Is it norm to have chills, cold sweating and night sweats 2 day after liposuction surgery?

Fever and chill after liposuction may be a sign of an infection.  There are essentially three ways to have an infection after surgery.  First, at the area of your surgery, or surgical sight infection.  Typically the area of your surgery may be red, hard and even painful.  The second way is for you to have a urinary tract infection.  The risk of this increases with use of urinary catheters during surgery.  Typically you would burning and pain with urination and perhaps more frequency and urgency of urination.  The third type of infection is pulmonary, which can be from having general anesthesia and not breathing deeply after surgery.  Typically you will have shortness of breath, perhaps a cough.  No matter what the origin, it is important for you to contact your surgeon with your symptoms, if nothing else to see you and reassure you!

If you are feeling poorly after your procedure you should let your surgeon know immediately. We expect our liposuction patients to feel well, and your doctor should hear from you.