How Long After Lipo Until I Can Weight Lift?

By this time you should be okay to start weightlifting, but I'd suggest you take it easy at first. However you should really be asking your surgeon. Swelling can be worsened when you exercise, so it's a good idea to wear your compression garment while you exercise.

I generally advise that patients wait at least 3 weeks before they start exercising again. Please make sure to start off slowly and stop if you feel anything abnormal. Swelling is common and will gradually subside.However, you should follow your surgeon's instructions as they may have different guidelines.

Depending on the amount of surgery, type of liposuction, the body site involed and the exercise planned, the restrictions might be from two to four or more weeks. Some physicians recommend their patients to wear their compression garment during exericse for the first several weeks. Ask your surgeon what he or she recommends for you and your specific surgery.

I tell my patients to wait at least 4 weeks before beginning strenuous exercises after liposuction.  This allows the tissues to heal and gain strength before stessing them and decreases the possibility of complications.  Your swelling is tissue edema from the surgery and it is greater after the 2nd surgery due to reinjury of the lymphatics in the tissue.  This will resolve over time, so be patient.

A lot of this depends on how much liposuction you had and what the sites were. Swelling in the extremities is very common after a liposuction procedure. It is recommended that you wear your garments for AT LEAST 6 weeks post operatively. This is also a good guideline to follow as far as strenuous activity.