Will Stop Wearing Garment After Liposuction Ruin Results?

The quick response is YES, not wearing the compression garment after Liposuction can thoroughly ruin your results. Why? Visualize your fatty layer before surgery like a block of cheese. Liposuction removes fat in straw-like tunnels leaving the 'cheese' fenestrated and honey combed like Swiss cheese. Failure to compress these areas will allow the tunnels to flood with fluid which quickly turns to scar tissue. This would leave you looking like no fat was removed. Worse, the scar tissue would remain stiff and bulky and is not easy to fix.My patients wear their garment for 6 weeks! Your compliance with this is as important as your surgeon's skill.

Thank you for your question.  I typically recommend patients to wear a compression garment for 4 weeks after surgery.  It is to help bring down the swelling a lot quicker.  Although I do not feel it will harm your results, I would suggest that you follow up with your surgeon and follow his or her instructions and address your concerns.  Best of luck to you. 

It really is not that it is harmful not to wear the garments, what you can do is try a larger size than what you are wearing . I recommend to my patients to wear them at least the first 3 weeks ıt helps to minimize swelling and help with even flattening of the skin. 
good luck

Thank you for your question. 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.

There is a no universal accepted answer regarding compression garments. We know that wearing a compression garment immediately after the procedure can help control the early swelling. Stopping the use of your compression garment 10 days after the procedure will not "ruin" your results. I do recommend a garment for the first 2 weeks as the skin is healing down to the underlying tissues and a garment will prevent shearing forces between the muscle and skin. As always though, your surgeon's answer is the best answer for you so I would encourage checking with them.

My suggestion is try a Spanx which will likely be more comfortable. A compression garment is recommended and beneficial after liposuction because: It restricts the amount of edema that forms and hastens its resolution by mechanical pressure. It decreases the amount of bruising. It assists the loose skin in retracting or shrinking. It is common to have weight gain due to edema, serum that collects in the area, and the tumescent fluid that was injected. This will resolve over time. The more you wear the garment initially, the quicker this fluid resolves.Edema: a condition characterized by an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body. The length of time that the garment should be worn varies depending on the amount of fat removed, the elastic nature of your skin, how much loose skin remains, and other factors. Your surgeon would give you the best advice, however this is the general routine for my patients. The first garment should be fitted for you in the office prior to surgery and applied in the operating room. Often it will become loose as the edema is mobilized, and then it will need to be replaced. Spanx is a reasonable compression garment if it gives enough support and is the right size. I have my patents bring them in so I can confirm that it fits well. Most important advice is to listen to your surgeon, as he or she knows how much fat was removed, the elasticity that remains in your skin, and amount of skin redundancy. I recommend that my patients wear their garments for a minimum of three weeks full time then for twelve hours at a time (day or night). If there is not a lot of redundant skin, this continues to a maximum of six weeks. To be effective, the garment needs to fit snugly—but not too tight as that can make it difficult to sleep or cause pressure problems (inspect your skin when it is exposed if you are uncomfortable). As the edema resolves it is common for patients to switch to a smaller garment that fits. A Spanx-type garment would work fine, rather than ordering one or paying more at your doctor’s office. Finally, it is likely that if small or moderate amounts of tat were removed a garment may not even make much of a difference in the long run though I am not aware of a double blind controlled specific study to prove this.

Thank you for submitting your question.  I recommend to my patients to use compression for 2 weeks, then switch to a contour garment such as SPANX.  Without a garment you will have prolonged swelling and a longer recovery but your final result will be the same.   Follow your Plastic Surgeons recommendations and discuss different garments that are more comfortable.  Best Wishes.

It's important to wear the garment both for expediency of the outcome and to improve It. I personally have my liposuction patients wear the garment 24/7 except to shower for 3 weeks post op followed by another 3 weeks during the day only for 3 main reasons:1.) Controlling swelling: 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 garments2.) Improving contour: the 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.3.) Improving scarring: pressure has been shown to improve the appearance of scars. A tummy tuck scar is quite long and right on the front of your body so anything that can help make it flatter, softer and less visible is to your advantage.For those reasons many of us would argue that the compression is as important as, if not more important than, the method of liposuction used in determining the final outcome so I would strongly suggest continuing to wear the garment. If it's too tight that you really can't tolerate it then speak to your surgeon, you may just need a larger size. Hope that helps!

While not having the compression on this early after surgery will not ruin the results, compression really does help.  Try to find a garment you can tolerate.

It helps with easing swelling and reducing the risk of seroma, as well as helping your skin conform to your leaner body contour.