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Kay,It is very common to see swelling in the pubic area after liposuction of the abdomen. This will resolve over the next 6 to 8 weeks. I highly recommend a surgical compression garment if you don't have one already.
Dear Kaykay1Liposuction causes a great deal of swelling. The pubic area is at the bottom of this swelling so swelling in this area following liposuction is to be expected. Over the course of several weeks, this swelling will gradually go down. Occasionally, we see patients who develop swelling in the genitals for a couple days after abdominal liposuction. While this is less common and certainly alarming, it rapidly subsides.Give yourself time to heal from your liposuction. If you are concerned about your progress, call your doctor's office. Generally, there is not much to look at or do after a liposuction so follow ups are often set many weeks after the procedure. However, this does not mean the office does not want to hear from you. If you are concerned about your progress, see your doctor.
This is probably just the edema or swelling in this area caused by the surgery and gravity. The swelling "pools" at the bottom. So enjoy and don't worry.
Usually with liposuction of the abdominal area, swelling with go down and the pubic area may swell as well. This is only temporary and should go down within several weeks.
Whether or not your pubic area was treated with liposuction, it is an area that often swells after abdominal liposuction and usually gets better over a few weeks.
Assuming you had no surgery or liposuction of the pubic area itself, unless it is a relative pouch (that is, it only looks bigger because the lower abdomen is flatter), it is undoubtedly due to edema and will subside over time.
What you're seeing is most likely fluid and bruising from the abdomen that has trickled down from the abdominal area. Unfortunately, the amount of swelling that you can get is often quite impressive, and this might even involve the labia and upper thighs.Unless the pain is excessive and/or the swelling is dramatically increasing, time and compression are your best friends. You'll certainly want to let your plastic surgeon look at the swelling just to make sure that it is not a hematoma (collection of blood) or seroma (large pocket of fluid) that might need to be sucked out.Don't be too worried at this point.
Hi.If your pubic area is enlarged after liposuction, this is almost certainly just swelling, which will go away in a few weeks after surgery. If still there in 3 months, then you need evaluation.
This really depends on the reason for the pouch. Some patients notice a pouch after body-contouring, but this is because removing the fat in other areas has now made this area more prominent (i.e. now they can see it more easily). Often though, there is a temporary fullness due to fluids used during liposuction and due to the body's reaction to the surgical procedure. We sometimes get very fearful phone calls the evening after the surgery, or over the first few days, with patients worried about swelling on the pubic and "private" areas. This is a normal swelling and will often fade in less than a week.
This is fairly common and is a result of gravity and the descent of edema(tissue fluid). Often times this is exaggerated with the use of a compression garment, which is otherwise necessary for the areas of liposuction. Allow time and all should resolve.
Hi, thank you for your question. Thigh and gluteal regions are different anatomical regions and so when we liposuction the thighs, the butt is not touched. If we slim the thighs, whether the inner or outer aspect, the butt area will be more defined and therefore will appear to be enhanced. C...
Hi. Air pockets do not form after liposuction. And drains are almost never necessary. You probably have a little localized fluid collection which will respond to massage.
Many doctors try to discuss liposuction in terms of the desired result and use terms such as flank very generally. No one can really say where the abdomen stops and the flank begins, or the flank stops and the back begins. Some surgeons will break up the trunk area into smaller or arbitrary...