describe is frequently seen when sensory nerves are bruised or stretched during the procedure. This is usually a transient phenomena and resolves with time. It’s important to remember that tumescent liposuction recovery varies from patient to patient. We generally recommend that patients take a week off from work following this procedure. Occasionally, patients are able to return to work even sooner. Patients usually resume all of their normal activities within six weeks following surgery without restrictions. We feel that exercise facilitates recovery and because of this, we encourage physical activity. Although swelling may still be present six weeks following surgery, the majority of patients have effectively returned to normal activity. A variety of fat grafting techniques exist. If you have concerns about the particular technique utilized by your surgeon a discussion is warranted.
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CONTACT NOW Answer: Liposuction Recovery Varies From Patient to Patient It’s not unusual for patients to experience pain, swelling and discomfort following tumescent liposuction. The burning sensation that you describe is frequently seen when sensory nerves are bruised or stretched during the procedure. This is usually a transient phenomena and resolves with time. It’s important to remember that tumescent liposuction recovery varies from patient to patient. We generally recommend that patients take a week off from work following this procedure. Occasionally, patients are able to return to work even sooner. Patients usually resume all of their normal activities within six weeks following surgery without restrictions. We feel that exercise facilitates recovery and because of this, we encourage physical activity. Although swelling may still be present six weeks following surgery, the majority of patients have effectively returned to normal activity. A variety of fat grafting techniques exist. If you have concerns about the particular technique utilized by your surgeon a discussion is warranted.
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April 5, 2016
Answer: Tumescent Liposuction Recovery is usually very easy!
Tumescent liposuction is a very easy procedure to undergo with minimal pain and quick recovery. Most patients are back to work in only 2 days and up walking around right after the procedure. There is minimal bruising and dramatic results. It is so safe now that we have eliminated the need for general anesthesia. Another big advantage is that because we can stand the patients up and have them move into all sorts of positions, it allows us the get much better results by far as compared to gen. anesthesia liposuction since we can see what needs to be sculpted much better. Sincerely,
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Answer: Tumescent Liposuction Recovery is usually very easy!
Tumescent liposuction is a very easy procedure to undergo with minimal pain and quick recovery. Most patients are back to work in only 2 days and up walking around right after the procedure. There is minimal bruising and dramatic results. It is so safe now that we have eliminated the need for general anesthesia. Another big advantage is that because we can stand the patients up and have them move into all sorts of positions, it allows us the get much better results by far as compared to gen. anesthesia liposuction since we can see what needs to be sculpted much better. Sincerely,
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December 16, 2016
Answer: Tumescent Liposuction Recovery Fat transfer or fat grafting is the process of performing liposuction and harversting the fat for contouring use instead of discarding it. The key component of grafting fat is making sure the recipient skin area is elastic enough or undermined a little so it can stretch out during the process of filling it with fat. Pain after 6 weeks is something to be concerned about however your pain seems seems to be during the first day after surgery. I try to remind my patients that despite whatever advertisements you may have heard, liposuction, after the numbing medicine has worn off, is never painless- you have passed a metal instrument under your skin a number of times! It will hurt at some point and I would not be alarmed.
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Answer: Tumescent Liposuction Recovery Fat transfer or fat grafting is the process of performing liposuction and harversting the fat for contouring use instead of discarding it. The key component of grafting fat is making sure the recipient skin area is elastic enough or undermined a little so it can stretch out during the process of filling it with fat. Pain after 6 weeks is something to be concerned about however your pain seems seems to be during the first day after surgery. I try to remind my patients that despite whatever advertisements you may have heard, liposuction, after the numbing medicine has worn off, is never painless- you have passed a metal instrument under your skin a number of times! It will hurt at some point and I would not be alarmed.
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May 20, 2016
Answer: Tumescent Lipo
There a variety of techniques used for fat transfer, and without observing the procedure itself, it would be hard to comment and give accurate information. If the fat survives from 2-6 months, then you have a good chance of keeping the fat.
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Answer: Tumescent Lipo
There a variety of techniques used for fat transfer, and without observing the procedure itself, it would be hard to comment and give accurate information. If the fat survives from 2-6 months, then you have a good chance of keeping the fat.
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May 27, 2016
Answer: Fat manipulation in liposuction
Most of what you describe is normal in a liposuction procedure. The manipulation of fat from one area to the other without removing it from the body is a bit different (but not wrong). It is possible that by not sucking the fat out, processing it, and reinjecting it, that the fat cells were less traumatize and therefore may have better survival. One day after surgery is much to early to judge - give it at least 2-3 months.
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Answer: Fat manipulation in liposuction
Most of what you describe is normal in a liposuction procedure. The manipulation of fat from one area to the other without removing it from the body is a bit different (but not wrong). It is possible that by not sucking the fat out, processing it, and reinjecting it, that the fat cells were less traumatize and therefore may have better survival. One day after surgery is much to early to judge - give it at least 2-3 months.
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