Will I benefit from a compression garment at 6 weeks post abdominal liposuction?

I have patients that wear them for 3 months after lipo and it does help swelling and improving the contours.  Please follow your physicians instructions.  Best, Dr. Emer.

Hi there. In general we advise wearing compression garments between four and six weeks although it can depend on the quality of the skin in the treated area and also the amount of fat that was removed. In almost all cases it would be fine to remove your garment and going water nine weeks following your surgery but discuss this with your surgeon.

It is possible to take off the garment for a couple of days at 9 weeksAsk your surgeon directly and follow his or her instructions

While there may be some firmness or unevenness in the contour early after liposuction, dents should not be seen at six weeks. At six weeks, the results should be feeling softer, and an overall nice improvement should be appreciated. In my practice, we ask patients to wear compression garments for no longer than two weeks. There's little science supporting the benefit of using compression garments. While compression garments do keep swelling down, my personal belief is that swelling is not something that is undesirable but simply part of the body's normal healing process. At nine weeks, your results will be close to final. I suggest you talk to your plastic surgeon to see what he or she thinks would be best both in terms of your outcome as well as using the compression garments. Best of luck,Mats Hagstrom, M.D.