How Long After Lipo Until I Can Weight Lift?

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.