Hard Spots and Rippling After Liposuction

Hard spots, ridges and ripples during the first few weeks after liposuction are quite common. During the first 2-3 months this is probably related to some areas getting well quickly while other areas remain swollen and inflamed. This can be related simply to more bleeding in one are than another at the time of surgery.
I tell my patients not to worry especially if the areas are still sore as they almost always go away. If this has not resolved completely by 6 months then there is a small chance it may not go away and a touch up liposuction or fat grafting in the office may be necessary to fix it.
Based on your photo it looks like you will have a good result but are right in the middle of the healing process. Be patient and allow the healing process to complete and this will most likely not be a problem. I usually tell my patients complete healing with no swelling present can take up to 10 months after abdominoplasty. Generally 80-90% of the swelling and inflammation is gone by 3 months.
Scar massage may be helpful with circular motions along the firm areas twice for two minutes four times each day. What you need most is a lot more healing time and a little reassurance.

It’s not uncommon for patients
to have lumps, bumps and rippling following liposuction.Contour irregularities may have a variety of
potential causes.These may include
differential swelling, fat necrosis, seromas and hematomas.They are usually transient and respond to
conservative management with compression garments and massage.Rarely, aspiration is necessary when
hematomas and seromas are present.In
most cases, these problems have no effect on the long-term results of
liposuction.

In the normal course of wound healing, we call the first 6 weeks the "proliferative phase" meaning the period that scar tissue is deposited to heal the wounds that are created by surgical injury. This is to be expected and can be responsible for the rippling and hard nodules you feel.
Compression, scar massage, manual lymphatic drainage, and endermologie may be useful in expediting the resolution of this firm tissue druing the next pahse of wound healing (from 6 weeks up to 2 years) which we call the maturation phase.