Last week I had submental lipo, including some thinning on outer jaw above neck & close to mouth. Plus buccal pad reduction. My compression garment helps swelling where it actually covers. It does not cover close to my mouth or the buccal pad area treated. I'll wear it till post-op checkup but think may actually be increasing swelling in uncovered areas. My doc seems of the view that it helps swelling but is not very important for final contour. Thoughts here? Opinions seem to differ.
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Initially the extra weight that you put on was likely due to the swelling after the liposuction procedure. This is not uncommon. At three months, however, I would be very surprised if any of the weight gain is due to left over edema. It is likely that you have actually gained weight since your...
Liposuction of the abdomen and hips can make such a great improvement and is easy to undergo under local tumescent anesthesia for roughly $5500-6500 on special. Unless you are 300 lbs or more then doing both together is your best option but do what your doc advises. Do see a few docs for...
Thank you for your question about your liposuction result.
your photo shows what looks like a perfectly liposuction good result at 7 weeks,
wait 6 months, things continue to improve,
the only liposuction surgeon who can explain Tara Reid's result is her liposuctin...
