Compression garment, when do I change to a stage 2 garment ?

I have my liposuction patients wear a compression garment (faja) covering all treated 24/7 except to shower for 4 weeks post op. This helps ontrol swelling as the compression on your tissues helps your body to reabsorb the edema fluid that accumulates in the tissues after any procedure. This can take quite some time to happen without help from the compression garments. It also helps improve contour. Compression helps to keep the tissues adherent to the underlying structures while healing, this can help prevent the wrinkled skin appearance that can happen when the tissues heal in ways we don't want them to.

Hello, thank you for your question. In my practice most patients will be
placed in an #abdominalbinder, which they will wear the first week. There is
usually a fair amount of #swelling and the binder should be opened several times
a day so that there are no pressure points. After the first 7 to 10 days the
patient is placed in an #elasticgarment for #compression over the next six
weeks.

Swelling can persist for several months and will gradually improve and
will look better at three months, six months, and even one year. In your case, I recommend you work closely with your board certified plastic surgeon and follow his plan of post-op care. Best wishes!

In my opinion postoperative compressive garments are primarily for comfort. However your surgeon has his own specific postoperative plan in mind and you should follow his instructions only.